Good Egg Natural Fertility

Good Egg Natural Fertility Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Focusing on fertility pregnancy & womens health

Philippa Youngs is a Chinese medical practitioner with 16 years experience. She has a special interest in fertility, pregnancy and health and has right from the start of her practice. She is offering support for couples or singles wanting to prepare to have good pregnancies and healthy babies.

The Good Egg is home to a range of incredible brands, herbs and supplements dedicated to supporting women’s health. Our ...
13/06/2026

The Good Egg is home to a range of incredible brands, herbs and supplements dedicated to supporting women’s health. Our shelves hold tinctures, herbal blends, teas, and supplements designed to support breastfeeding, fertility, egg health, menopause, fatigue, gut health, and so much more.

If you are curious about any of the herbal formulations or options available, you are always welcome to reach out to us online, or simply ask us during your next appointment.

08/06/2026

Because when it comes to IVF, we’re interested in what the evidence says.

A 2019 systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated 20 clinical trials involving 5,130 women undergoing IVF and embryo transfer. This is a HUGE amount of data.

When the results of these studies were pooled together, women receiving acupuncture around the time of embryo transfer experienced:

• Higher clinical pregnancy rates
• Higher live birth rates
• Lower miscarriage rates

The analysis found a 30% relative increase in live birth rates when acupuncture was compared with no supportive treatment.

While acupuncture is not a guarantee of pregnancy, this level of evidence is significant. A meta-analysis sits near the top of the evidence hierarchy because it combines data from multiple individual studies, allowing researchers to evaluate outcomes across thousands of patients rather than a single clinic or trial.

This is one of the reasons we offer embryo support acupuncture before and after transfer.

Not because it’s magic.
Not because it’s a guarantee.
But because the evidence suggests it is valuable adjunct to IVF care during one of the most important stages of the process.

Reference

Smith CA, Armour M, Shewamene Z, Tan HY, Norman RJ, Johnson NP.

Acupuncture performed around the time of embryo transfer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Reproductive BioMedicine Online. 2019;38(3):364-379.

• Systematic review and meta-analysis
• 20 clinical trials

03/06/2026

As a Chinese medicine doctor, one of the most frustrating things I see is how normalised period pain has become.

The conventional conversation often starts and ends with another pill, another prescription, or the suggestion that painful periods are simply something you have to live with.

But period pain isn’t random.

And your body isn’t trying to betray you.

Chinese medicine has been studying, observing, and working to reduce painful periods for thousands of years. While the language is different, some of the principles align remarkably well with what we know about inflammation, circulation, stress physiology, and hormone function today.

Firstly: warmth matters.

The reason a heat pack feels so good isn’t because it magically distracts you from the pain. Heat increases circulation, improves blood flow, and can help relax uterine tissue. In Chinese medicine, supporting healthy blood flow before your period arrives is often a key part of reducing pain when bleeding begins. ( cue acupuncture, moxibustion, and warning herbal medicine )

Secondly: how you exercise matters.

Movement is essential for hormone health, circulation, and stress regulation. But more isn’t always better.

High-intensity training every day, inadequate recovery, and constantly pushing through fatigue can place additional demands on the body. For some women, this may affect ovulation quality, hormone production, and the resources available for a healthy menstrual cycle.

Thirdly: food matters.

Your body builds hormones, blood, and tissue from what you feed it.

Nutrients like magnesium and omegas play an important role in muscle function and inflammation, while warm, nourishing meals support digestion and warmth in the core of the body during the lead-up to your period.

And finally: acupuncture deserves to be part of the conversation.

Research continues to show promising results for acupuncture in reducing period pain severity and improving quality of life for women with painful periods.

If you’ve been told painful periods are something you simply have to endure, know that there may be more options available.

27/05/2026

I’m a Chinese medicine doctor, so I’m going to speak from that lens, because there are patterns we see over and over again that explain why you’re waking up at night, and they’re not random.

Waking at a specific time every night isn’t “just stress” and it’s not something you should just push through or normalise. In Chinese medicine, different organs have different peak times during the night when their energy is most active. If you’re consistently waking at that time, it’s often pointing to a system that’s out of balance.

If you’re waking around 1–3am, we’re often looking at the liver system. This is the body’s main processing hub — for emotion, detoxification, and frustration. And no, this doesn’t mean you “have liver issues .” It means the system is under strain. Think: suppressed anger, overworking, alcohol, heavy foods late at night, or just a life that’s too full with no real outlet.

If you’re waking around 3–5am, we often look at the lungs. This is grief, sadness, unresolved emotion, or a system that’s not fully letting go. It can also show up when there’s shallow breathing, poor oxygenation, or a nervous system that never fully drops into rest.

What I want to be clear about is this: your body is not randomly malfunctioning at 2am. It’s communicating.

And instead of trying to override it with more sleep hacks, supplements, or force, the real question becomes:
Where in your life is your system overloaded, unprocessed, or held in?

Because until that shifts, the waking usually doesn’t.

The good news is that we can work with you to address the root of the imbalance. See you in clinic ❤️

Getting the healthcare you deserve is so important, and yet for so many women, it can be incredibly challenging.Whether ...
23/05/2026

Getting the healthcare you deserve is so important, and yet for so many women, it can be incredibly challenging.

Whether it’s long wait times, difficulty accessing appointments, or experiences of having symptoms dismissed, especially anything relating to gynaecology, menopause, fertility, pelvic pain, or painful cycles, many women are told that what they’re experiencing is simply “normal.”

Too often, debilitating symptoms are minimised as “just hormones,” “just stress,” or “just part of being a woman.” But ongoing pain, heavy bleeding, fatigue, cycle irregularities, severe PMS, pelvic pain, or symptoms impacting your quality of life deserve to be explored properly.

This is something we hear often and support regularly in clinic, women who have spent years trying to find answers, are still navigating the diagnostic process, or have given up after not feeling heard.

We deeply value holistic support, but we also believe there is an important place for mainstream medical care, especially when further investigations, referrals, blood tests, scans, or diagnoses are needed to help you better understand what’s happening in your body.

Some things we often recommend when preparing to speak with a GP:

• Keep a written timeline of your symptoms
• Track your cycle, pain, moods, energy, and bleeding patterns
• Be clear about how symptoms are impacting daily life and functionality
• Ask directly for referrals, imaging, blood work, or further investigation if needed
• Bring notes to appointments so you don’t forget important details or feel rushed before covering all your points.
• If you feel dismissed, it is okay to seek a second opinion

You deserve to feel informed, supported, and listened to.

We’d love to know, what has helped you advocate for yourself in a GP’s office? What have you said, tracked, or brought into appointments that made a difference?

20/05/2026

PCOS has finally been renamed, and this matters more than people realise.

For decades, women’s health has been underfunded, under-researched, and deeply misunderstood. And you can see that reflected in the language we’ve used around women’s conditions for years.

Endometriosis has often been spoken about only in reference to painful periods.
Menopause has been talked about as hot flushes and a drop in s*x drive, not in the associated conditions of osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, cognitive health, or musculoskeletal changes.
And PCOS has been labelled as an “ovarian cyst problem.”

But here’s the issue: a huge percentage of women diagnosed with PCOS don’t have cystic ovaries. The name itself has been misleading, reducing an incredibly complex metabolic, hormonal, inflammatory, and endocrine condition down to one symptom that only a portion of women with it experience.

PCOS is now being renamed PMOS : Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome.

And this new name tells us far more about what’s actually happening in the body.

“Polyendocrine” acknowledges that this condition affects multiple hormonal systems throughout the body.“Metabolic” recognises the huge role insulin resistance, blood sugar regulation, inflammation, and metabolic dysfunction can play.And “Ovarian Syndrome” still acknowledges the reproductive impact, without reducing the entire condition to ovarian cysts alone.

Because PMOS isn’t just about periods or fertility. It can impact skin, mood, energy, weight, cardiovascular health, mental health, inflammation, ovulation, and long-term metabolic health too.

Accurate language matters. Because the way we name conditions shapes how they’re researched, understood, diagnosed, funded, and treated.

Accurate language is empowering. And accurate language is necessary if we’re going to start taking women’s health more seriously.

After decades of women being told their symptoms are normal, exaggerated, emotional, or “just part of being a woman,” this shift feels important. Slowly, things are changing.

Women deserve healthcare that sees the full picture. Not just fragments of it.

09/05/2026

This isn’t about fear, it’s about awareness. The standard has changed and the care needs to change.

S***m health is changing. And while numbers like this can feel alarming, they also point us toward something important… environment, lifestyle, stress, and daily exposures matter more than we think.

Male fertility is not separate from overall health.
It’s shaped by sleep, temperature, nutrition, stress load, toxins, and nervous system regulation.

The good news?
S***m regenerates roughly every 70–90 days — which means change is possible.

Small, consistent shifts can make a significant difference:
reducing heat exposure,
cleaning up environmental toxins,
supporting the body with nutrients and herbal medicine,
and regulating the nervous system.

If you’re trying to conceive in 2026, this is your reminder that preparation isn’t just for women.

We support this in clinic every day, for both partners.

If this feels relevant, send it to your partner, your friend, your brother.

This conversation matters more than we’ve been led to believe.

06/05/2026

Before anyone panics, I kept eating all the foods I love, and I don’t encourage people to give up their morning coffee, just have an epic breakfast first 😝

I instantly stopped using products with synthetic fragrance.( perfume, candles, car air fresheners, cleaning products, shampoo & conditioner that was filled with artificial fragrance’s)
Many synthetic fragrances contain compounds that disrupt hormonal balance and place an added burden on the liver. In Chinese medicine, the liver is responsible for the smooth flow of energy (Qi) throughout the body. When this system is under strain, it can show up as irritability, disrupted sleep, digestive discomfort, and skin issues.

I stopped eating ice cream during my period. ( swap for a hot treat, think homemade hot apple, hot cacao)
Cold and damp foods are understood to weaken digestion, particularly at a time when the body is already directing energy and warmth toward the uterus. Cold foods can lead to increased bloating and fatigue. From a Chinese medicine perspective, excessive cold can also contribute to blood stagnation and a lack of warmth in the uterus, worsening menstrual pain and lead to clotting for some.

I stopped using saunas weekly and regularly attending hot, high-intensity exercise classes. ( normal temp yoga is all I want now )
Excessive sweating is in CM depletes your Yin and body fluids, key elements that support hydration, hormonal balance, and overall nourishment. When these are depleted, it can lead to fatigue, dryness, and internal imbalance. Too much heat, too often can also disturb the Shen (spirit), which governs the mind and emotional state, potentially contributing to anxiety, irritability, and difficulty sleeping.

These are not rules, but are changes that made sense when I started understanding the body through a Chinese Medicine lens.

- Sury

03/05/2026

No two weeks in clinic are ever the same, but there are always threads that weave their way through.

Right now, we’re seeing a strong current of pregnancy support for women through early symptoms like nausea, shifting appetite, pain, and changes in energy .

Alongside this, we’re holding space for those moving through grief and emotional overwhelm, and the very real ways this shows up in the body, particularly in the lungs, with congestion & tightness.

There’s been a focus on clearing and supporting the sinuses, easing digestive upset, and gently building warmth in the digestive system to increase nourishment and absorption bringing the body back to a place where it can receive nutrients from the food you eat.

And, as always, a foundational part of our work each and every week remains cycle regulation supporting those experiencing painful periods, delayed or irregular bleeds, navigating PCOS, Endometriosis, walking through fertility journeys, and offering steady, informed care through postpartum recovery.

What symptoms are whispering at you this week ?

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