Ann-Marie Shepherd Acupuncture

Ann-Marie Shepherd Acupuncture Providing Specialist Fertility, Pregnancy and Women's Health Acupuncture in Derby

We’ve talked about the rename — but the real conversation is what it means clinically. PMOS is now understood as a metab...
06/08/2026

We’ve talked about the rename — but the real conversation is what it means clinically. PMOS is now understood as a metabolic and inflammatory condition, not simply an ovarian one. For women trying to conceive, that distinction matters enormously.
This whole-body perspective isn’t new to me. Looking at metabolism, inflammation, and hormonal health together has always been central to how I work — the science is simply catching up with what integrative practitioners have long understood.
If you’re navigating PMOS and feel like conventional care has only scratched the surface, this is for you.

💚 Ann-Marie Shepherd | Fertility Support and Women’s Health Acupuncture, Derby

Ann-Marie Shepherd | Fertility Support and Women’s Health Acupuncture, Derby
06/07/2026

Ann-Marie Shepherd | Fertility Support and Women’s Health Acupuncture, Derby

24/06/2026

Your body is trying to do the same thing right now — find shade, slow down, regulate.
Heat affects sleep, digestion, energy, hormones. It’s not weakness. It’s biology.
Give yourself permission to do less today. 🌿🥵 🔥
Ann-Marie Shepherd Fertility and Women's Health Acupuncture Derby

✨ Save this — or share it with someone who needs to know they're not imagining it.Ann-Marie Shepherd Fertility Support a...
19/06/2026

✨ Save this — or share it with someone who needs to know they're not imagining it.
Ann-Marie Shepherd Fertility Support and Women's Health Acupuncture, Derby

I see this in clinic. The pressure men carry quietly. The assumption that if the semen analysis comes back "normal," tha...
08/06/2026

I see this in clinic. The pressure men carry quietly. The assumption that if the semen analysis comes back "normal," that's the end of the conversation.
But normal isn't always optimal.
Standard testing looks at count, motility and morphology — but it doesn't tell you everything. Issues like DNA fragmentation and oxidative stress can be present even when results look fine on paper. And these things matter — they can affect fertilisation, embryo quality and miscarriage risk.
Men's results often don't get the deeper look they deserve. And that's worth challenging.
If you're navigating fertility as a couple, both bodies deserve proper scrutiny — not just a cursory glance at a number.
There is almost always more that can be explored, and more that can be done. 💛
Save this for the partner who's been told everything looks "fine."
Ann-Marie Shepherd Fertility Support and Women's Health Acupuncture, Derby

The two-week wait — that stretch between ovulation or transfer and a pregnancy test — can feel endless. Every twinge ove...
01/06/2026

The two-week wait — that stretch between ovulation or transfer and a pregnancy test — can feel endless. Every twinge over-analysed. Every day a strange mix of hope and dread.
I hear it often in clinic: "I don't know how to just get on with things."
And honestly? That makes complete sense. You're holding something enormous, with no way to know the outcome yet.
What I'd gently offer is this: you don't have to feel calm. You just have to be kind to yourself while you wait.
Rest if you need to. Lean on people who understand. And remember — whatever the result — you are not defined by it.
You are so much more than a test result. 💛
Save this for the next time the wait feels too heavy.
Ann-Marie Shepherd Fertility Support and Women's Health Acupuncture, Derby

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