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When Jacqui rang to ask if my husband and I would mind writing a testimonial for her new website I burst out laughing for unbeknown to her, she had chosen to telephone on the most important date in our annual calendar; our daughter Isabella’s 6th birthday. Unsure where to start with my testimony perhaps if would be easier to explain that that in October I was mentally, physically and emotionally exhausted after the last of five attempts of IVF had proved unsuccessful. However, I was not yet ready to give up my dream of having a child without one last attempt and having read positive articles about reflexology, I made the decision to find a good therapist. I remembered reading an article in the London Evening Standard about a Reflexologist who lived in Surrey who had had remarkable success in helping women who had been previously unsuccessful at getting pregnant. I found Jacqui’s details by contacting the London Evening Standard Library and purchasing back copies of articles on reflexology, (I am very determined). Having found the relevant article and tracing Jacqui through the Professional Association of Reflexologists I rang her to make an appointment. My first conversation with Jacqui reassured me that I might have found the right person, strong Scottish accent, firm but friendly (I had enough of falsely sympathetic simpering voices). Alarmingly, she said she was too busy to see me straight away and said that the earliest she could see me was in December for an assessment. My first consultation with Jacqui was spent updating her on my medical history, female aged 45 years, hypothyroid (underactive thyroid), historical problems with parathyroid nodules, goiter, myomectomy for removal of fibroids, and follicle tracking for unexplained infertility. Finally, I explained that I had recently undergone five unsuccessful IVF attempts with the last treatment being carried out in October. Following assessment, I was delighted when Jacqui said that she thought she might be able to help me, not necessarily to get pregnant (she was very clear on that point), but that she felt she could help improve my thyroid problem and with my co-operation improve my general health and wellbeing. However, Jacqui made it very clear that my health was very much in my own hands and that although optimistic that she could help me I had a responsibility to help myself i.e., take supplements, exercise and to try lose weight. I eagerly awaited my first full appointment in January, but I never anticipated what an exciting year it would turn out to be. Christmas came and went and mid-January, I eagerly drove to Jacqui for the first of many appointments. Each meeting followed the same pattern, an update of how I was feeling, any changes in my health as well as reviewing my basal body temperature chart, which Jacqui asked me to record daily and to bring to each consultation. I gradually began to feel that each successive reflexology treatment was having a very beneficial effect. By March, Jacqui told me that she thought I may have food intolerances, was possibly estrogen dominant, and recommended that I attend a Naturopathic GP for a food tolerance test and progesterone cream. In April, I finally gave in to Jacqui’s persuasions and made an appointment to see a nutritional GP whom she recommended. At initial consultation, he carried out food intolerance tests, confirmed Jacqui’s opinion, and made recommendations for a change of diet, which I followed stringently. Following my initial consultation, a review appointment with the nutritional GP was scheduled for 1 July. In the interim, I continued to see Jacqui, take supplements, exercise and lose more weight. On 1 July, I attended the nutritional GP for review. He confirmed that my health had greatly improved; I said that Jacqui thought I may be estrogen dominant and asked if he'd prescribe a progesterone cream, which he duly prescribed. Well for anyone reading this testimonial you already know that there is a happy conclusion; I fell pregnant in July. For the entire pregnancy, I continued with reflexology, and safely delivered a beautiful little girl the following April and in June, I celebrated my 47th birthday. Do I believe that I would have had a conception and healthy pregnancy without Jacqui? No, absolutely not. I realize now that my IVF treatments were doomed to failure due to my general ill health and hormonal imbalance. In addition, Jacqui carried out one reflexology treatment on my husband and suggested that he consider various supplements too, as well as showing him how to massage pressure points in his feet and ankles to improve his endocrine system. I hope you have enjoyed reading my story and if you suffer from unexplained infertility that it helps strengthen your resolve to try for a baby where you might otherwise have given up.