You've come to the right place.Fertility.
Compassionate, individualised care through fertility treatment and IVF, working alongside your medical team.
Sunday appointments for IVF transfer timing, by arrangement
AHPRA-registered practitioner · Darling St since 1988
Initial consultation · 90 min · $170 · HICAPS rebates available
Trying to conceive can place an enormous load on your body, your routines and your emotional wellbeing. We provide acupuncture and Chinese medicine care tailored to where you are: preparing to conceive, living with cycle symptoms, moving through IVF or recovering between cycles. Your fertility specialist leads the medical treatment; we provide complementary care around you as a person.
- AHPRA-registered practitioner
- 698 Darling St, since 1988
- HICAPS on the spot
- 5.0 on Google
About Your Practitioner
Maria Cappello came to Chinese medicine through her own journey with unexplained infertility and IVF. She understands this process from the inside: the uncertainty, the monitoring appointments, the two-week waits. Her clinical focus is fertility, IVF support, PCOS, and endometriosis.
You are more than a protocol.
Your appointments begin with what you are experiencing now, what your medical team is doing, and what would make this stage feel more manageable.
What we focus on
The concerns you bring into the room: cycle symptoms, headaches, bloating, fatigue, muscular tension, stress and the practical strain of treatment. We will also recognise when a concern belongs back with your fertility clinic.
Continuity and understanding
Fertility treatment can feel like a sequence of numbers and appointments. Here, you have time to talk through how you are coping and receive care from a practitioner who understands IVF personally as well as professionally.
Clear, respectful boundaries
Research has not established that acupuncture increases IVF pregnancy or live birth rates, so we do not promise an outcome. We agree on what you want support with, work alongside your specialist and review whether care is providing value.
Begin wherever you are: before a cycle, during stimulation, around transfer, through the two-week wait or between cycles. Your plan can be a small number of appointments or regular care, with no need to commit to a fixed package.
Fertility Care
Different starting points, one considered approach: care shaped around your concerns, medical plan and stage of treatment.
Comprehensive Fertility Assessment
View Comprehensive Fertility Assessment →
Preparing for Pregnancy
View Preparing for Pregnancy →
Acupuncture & IVF Support
View Acupuncture & IVF Support →
Male Fertility Support
View Male Fertility Support →
Understanding Unknown Infertility
View Understanding Unknown Infertility →
BBT Tracking
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Ninety minutes, at your pace
Initial consultation · around 90 minutes · $170 · HICAPS rebates available
- 01
Your history
We go through your health background, what brings you in and anything your GP or specialist has already told you. Bring any results or letters you have.
- 02
Your questions
Time to ask about needles, what treatment involves, how appointments would fit your week and what it costs.
- 03
Your first treatment
Your first treatment happens in the same appointment, with your consent, once we have talked everything through.
- 04
A plan
We agree on what you would like support with, how often to come, and when we will review whether care is useful.
What a cycle of visits can look like
There is no package and no set number of visits. These are examples of how people use appointments, with the cost worked out from our standard fees.
One appointment
Some people come once, for example around a transfer, or to talk through where they are.
$170 initial consultation
$170
A few visits across one cycle
For example the initial consultation, then three follow-ups timed around stimulation, collection and transfer.
$170 + 3 × $100
$470
Regular care
Weekly or fortnightly follow-ups for as long as they are useful to you, reviewed together as you go.
Each follow-up
$100 a visit
Before any health fund rebate. On-the-spot HICAPS claiming is available where your private health extras policy includes acupuncture. Rebates and annual limits vary, so check with your fund. Chinese medicine treatment is not covered by Medicare. Herbs and supplements, when prescribed, are charged separately.
See appointments & fees · Browse our Resource Centre for fertility and pregnancy guides.
Common Questions
Honest answers to the questions we hear most from fertility patients.
More questions? Visit our full FAQ page or contact the clinic.