Anna Ritter

Anna Ritter

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Expert women's health, fertility, mental health & chronic health acupuncturist and Chinese medicine practitioner

Appointments available in Upper Ferntree Gully, Melbourne and online

Founder of Empress Acupuncture

10/02/2026

As a fertility acupuncturist, these are my three favourite recommendations for preconception care 🤰🏾

These are things you can easily DIY,

Things I recommend day after day in clinic,

And in my opinion, these are the things that really move the needle in supporting optimal preconception health

1. Avoid cold

Cold impacts women’s bodies, and I recommend avoiding cold and raw foods and drinks and other forms of cold exposure

2. Support your stress

Engage with practices to help ease stress levels, regularly.

I love ‘green exercise’, moving your body in nature as it is particularly soothing for the nervous system

3. Test early

Rather than ‘wait and see’, I recommend getting some testing done early in the piece

This allows time and space to address any imbalances early

I hope these recommendations help 🙂

If you’d like more in-depth fertility and preconception support, I’d love to do some work with you!

Empress Acupuncture | Upper Ferntree Gully

Healing with Heart ❤️

Bookings can be made easily:

Online via the link in our profile

Email [email protected]

Call 03 8719 8303

Or DM to get started ❤️

04/02/2026

There’s nothing I hate more than hearing about women being told

“It’s just period pain” by their healthcare providers 🤬😤🤯

It’s not just period pain

It impacts women’s lives in significant ways:

Time off work, missing out on fun activities, having to push through and suffer, looking ahead on the calendar and worrying about whether period pain will ruin an event or a holiday

And the emotional strain of simply dealing with the pain, aggravated by the difficulty that women are met with when they seek help…

There can be so many different factors contributing to period pain, as well as more serious inflammatory and endocrinological conditions that can cause period pain

As a women’s health acupuncturist, I work to get to the bottom of things

I want to know why

Using Chinese medicine and integrative medicine together

I work to address systemic health issues to support relief from pain

If you’re seeking relief, if you’re wanting answers, I’m here

You deserve to feel good in your body

Empress Acupuncture | Upper Ferntree Gully

Healing with Heart ❤️

Bookings can be made easily:

Online via the link in our profile

Email [email protected]

Call 03 8719 8303

Or DM to get started ❤️

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1246 Burwood Highway Service Road, Upper Ferntree Gully
Melbourne, VIC
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Tuesday 2pm - 8pm
Wednesday 9am - 2pm
Thursday 2pm - 8pm