A career change that left a St Margarets mother with needles in her hands is helping to create life. After working in the travel industry and having three children Hilary Haynes decided to retrain in Chinese medicine and is now helping couples with their fertility through acupuncture.

As I walked into the entrance of the Galen Naturopathic Clinic in Sheen Road the smell of aromatherapy oils hit me and I was greeted by an array of bottles and books in a very comfortable environment.

"To help a person get pregnant is fantastic," she says. "As a mother I don't see why I should be the only one standing by a rugby pitch, I would do anything to help someone have that."

Ten years ago, when Hilary and her family moved back to England after living in Brussels and Paris, she decided it was time to retrain.