Acupunture increases IVF success rates (two studies)

Apparently a Danish study has found that having accupuncture on the same day as you have IVF treatment can almost double your chances of pregnancy, this article says there are two studies now

Pregnancy may be fertile ground for acupuncturists
13 May 2006
Peter Aldhous
Magazine issue

"The practice may boost pregnancy rates after IVF, according to two new studies, though another trial found no significant benefits

WHEN Charlotte in Sex and the City turned to acupuncture to help her get pregnant she might have been onto something. Two studies published last week suggest the practice can boost pregnancy rates after IVF. Another trial, however, found no significant benefit, so it looks as though the debate over whether acupuncture really does improve fertility treatment is set to continue.

Few conventional fertility clinics offer acupuncture, but a growing number of women are turning to acupuncturists in the hope of boosting their chances of motherhood. "A lot of couples who undergo several cycles of IVF become very desperate," says Stefan Dieterle, a reproductive endocrinologist at the Witten/Herdecke University in Dortmund, Germany. "They seek alternative methods."

Dieterle's team gave women two sessions of acupuncture, one straight after embryo transfer and the other three days later. The women had needles inserted either at points supposed to boost the reproductive system or ..."

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We have 3 great TCM practitioners in the centre and they all do IVF support/acupuncture - so great to hear rave reviews like this!!!!