IVF
ACUPUNCTURE AND IVF
It is not uncommon for pregnancy to take a little longer to achieve and some couples will need assisted reproductive treatment. Whatever your fertility treatment we can design an individual programme to support you. This will be largely based on acupuncture being given at specific times during the IVF/IUI cycle; we will also recommend other supportive therapies where appropriate. Research has demonstrated that acupuncture before and after embryo transfer can increase the chances of success.
We have experience and understanding of combining acupuncture with IVF. Many couples are now seeking acupuncture treatment throughout their IVF cycles.
The treatments are based on traditional theories combined with the latest evidence based approaches using a combination of electro-acupuncture, auricular (ear) acupuncture and body acupuncture.
We recommend that patients start acupuncture treatment prior to beginning IVF; ideally six to eight weeks is optimal, though not essential. When working with patients undergoing IVF the goal of the acupuncture treatment is to make the body as receptive as possible to the process. This is achieved by administering acupuncture treatments once a week up until the procedure date.
Treating with acupuncture in the weeks after the IVF procedure and into pregnancy is also of great benefit. I usually recommend acupuncture one week after transfer to help maintain a healthy pelvic blood flow and to relieve the stress of waiting.
Why does IVF sometimes fail (
Download the .pdf 15K)
