Acupuncture and IVF Treatment

Several recent studies have focused on the benefitsbecoming pregnant.
of acupuncture and IVF treatment usedHow acupuncture works in relation to improve fertility
simultaneously. Traditionally natural fertilityis not clearly understood by scientific researchers.
treatments, like acupuncture, have been usedHowever, there is speculation that the positive
independently from medical fertility treatments usingoutcomes result in part from the reduction of stress
in-vitro fertilization techniques or fertility drugs.and anxiety. Undergoing IVF treatment is a very
However, as medical research has shown morestressful process, and stress is known to have a
interest in evaluating the benefits of naturalnegative impact on fertility. Acupuncture, on the
treatments like acupuncture, there has also been another hand, is known to reduce stress and anxiety
increased interest in how these treatments work inlevels in those undergoing the process.
conjunction with standard fertility treatments.There are still some unanswered questions regarding
Probably the best known study to date that hasthe use of acupuncture in relation to pregnancy. For
focused in acupuncture and IVF treatment is a studyexample, researchers are still not sure how long
published in 2008 in the British Medical Journal. Thisacupuncture treatments should be used during the
study, which involved 1366 different women undercourse of a pregnancy and if there is a point where
going both IVF and acupuncture treatment, showedthey should be stopped. Still, the success rates
that acupuncture had a significant positive influenceshown in the British Medical Journal acupuncture and
on the outcome of the IVF treatment. ResearchersIVF study mean that many women will likely have a
found that women who had both acupuncture andbetter chance of conceiving in the future when using
IVF treatment had a 65% greater chance ofthese two treatments together.