| Are you having trouble conceiving and now | | | | Always make sure that the person treating you is |
| considering using acupuncture for infertility. Does it | | | | certified. Your fertility clinic will probably have a list of |
| work? The answer is yes and no. It really depends | | | | people they would recommend to you. Don't be |
| on whether you personally believe in the treatment - | | | | afraid to ask - they will have answered this request |
| cynics should save their money. If you believe in | | | | countless of times. |
| alternative remedies including acupuncture you are | | | | It is always wise to tell your fertility clinic what |
| more likely to reap the main benefit - i.e.relaxation. | | | | additional treatments you are considering having. |
| There is little concrete scientific evidence that proves | | | | Whilst most complimentary treatments are fine, |
| acupuncture will give you the baby you desire. But | | | | some like herbs etc do interfere with the medical |
| studies have shown that if used in conjunction with | | | | procedures you may be undergoing so it always wise |
| IVF, your chances of becoming pregnant increase | | | | to check first. |
| significantly. Nobody fully understands why. It could | | | | And don't let the man in your life off Scott free |
| have been a false study in that the women studied | | | | either. Studies on men who were treated with |
| would have got pregnant anyway. Believers and | | | | acupuncture suggest that it can help resolve male |
| practitioners suggest that it works as it has a calming | | | | infertility issues as well. But if he is afraid of needles, |
| effect on a woman including her uterus so an | | | | even small ones, then it might be an idea to leave |
| embryo is more likely to want to stay! | | | | him at home. The aim here is to make you both |
| So what does having acupuncture for infertility | | | | relax. If I had to watch my man faint at the site of a |
| involve? It is exactly the same process as ordinary | | | | small needle when the aim was for me to have his |
| acupuncture i.e. it involves sticking really thin needles | | | | baby in 9 months, I think I would probably murder |
| into various points of your body in an effort to | | | | him. |
| balance our life flow. A good practitioner will treat | | | | It certainly wouldn't result in a night of baby making |
| you holistically which means that they will try to | | | | passion! |
| assist you in many ways. | | | | |