| Acupuncture and IVF Information: What Acupuncture | | | | Acupuncture is initially believed to "relax" the uterus |
| Is and How It Relates to IVF | | | | before in-vitro fertilization, as to ensure the embryo |
| If you and your spouse have been trying to get | | | | will "take" before the uterus contracts and attempts |
| pregnant for some time and are considering | | | | to expel it. However, while acupuncture is known for |
| undergoing in-vitro fertilization (IVF), studies abound | | | | its therapeutic approach, researchers often disagree |
| show that acupuncture often increases the chance | | | | whether the procedure itself helps relax the patient, |
| that IVF treatments will be a success. Various studies | | | | or if it has a certain placebo effect - because a |
| have been performed at a multitude of institutes, | | | | woman feels the acupuncture will increase her |
| such as the University of New Mexico, University of | | | | chances of successful pregnancy, she feels more |
| Maryland's School of Medicine Center, and New York's | | | | relaxed. For women whose infertility may have |
| Meridian Medical Group, with results that show that, | | | | deeper causes, this kind of thinking won't be enough, |
| more often than not, incorporating acupuncture into | | | | thus some doctors question whether or not |
| IVF treatment increases chances of success: very | | | | acupuncture has any real effect. However, even a |
| often, the women who decide to go through | | | | few doctors who haven't seen any medical |
| acupuncture will have lower miscarriage rates, a | | | | distinctions still recommend acupuncture, because in |
| higher live birth rate and often healthier babies. | | | | the worst case scenario, it won't hurt anything. One |
| While this may shed some light on the matter, | | | | must also take into account the relationship between |
| before you run to your nearest acupuncturist it is | | | | mind and body; when the mind feels relaxed or has a |
| important to understand what acupuncture is, the | | | | "good feeling", the body will often follow suit. |
| effects it produces and how it relates to in-vitro | | | | Deciding whether or not to incorporate acupuncture |
| fertilization. Acupuncture, an ancient Chinese medicinal | | | | into your fertility treatment plan is a personal choice |
| practice, uses hair-thin, disposable needles to | | | | that is completely up to you. Attempting to conceive |
| penetrate just under the skin and stimulate specific | | | | after several failed attempts is not only disheartening |
| pressure points in the body for the acceleration of | | | | and frustrating, but can wreak physical havoc on the |
| the body's natural healing processes. While traditionally | | | | body, such as muscle tension. Acupuncture can help |
| practiced in the East, acupuncture has taken on a | | | | to relieve the tension, as well as give a mental boost |
| bigger role in Western medicine through recent years, | | | | before IVF treatment takes place. For more |
| particularly when involved in fertility treatments such | | | | information on infertility and how to remedy it, please |
| as IVF. | | | | visit this website for details. |