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Acupuncture: can it help you get
pregnant?
• Researches have been conducted extensively in the past couple of years to
evaluate the possible benefits acupuncture might have for people who are
trying to conceive. An Australian trial published in 2016 suggests that
acupuncture can reduce by the 50% the time taken for infertile women to
conceive. 56 women took part in the 12-month long trial and they were
randomized in two groups – one receiving lifestyle modifications and the
other adding acupuncture into the mix. Overall, the second group show
positive influences in the ability to get pregnant. The amazing result: those
who did conceive, managed to make it happen in half the time the lifestyle
modifications only participants did.
• In another study presented the ESHRE (European Society of Human
Reproduction and Embryology) in 2016 , scientists found that acupuncture
is extremely beneficial for women undergoing IVF therapy. They year-long
study showed that the participants who received acupuncture in
conjunction with their regular IVF treatment managed to get pregnant at an
almost 50% rate – which is double than for those who received IVF alone!