IVF & Fertility in Greece: Acupuncture & Supplement support

16/08/2025

A new study indicates that people are becoming first times parents at ages 40 and over more frequently. Link in the first comment for more.

19/05/2025

A decent RCT on IVF transfer rates and acupuncture, interestingly, only 3 treatments were needed. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1028455920300188
Beta HCG was detected in 63.9% (n = 23) of the AG and 33.3% (n = 12) of CG (p = 0.009). Clinical pregnancy, ongoing pregnancy, and live birth rates were higher in AG (p < 0.05).
AG= acupuncture group.

To investigate the effect of acupuncture on pregnancy success rates applied before and after embryo transfer (ET) among women undergoing in vitro fert…

06/05/2025

An oldie but a goodie on how acupuncture can increase your odds of getting pregnant with IVF. Seeing as IVF is costly, adding an extra security blanket to avoid future treatments seems like a no brainer, especially considering its very low adverse effect profile.

Objective To evaluate whether acupuncture improves rates of pregnancy and live birth when used as an adjuvant treatment to embryo transfer in women undergoing in vitro fertilisation. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources Medline, Cochrane Central, Embase, Chinese Biomedical Databa...