Acupuncture may increase the success rates of fertility treatment; a study has found that for every 10 IVF (in vitro fertilization) cycles with acupuncture, there would be one extra pregnancy.
IVF involves fertilizing the egg with sperm outside the woman's body, and then putting the resulting embryo back into the womb. Some couples need to make expensive attempts to achieve a pregnancy.
Acupuncture has been used for centuries in China to regulate fertility. A series of seven trials involving more than 1,300 women found that those who underwent acupuncture were 65 percent more likely to have a successful embryo transfer.