Cend Oriental Clinic

How Acupuncture benefit for fertility

Acupuncture and / or Chinese medicine improve the IVF outcome by decreasing blood flow impedance and increasing the uterine blood flow, inhibiting uterine motility, reducing depression, anxiety, and stress, and modulating the immune factors, especially cytokines.

Who should consider acupuncture and/or Chinese medicine to support IVF?

If you are over 35 and preparing for IVF cycle, we recommend you consider acupuncture and /or Chinese medicine to support.

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What can we do for you?

Before starting IVF stimulation, we recommend 3 months preparations. During this time, from a complete medical history and laboratory investigation as well as our own modality diagnosis for each patient and then create a customized treatment plan that may include mild acupuncture, nutritional advice, herbal prescriptions, supplements and mental/physical and lifestyle therapy. A range of fertility tool challenges including:

Egg and sperm quality
IVF/IUI support
PCOS
Recurrent Miscarriage
Endometriosis
Diminished ovarian reserve
Advanced maternal age
Unexplained infertility
Male factor infertility

Once you start drug stimulation, we will stop all herbal medicines. This is to ensure there are no drug-herb interactions. However, acupuncture twice a week until transfer.

Our Acupuncture Programme

Pre-IVF / Pre-embryo freezing

Acupuncture is performed 2-3 times/week about 4-6 weeks before IVF/embryo freezing. Effect: Promote the blood supply of the female uterus and ovary. This treatment can help your ovaries to produce more high-quality healthy follicles and improve the chances of embryo implantation.

During IVF/ICSI process

Acupuncture can be performed 2-3 times/week at any stage of the IVF/ICSI process. Effect: Greatly reduce side effects such as bloating, insomnia, anxiety, depression, fatigue, hot flashes and other side effects during IVF.

Artificial insemination after egg retrieval before transplantation

Effect: Help the body recover after surgery and reduce the side effects after anesthesia, and at the same time restore the blood supply environment of the uterus to make the best preparation for the next embryo implantation.

Pre/post embryo implantation

"Acupuncture treatment before and after embryo implantation can significantly increase the probability of conception by 65%." - British Medical Journal (2008), "This is currently one of the most effective methods to improve the probability of conception."

First trimester (about the first 12 weeks of pregnancy)

Expectant mothers should perform acupuncture 1-2 times/week during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Effect: Promote blood circulation in the uterus and improve immunity of the body.

Optimize sperm

Use acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine. Effect: Improve sperm count and motility, optimize and improve normal sperm morphology

Third trimester (about 36 weeks of pregnancy - before delivery)

Expectant mothers start acupuncture 1-2 times/week from the 36th week of pregnancy. Effect: Help shorten the delivery time; if the fetal position is abnormal, 60%-80% of the fetal position can be successfully transferred through the combination of acupuncture & moxibustion.

Postpartum conditioning

Effect: Promote uterine contraction and repair through acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine, increase milk production, promote water metabolism, reduce weight, and restore your prenatal graceful figure.

Repeated embryo implantation failure

The process of embryo implantation in the uterine cavity depends on the synchronization of many factors, such as high-quality embryos, ideal endometrial receptivity, suitable growth environment and maternal immune system. There are many reasons for RIF, but the common reasons are as follows.

Embryonic factors
Uterine factor
Immune factors and coagulation abnormalities
Abnormal sperm
Psychological factors

For RIF, we recommend three months of preparation treatment. And twice weekly treatment before and after transfer.

FSH and AMH

In addition, it‘s evidence based that short-term intensive acupuncture sessions can also increase the body's hormone levels in the short term, such as reducing FSH, increasing AMP and so on. We will customize treatment plan for individual conditions.

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