Excellent Birth Rates & Statistics, with a 67% success rate in assisted conception, 63% for natural conception and a 78% live birth rate for women who habitually miscarry according to figures in the 2017/18 audit of the Verity Allen Acupuncture clinic.
ACUPUNCTURE & FERTILITY
Acupuncture is proven beneficial in helping a wide array of fertility problems.
Male Infertility1 in 5 men are infertile. Find out if this could be affecting you.
Gynaecological problemsEndometriosis, PCOS and Premature Ovarian Failure
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Acupuncture & IVFRead how it could benefit you in your fertility journey.
Pregnancy symptomsTreatments for pregnancy nausea, back pain and sciatica.
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Recurrent miscarriageUnderstand what can be done to change the outcome.
Preparing for birthAcupuncture for breech babies and to induce eagerly awaited little ones.
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Acupuncture for fertility improves your chances of conception
Acupuncture is proven effective in treating a number of conditions. We are well practiced in dealing with even the most complex of health issues. We have gained a reputation for treating fertility patients and have helped lots of women struggling to conceive either naturally or through assisting IVF procedures.
After attending countless different courses run by Fertility doctors, Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, I have a good breadth of knowledge of fertility issues from the Western medical standpoint and am able to translate this to the Chinese medical approach in order to treat my patients knowledgeably and effectively.
After attending countless different courses run by Fertility doctors, Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, I have a good breadth of knowledge of fertility issues from the Western medical standpoint and am able to translate this to the Chinese medical approach in order to treat my patients knowledgeably and effectively.
RESEARCH & EVIDENCE
Research has established plausible mechanisms to explain how acupuncture may benefit fertility:
(an extract taken from the British Acupuncture Council research fact sheet)
- regulating fertility hormones - stress and other factors can disrupt the function of the hypothalamic pituitary-ovarian axis (HPOA), causing hormonal imbalances that can negatively impact fertility. Acupuncture has been shown to affect hormone levels by promoting the release of beta-endorphin in the brain, which affects the release of gonadotrophin releasing hormone by the hypothalamus, follicle stimulating hormone from the pituitary gland, and oestrogen and progesterone levels from the ovary (Ng 2008, Huang 2008, Lim 2010, Stener-Victorin 2010). Further details of these processes are emerging, for example mRNA expression of hormones, growth factors and other neuropeptides (He 2009)
- increasing blood flow to the reproductive organs - stress also stimulates the sympathetic nervous system, which causes constriction of ovarian arteries. Acupuncture inhibits this sympathetic activity, improving blood flow to the ovaries (Stener-Victorin 2006, Lim 2010), enhancing the environment in which ovarian follicles develop. It also increases blood flow to the uterus (Stener-Victorin 1996, Huang 2008), improving the thickness of the endometrial lining and increasing the chances of embryo implantation.
- counteracting the effects of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) - PCOS is one of the most common causes of female infertility. By reducing sympathetic nerve activity and balancing hormone levels, acupuncture has been shown to reduce the number of ovarian cysts, stimulate ovulation, enhance blastocyst implantation and regulate the menstrual cycle in women with PCOS (Stener-Victorin 2000, 2008, 2009, Zhang 2009). It may also help to control secondary effects such as obesity and anorexia (Lim 2010).
(an extract taken from the British Acupuncture Council research fact sheet)
