The Acupuncture Pregnancy Clinic (formerly known as The Acupuncture IVF Support Clinic) a network of clinics that focus on supporting patients through their fertility, IVF and pregnancy journey.
The collection of papers in this section includes some that examined the role of acupuncture just at the time of embryo transfer in an IVF cycle and a number of other trials which looked at the effect of using acupuncture before and throughout the IVF cycle. Acupuncture and IVF; Some large randomised controlled trials found […]
This 6-part lecture series on topics IVF, PCOS, Endometriosis, Male fertility, Immune factors, and Stress. This series was Created by A/Professor Gavin Sacks, Clinical Director IVFA and Amy Forth, Director of Acupuncture Pregnancy Clinic Alexandria and presented by Alexandria Specialist Day Hospital (ASDH)and sponsored by Myegn health and IVFA.The talks were delivered to and presented by Fertility and other Specialists, GPs, […]
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Yan Yu et al, Acup Med BMJ, 2019 Acupuncture in Medicine, British Medical Journal
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There have been a number of small randomised controlled trials that examined the effect of acupuncture on IVF outcomes when administered on the day of embryo transfer, and many reported a positive effect. However some more recent large randomised controlled trials (published in other journals) have not replicated this result, concluding that acupuncture on the […]
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Zhenhong Shuai et al, Acup Med, 2019, Vol 37 issue 1, 33-39 Acupuncture In Medicine BMJ