Category Archives: IVF
Ms. M.V.M is confirmed pregnancy by HCG blood test on 20/02/2019!
She had 18 eggs collected after ovulation promoting acupuncture but only achieved 1 embryo, and the only embryo has implanted successfully after the uterine-receptivity enhancing acupuncture!
Congratulations to the precious success to you!
Ms. A.B found herself pregnant on 28/12/2018, on Day 30 after the 3rd transfer of IVF!
Congratulations to you for the best new year present!
The 7th birth of 2018 acupuncture fertility success, baby Riley was born on 13/12/2018, weighing 2.72Kg!
His mother Ms. A.W confirmed the pregnancy on 18/04/2018!
Congratulations to Ms. A.W and your family for the best Christmas present ever!
Ms. K.W from Sydney came to Auckland for IVF embryo transfer, had three acupunctures pre and post to the transfer on 11/08 and 17/08 and 21/08/2018.
She now is pregnant!
Congratulations to you and family!
The hero mum Ms. A.H had her baby on 30/09/2018 at the age of 47! And this is the 5th birth of our fertility acupuncture success in 2018!
The pregnancy was confirmed on 10/02/2018:
Congratulations to your family!
The first birth of our fertility acupuncture success in 2018 was on 06/09/2018, Ms. W.L’s twins of Olivia and Cooper were born on 33 weeks + 6 days, weighing 1.38kg and 2.06kg, both are healthy:-)
The pregnancy was confirmed on 12/02/2018:
Congratulations to your family!
A research article entitled “Effects of Acupuncture versus Sham Acupuncture on Live Births among Women Undergoing In-Vitro Fertilization, A Randomized Clinical Trail” had been published in the May 2018 issue of Journal of American Medical Association, written by Prof. Caroline Smith of Australia. Dr. Jenny attended a presentation of this research by Prof. Smith herself in August 2017 before its publication.
Prof. Caroline Smith–*Effects of Acupuncture versus Sham Acupuncture on Live Births among Women Undergoing In-Vitro Fertilization, A Randomized Clinical Trail
As expected the trial reinforced what other research into the benefits of acupuncture in IVF outcomes has found [1-4] , higher clinical pregnancy rates with the use of acupuncture in conjunction with IVF treatment (25.7% and 21.7% in this study) in contrast to the IVF success rate (20%) on its own [5]. However surprisingly, the final conclusion in this study was “findings do not support the use of acupuncture as a means to improve the rate of live births among women undergoing IVF.”
“These results raised a few questions in my mind and I disagree with this conclusion, therefore I wrote an article to raise awareness of the research methods used, and share my thoughts on ways to improve the validity and reliability of study results.”
Reference
[1] DIETERLE S, YING G, HATZMANN W, et al. Effect of acupuncture on the outcome of in vitro
fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection: a randomized, prospective, controlled
clinical study [J]. Fertility and sterility, 2006, 85(5): 1347-51.
[2] BALK J, CATOV J, HORN B, et al. The relationship between perceived stress, acupuncture,
and pregnancy rates among IVF patients: a pilot study [J]. Complementary therapies in clinical
practice, 2010, 16(3): 154-7.
[3] PAULUS W E, ZHANG M, STREHLER E, et al. Influence of acupuncture on the pregnancy rate
in patients who undergo assisted reproduction
therapy [J]. Fertility and sterility, 2002, 77(4): 721-4.
[4] WESTERGAARD L G, MAO Q, KROGSLUND M, et al. Acupuncture on the day of embryo transfer
significantly improves the reproductive outcome in infertile women: a prospective,
randomized trial [J]. Fertility and sterility, 2006, 85(5): 1341-6.
[5] HAAN G. Effects and Costs of In-Vitro Fertilization: Again, Let'sBe Honest [J].
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 1991, 7(4): 585-93.
Ms. R.R had a chemical pregnancy in August 2018 by HCG tests!
And the baby heart beat was caught by scan to confirm the clinical pregnancy!
The due date is on 14/04/2019, congratulations to you and family!
Baby Lauren of Ms. A.D was born on 31/07/2018 from a natural birth, weighing 3.15kg:-)
The pregnancy was confirmed on 17/11/2017
Congratulations to your family!
Baby girl Gabriella of Ms. M.B was born on 21/07/2018 from a natural birth, 2 days before the due date, after acupuncture labour inducing treatment, weighing 2.95kg 🙂
The pregnancy was confirmed on 13/11/2017
Congratulations to your family!