IVF & IUI Support
If you are planning to do IVF, it is recommended that you have treatments for at least three months before your IVF cycle, since it takes at least 3 months for immature eggs (oocytes) to mature enough to be released during ovulation.
The recommendation for acupuncture treatment to prepare for IVF is as follows:
- ✓Three months before your IVF cycle – 1–2 treatments/week
- ✓When your IVF cycle starts (ovarian stimulation medication begins) – 2–3 treatments/week
- ✓One day before (or after) your egg retrieval – one treatment
- ✓Before and after embryo transfer – 2 treatments on your transfer day
- ✓After embryo transfer & during the first trimester – 1 treatment/week
There are many studies that show a set of acupuncture treatments before and after embryo transfer increases the chances of a successful IVF cycle; however, a 3-month lead-in preparation period is usually recommended, because Traditional Chinese medicine (acupuncture and herbal formulas) works as a holistic natural therapy that improves fertility and health gradually. A few acupuncture sessions alone won’t change your body overnight.
Acupuncture & IUI Preparation
If you are going for IUI (either natural IUI, or IUI using Clomid/Letrozole or a similar medication), it would be best for you to start preparation three months before as well.
- ✓Three months before your IUI – 1–2 treatments/week
- ✓One day before or on your IUI day – 1 treatment
- ✓One week after your IUI – 2 treatments
- ✓Until your pregnancy test & during the first trimester – 1 treatment/week
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