Acupuncture on Embryo Transfer Day

A practitioner from our office can be available to provide onsite acupuncture services on the day of embryo transfer. Contact our office on the day of your egg retrieval or when you have a tentative transfer date and time so we can schedule this. Be sure that your RE and his scheduling staff are aware that you will be receiving acupuncture so that a room and an adequate amount of time are made available for you.

The treatments last approximately one hour each and are performed immediately before and after the transfer.

If your RE is performing a fluid ultrasound-guided transfer, you will be able to sip water throughout the first treatment. It may be useful to bring a water bottle and straw for easier access.

Acupuncture After Embryo Transfer

Many women receiving acupuncture as an adjunct to IVF tend to think that once the transfer day is over, acupuncture is no longer useful. In our experience, women who continue treatments after embryo transfer (preferably throughout the first trimester) have higher ongoing pregnancy rates. Research demonstrates that acupuncture should also be considered for alleviating the discomforts often associated with pregnancies, including morning sickness and fatigue.¹ And don't forget about acupuncture when it comes close to your delivery date for pain relief, labor induction, hypertension, etc.²

The fee for on-site pre and post embryo transfer acupuncture treatment is $250.00 per treatment payable at the time your appointment is scheduled.

1. See, e.g., Harefuah. 2003 Apr;142(4):297-300, 316; Obstet Gynecol. 1992 Nov;80(5):852-4
2. See, e.g., Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2001 Dec 17;113(23-24):942-6; Minerva Ginecol. 2003 Dec;55(6):503-10; Obstet Gynecol. 1989 Feb;73(2):286-90.