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Building resilience: A preliminary exploration of women's perceptions of the use of acupuncture as an adjunct to In Vitro Fertilisation
In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) is now an accepted and effective treatment for infertility,
however IVF is acknowledged as contributing to, rather than lessening, the overall psychosocial
effects of infertility. Psychological and counselling interventions have previously been widely
recommended in parallel with infertility treatments but whilst in many jurisdictions counselling is
recommended or mandatory, it may not be widely used. Acupuncture is increasingly used as an
adjunct to IVF, in this preliminary study we sought to investigate the experience of infertile women
who had used acupuncture to improve their fertility