About one in every seven couples in this country has trouble conceiving a child. Fortunately, there are infertility treatments to help, but doctors are always looking for new ways to improve on helping women get pregnant. Now, they’ve turned back in time to the ancient art of acupuncture.

Francesca Piotrowsky is having acupuncture done. But, what makes this unusual is the reason why.

“We became pregnant without IVF, miscarried early on, then we did our first cycle of IVF, became pregnant, and lost that pregnancy as well,” Francesca said.

But, acupuncture may help her get pregnant again.

“Several years ago a group in Germany actually studied acupuncture and felt like they had higher implantation rates when they used acupuncture,” Dr. Richard Scott, of reproductive medicine associates, said.

Implantation means embryos from in vitro fertilization, or IVF, are transferred into the womb where they attach to the uterine wall. Dr. Scott says acupuncture can aid the process.

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