A review of seven scientific trials of the use of acupuncture to improve pregnancy rates in patients undergoing IVF, has been published in the prestigious British Medical Journal. The trials looked at 1366 women of all ages, and the preliminary overall conclusion is that for every ten women who combined acupuncture with IVF, one more would conceive who would not otherwise have done so.
(Effects of Acupuncture on Rates of Pregnancy & Live Birth among women undergoing IVF: Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis. BMJ online Feb 2008)