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Infertile women sing acupuncture's praises

Brooke Akin underwent three rounds of artificial insemination at $3,000 a pop. She took fertility drugs that made her feel moody. Yet, after three and a half years of trying, she still wasn’t pregnant.

Akin, 29, of Hermitage, says her doctor recommended that she undergo in vitro fertilization (IVF), which costs roughly $15,000. But after some initial skepticism, Akin decided to put modern medicine aside and try the ancient practice of acupuncture.

“I was pregnant by the third month. It was awesome,” says Akin, who gave birth to her son, Hudson, in October. “He’s my little acupuncture baby.”

It’s estimated that 10 percent of all women are unable to become pregnant after trying for a year. It’s a problem of special interest to the growing number of women who have waited until their late 30s and early 40s to have children.

Spurred, in part, by reports of celebrities such as Mariah Carey, Celine Dion and Khloe Kardashian trying it, more and more of these women are turning to acupuncture — the practice of inserting thin needles into the skin to relieve pain or promote healing — to address fertility issues. Several acupuncture practices in Middle Tennessee — Green Hills Natural Health Clinic, Nashville Healing Arts, and Ancient Healing and Wellness in Cool Springs, to name a few — offer such services.

Acupuncturist Steve Blumenthal, owner of Green Hills Natural Health Clinic, says more than 250 women have become pregnant under his care in the past six years. Some of his clients turned to acupuncture after not being able to conceive naturally. Others do it in conjunction with IVF or other medical treatments. Or as a last-ditch effort after trying everything modern medicine has to offer.

“I’ve had women come in who are completely frustrated,” Blumenthal says. “They’ve done IVF or IUI (intrauterine insemination), sometimes three or four times. They come in and see us, and they get pregnant after three or four months.”

While these anecdotal stories sound promising, Dr. Esther Eisenberg, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, says there hasn’t been a large comprehensive study looking at whether acupuncture really helps women become pregnant.

“We don’t know the answer,” she says.

Eisenberg says she’s more likely to recommend that women do things that have been proven to increase the likelihood of pregnancy, such as exercising regularly, maintaining a healthy body weight, and staying away from cigarettes.

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