What are the success rates of acupuncture for infertility?

Giving a single success rate isn't clinically honest — the outcome depends on why a woman is struggling to conceive, how long she's been trying, her age, her partner's sperm health, and what other support she's receiving. What the research does show consistently is improvement across multiple fertility markers: hormonal balance, uterine blood flow, egg quality, and — for IVF patients — clinical pregnancy and live birth rates. For women with PCOS, one well-designed trial found a 46% pregnancy rate with acupuncture versus 18% in controls. That kind of outcome doesn't happen for everyone — but it reflects what is possible when acupuncture is applied to the right patient, at the right time, by a practitioner who understands the clinical picture in full.