Shen Therapies Success Rates
102 women with fertility issues participated in a recent study conducted by Andrew Orr and his team at Shen Therapies
The results were:
- Ages at conception ranged from 23 to 45 years with a mean age of 34.4 years
- Overall only 3.9% of women treated did not get pregnant at all
- The interval between commencing therapy and conception was between 1 and 29 months, with a median of 4 months. Over 44% of women conceived within the first 2 months of therapy, while 65.6% conceived within 6 months
- 14.0% of women miscarried, 57% of whom were older than 34 years;
- 35.6% of women were concurrently on IVF while being treated by Shen Therapies
- 95.1% of patients were treated with acupuncture and herbs while 4.9% had only herbal treatment
- Although the number of women choosing to use herbs alone is very small, no apparent differences in pregnancy outcomes seem apparent
- 86% of pregnant women at the time of this analysis were either pregnant or had successfully given birth to their baby
- Of those using IVF, 79.4% had a successful outcome while 20.6% miscarried
- Those who conceived naturally had a lower miscarriage rate of 10.4%
Women aged less than 33 years had slightly better outcomes – 88.9% were either pregnant or had given birth.
Women aged 40 years and older has slightly worse outcomes - 81.8% were either pregnant or had given birth.
While there were slightly more older women having IVF, this was not statistically significant.
Women who fell pregnant quickly (within 3 months) were less likely to miscarry than those who took longer than 3 months: 6.8% compared to 16.3%. Interestingly, those who took quite a long time to conceive (more than 12 months) had no increased risk of miscarrying compared to those that conceived in the first 3 months – the risk seems highest for those taking 6 – 12 months to fall pregnant.