Hypnosis and fertility

Impact of hypnosis during embryo transfer on the outcome of in vitro fertilization – embryo transfer: a case-control study
AUTHOR(S): Levitas, E., Parmet, A., Lunenfeld, E., Bentov, Y., Burstein, E., Friger, M., Potashnik, G. DATE: April, 2006 DESIGN: Case-control clinical study SUBJECTS: Infertile couples undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF)
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether hypnosis during embryo transfer (ET) contributes to successful IVF/ET outcome.

INTERVENTIONS: 98 IVF/ET cycles with hypnosis during the ET procedure were matched with 96 regular IVF/ET cycles.

RESULTS: 52 clinical pregnancies were obtained out of 98 cycles (53.1%) with an implantation rate of 28% among hypnosis IVF/ET cycles, and 29 out of 96 (30.2%) clinical pregnancies and an implantation rate of 14.4% in the control cycles. The overall IVF program pregnancy rate for the same period was 32.1%. Logistic regression analysis emphasised the positive contribution of hypnosis to the IVF/ET conception rates.

CONCLUSIONS: Use of hypnosis during ET may significantly improve the IVF/ET cycle outcome in terms of increased implantation and clinical pregnancy rates. Furthermore, patients' attitude to the treatment was more favourable. SOURCE: Fertility and Sterility. At time of publication, article in press.