We began actively researching whether AT lessons relieve the stress effects of infertility treatment January 1st of 2006 at IVF NAMBA CLINIC. After six months the results were clear. There is a big difference (in what?) between patients that had been given AT lessons and patients that had not experienced At in their perception of IVF during the stimulation period.
Even though there were no differences in age or treatment histories for these two groups, there were big difference in the pregnancy rates(rate of confirmed gestational sac) after embryo transfer (see chart 1). This difference was statistically significant, with a p value <0.05.
These results were announced at the 4th meeting of the Japan fertility medical psychological counseling academy on January twenty-1st of 2007 held in Tokyo. We cannot conclude that the pregnancy rate was higher only because of the AT lessons, because patients that take AT are also more aggressive in improving their nutrition life and other factors that might have improved their chances. This research applies only to patients taking IVF at this time, but we do recommend all patients taking the timing therapy or IUI(Intra-uterine insemination) also try to master AT.