Three-quarters of fertility patients are spending money on acupuncture, supplements and drugs that “are not proven to increase the change of having a baby”, the UK’s fertility regulator has found.
About 40,000 people a year wanting to conceive are using at least one additional test, emerging technology or treatment when undergoing IVF or donor insemination treatment, according to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA).
