Acupuncture has helped many infertile women to conceive.

It’s estimated that 10 percent of all women are unable to become pregnant after trying for a year. It’s a problem of special interest to the growing number of women who have waited until their late 30s and early 40s to have children.

Spurred, in part, by reports of celebrities such as Mariah Carey, Celine Dion and Khloe Kardashian trying it, more and more of these women are turning to acupuncture — the practice of inserting thin needles into the skin to relieve pain or promote healing — to address fertility issues.