10 Things You Need To Know About IVF Treatment

10 Things You Need To Know About IVF Treatment:

IVF means In Vitro fertilization which is a treatment of fertilization in which an egg is combined with sperm outside the body in vitro. But before undergoing the process of IVF you must know some things.

Infertility is not uncommon

Infertility is totally a common thing that occurs one in every six couples. It may be due to incapability to conceive by women or by man or sometimes by both at the same time. Some couples undergo the process of IVF because of same-sex too.

Conventional IVF can be
very time consuming

The treatment of IVF is quite time-consuming. This process occurs when an egg is removed from a woman’s ovaries, fertilized outside the body and then replaced. This could take quite 4-5 weeks so it’s a quite long process. However, there is some shorter process of IVF too.

There are different types
of IVF available

Conventional IVF is the most common method used but there are several other methods like Natural IVF which don’t require any kind of drugs or medication. Natural modified IVF requires 3-4 days worth of drugs and Mild IVF requires 5-9 days of drugs.

Price may be more than the
cycle cost

The cycle cost involves scans, egg collection, embryology, and embryo transfer. There may be some extra costs for the full treatment. Hence patients sometimes mistake the cycle cost for the entire cost of treatment. So, it is a quite costly process.

Age matters

When it comes to fertility treatment age is a factor that matters a lot. In women, fertility treatment is better to be done around 30s because after that the chances of conceiving are reduced. And in the 40s it is even more difficult to conceive. This occurs because with the time both the number and the quality of ovaries are reduces. Although men’s fertility is more stable. So if you are considering a fertility treatment so it’s better to think it sooner rather than later.

Success rates can be
misleading

The success rates of IVF is quite average. Before
achieving a successful IVF treatment most of the patients have to undergo
treatments and medication.

You may need more than one
cycle of treatment

You must be prepared that you may not get succeed by a single cycle of treatment. You may have to undergo multiple treatments and you must be prepared for that. As the success rates of IVF are quite average so you may not succeed one time but maybe it can give you positive results, the other time.

Frozen is just as good as
fresh

Many studies have shown that frozen eggs and embryos are just as viable as fresh eggs. If possible the embryos should be frozen and it will be more stable and increases the chances of conceiving.

You are more likely to have multiple pregnancies with IVF

Fertility treatment can result in multiple pregnancies. They arise due to the high dose of medicine and drugs. Triplets and twins are more common in IVF.

There are lots of additional techniques available

There are various other techniques available such as Embryoscope, PGD, and PGS. In Embryoscope is an incubator with a live camera feed by which an embryo can be watched at every development stage without taking it out from the Ideal environment.

Risks and Side Effects associated with IVF Treatment

In addition to this, you must also know about some risks and side effects associated with IVF treatment.

It depends upon the patient. The patient could experience allergic reactions, vaginal bleeding, blood in urine, bloating, breast tenderness, cramping, headaches, infection, pelvic pain, infections, and especially multiple pregnancies which the couple may not want.

However, IVF has various advantages over other treatments which are as follows-