Vital IVF Steps Followed At our IVF Centre
The In Vitro Fertilization technique of solving both male and female infertility is an extremely delicate and technical procedure requiring a pool of experienced fertility doctors, laparoscopy experts, surgeons, embryologists, and maintaining patients’ data profiles
The Fundamental IVF Steps
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Hormonal Therapy (Fertility Drugs)
A wide range of fertility drugs generalized as hormonal treatments such as Metformin, Gonadotropin, Clomifene, Bromocriptine, Letrozole, taken in the form of drugs or injections is available for a couple. The main aim of these stimulating drugs to obtain multiple eggs required for the IVF procedure. Our fertility experts will observe you weekly and as well conduct blood tests to check your hormone levels
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Egg and/or Sperm Retrieval
Through a minimally invasive surgery (laparoscopy) with an ultrasound imaging guidance, the mature eggs are retrieved with the help of a hollow needle under local anesthesia at our IVF Centre in Amritsar. Similarly, sperms may be surgically collected from your male partner via MESA, TESA, or TESE in case donor sperms aren’t required
Mainly, the sperms are collected on the scheduled day of the IVF procedure
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Insemination
It is simply a process of combing male sperms and the eggs for fertilization to occur. The IUI (Intrauterine Insemination) requires the retrieved sperms to be manually introduced into the woman’s body, whereas with ICSI (Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection) only requires a single sperm to be injected into the egg
The formed embryo will be cultured and later on screened and evaluated
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Transfer
Transferring the mature embryos to the woman’s uterus takes place commonly five or six days after egg retrieval. At least 3 or 4 embryos are transferred to your uterus through a catheter placed through your vagina.
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IVF’s Crucial Facts
The entire procedure of IVF isn’t limited to a patient’s age or a couple’s age difference, but rather, the expertise possessed by the IVF specialists. Regardless of the former drawbacks and IVF failure, our team of enormously experienced IVF specialists at our IVF centre in Chandigarh are able to review a couple’s past IVF approaches and consider improved approaches for a successful treatment cycle
However, it is our prime responsibility to inform our patients about the numerous side effects, ups, and downs of IVF as an ART treatment. This is what to know.
High Cost
A couple may face a huge cost due to their type of infertility, the number of eggs required for the IVF procedure, or the age of the woman. Additional advanced IVF procedures such as Laser Assisted Hatching, Cryopreservation, PGD/PGS may be required a successful treatment cycle
Multiple Pregnancies
With the fact that hormonal drugs are used to prepare your body for the IVF procedure as well as transferring at least 4 to 5 embryos into the woman’s uterus, you may end up with twins, triplets, quadruplets, or more
Other related side effects
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Mild cramping
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Constipation
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Heavy vaginal Bleeding
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Pelvic pain
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Headaches
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Vomiting/Nausea
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Shortness of breath
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Infection in case of surgery
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Ovarian hyper-stimulation syndrome (OHSS)