Here's a closer look at the IVF process in five steps. You'll be given fertility drugs that will begin a process called stimulation — or superovulation, says the National Institutes of Health NIH. In other words, the drugs — which contain Follicle Stimulating Hormone — will tell your body to produce more than just the normal one egg per month. The more eggs you produce, the more chances you'll have of a successful fertilization later on in the treatment. You'll receive transvaginal ultrasounds and blood tests on a regular basis during this step in the IVF process to check on your ovaries and monitor your hormone levels.
A little more than a day before your eggs are scheduled to be retrieved from your body, you'll receive a hormone injection that will help your eggs mature quickly. Then, you'll have a minor surgical procedure — called follicular aspiration — to remove the eggs. This is generally done as an outpatient surgery in your doctor's office, according to the NIH. During the procedure, your doctor will use an ultrasound to guide a thin needle into each of your ovaries through your vagina.
They can advise on how to improve your chances of having a baby. If these measures don't work, your GP can refer you to a fertility specialist for a treatment such as IVF. Read more about getting started with IVF. Once the embryo s has been transferred into your womb, you'll need to wait 2 weeks before taking a pregnancy test to see if the treatment has worked. Read more about what happens during IVF. The success rate of IVF depends on the age of the woman having treatment, as well as the cause of the infertility if it's known.
During IVF , mature eggs are collected retrieved from ovaries and fertilized by sperm in a lab. Then the fertilized egg embryo or eggs embryos are transferred to a uterus.
One full cycle of IVF takes about three weeks. Sometimes these steps are split into different parts and the process can take longer. IVF is the most effective form of assisted reproductive technology. The procedure can be done using a couple's own eggs and sperm.
Or IVF may involve eggs, sperm or embryos from a known or anonymous donor. In some cases, a gestational carrier — someone who has an embryo implanted in the uterus — might be used. Your chances of having a healthy baby using IVF depend on many factors, such as your age and the cause of infertility.
In addition, IVF can be time-consuming, expensive and invasive. If more than one embryo is transferred to the uterus, IVF can result in a pregnancy with more than one fetus multiple pregnancy. Your doctor can help you understand how IVF works, the potential risks and whether this method of treating infertility is right for you.
In vitro fertilization IVF is a treatment for infertility or genetic problems. If IVF is performed to treat infertility, you and your partner might be able to try less-invasive treatment options before attempting IVF , including fertility drugs to increase production of eggs or intrauterine insemination — a procedure in which sperm are placed directly in the uterus near the time of ovulation.
Sometimes, IVF is offered as a primary treatment for infertility in women over age IVF can also be done if you have certain health conditions. For example, IVF may be an option if you or your partner has:. Fertility preservation for cancer or other health conditions. If you're about to start cancer treatment — such as radiation or chemotherapy — that could harm your fertility, IVF for fertility preservation may be an option.
Women can have eggs harvested from their ovaries and frozen in an unfertilized state for later use. Or the eggs can be fertilized and frozen as embryos for future use. Women who don't have a functional uterus or for whom pregnancy poses a serious health risk might choose IVF using another person to carry the pregnancy gestational carrier.
In this case, the woman's eggs are fertilized with sperm, but the resulting embryos are placed in the gestational carrier's uterus. Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. Use of injectable fertility drugs, such as human chorionic gonadotropin HCG , to induce ovulation can cause ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, in which your ovaries become swollen and painful.
Symptoms typically last a week and include mild abdominal pain, bloating, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. If you become pregnant, however, your symptoms might last several weeks. Rarely, it's possible to develop a more severe form of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome that can also cause rapid weight gain and shortness of breath.
A clinic's success rate depends on many factors. These include patients' ages and medical issues, as well as the clinic's treatment population and treatment approaches. Ask for detailed information about the costs associated with each step of the procedure. Before beginning a cycle of IVF using your own eggs and sperm, you and your partner will likely need various screenings, including:.
Before beginning a cycle of IVF , consider important questions, including:. How many embryos will be transferred? So this is nothing worry about, don't panic. Now we often give you a pad for that purpose. It doesn't mean a tampon is somehow bad for you, it just means sometimes a lot of times in fact, you're using vagina pessaries and topical medication. So it just makes things a bit messy, so we usually just give you a pad to use and the bleeding will never last for days on end. Okay, so finally, I think I need to address a very common question about acupuncture.
Now, there is no scientific proof acupuncture before or after transfer will improve your pregnancy right after IVF treatment but there's good evidence that acupuncture helps with mental wellbeing and certainly helps reduce stress level and anxiety levels associated with an IVF cycle. So if you find that helps you by all means, go ahead. Because there's no proof that acupuncture is harmful to your IVF cycle.
Okay, just want to recap, we talked a bit about what embryo transfer involves. And we also talked about how to look after yourself after the embryo transfer and we also talked about some of the myths that's surrounding embryo transfer.
I certainly hope that you found this video helpful. Do remember, you all have your own individual circumstances and you should talk to your own doctor who know your full history. Do leave us questions and comments and do subscribe to our channel so you can see other videos on fertility and fertility treatment. For now, it is goodbye until next time.
It can be helpful to understand what happens on the day of your embryo transfer as the last step of an IVF cycle. Find out more about IVF success rates Learn about other Fertility Treatments Understanding Infertility IVF is part of what we call ART Assisted Reproductive Technologies which allows fertility doctors to help people become pregnant if they cannot do so naturally.
Read about the step by step process. The frustrations of infertility can place strain on mental health and relationships. Read our tips for self care here. Struggling to conceive is tough enough, but maintaining relationships while undergoing the ups and downs of fertility treatment has its own set of challenges. What does the Medicare safety net mean? Video - How the IVF process works. Each IVF treatment cycle takes around six weeks.
Step 1: Initial Specialist Appointment At your initial appointment, your fertility specialist will review your medical history and all previous investigations and treatments. Step 3: Treatment begins Your fertility nurse gives you the medication you need, explains the treatment cycle timeline, and shows you how to self-administer the Follicle Stimulating Hormone FSH injections.
Step 4: Hormone stimulation FSH is administered through a diabetic-style pen, stimulating your ovaries to produce more eggs than usual.
Step 5: Treatment monitoring Throughout your cycle, regular blood tests measure your hormone levels and ultrasounds measure the size and number of your ovarian follicles. Step 6: Trigger injecton Once you have the optimum number and size of follicles, we plan your egg collection. Step 7: Egg collection in day surgery Egg collection is undertaken in day surgery, usually under ultrasound guidance.
Step 8: Egg fertilisation Collected eggs are taken to the laboratory and placed in culture medium to prepare them for fertilisation later that day.
Step 9: Embryo development The egg and sperm are then placed in individual incubators at 37 degrees to mimic the temperature of the human body.
Step Embryo transfer Embryo transfer is a simple day surgery procedure and usually takes place five days after the egg collection. Step Embryo freezing Any extra embryos not used during a treatment cycle that are suitable for freezing can be stored for the future. Step Pregnancy test Your nurse will organise an appointment for you to have a blood test two weeks after the embryo transfer.
Antagonist treatment cycle Antagonist treatment uses injectable drugs called antagonists to prevent premature ovulation. The IVF protocols, explained. Welcome to Fertile Minds. How to prepare for embryo transfer day. Want more information? IVF process infographic Download. Read the article. Managing relationships during IVF Struggling to conceive is tough enough, but maintaining relationships while undergoing the ups and downs of fertility treatment has its own set of challenges.
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