IVF treatment - In Vitro Fertilization

When this would be the right choice?

if you suffer from atleast one of these condotions and already tried artificial insemination 

• Endometriosis

• Low sperm counts

• Problems with the uterus or fallopian tubes

• Problems with ovulation

• Antibody problems that harm sperm or eggs

• The inability of sperm to penetrate or survive in the cervical mucus

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IVF step by step

The first step in IVF involves injecting hormones so your partner can produce multiple eggs each month instead of only one. Then she will be tested to determine whether she's ready for egg retrieval.

Prior to the retrieval procedure, she will be given injections of a medication that ripens the developing eggs and starts the process of ovulation. Timing is important; the eggs must be retrieved just before they emerge from the follicles in the ovaries. If the eggs are taken out too early or too late, they won't develop normally. Your doctor may do blood tests or an ultrasound to be sure the eggs are at the right stage of development before retrieving them. The IVF facility will provide you with special instructions to follow the night before and the day of the procedure. Most women are given pain medication and the choice of being mildly sedated or going under full anesthesia.

During the procedure, your doctor will locate follicles in the ovary with ultrasound and remove the eggs with a hollow needle. The procedure usually takes less than 30 minutes, but may take up to an hour.

Immediately following the retrieval, your partners eggs will be mixed in the laboratory with your sperm, which he will have donated on the same day.

While you and your partner go home, the fertilized eggs are kept in the clinic under observation to ensure optimal growth. Depending on the clinic, you may even wait up to five days until the embryo reaches a more advanced blastocyst stage.

Once the embryos are ready, you will return to the IVF facility so doctors can transfer one or more into your partners uterus. This procedure is quicker and easier than the retrieval of the egg. The doctor will insert a flexible tube called a catheter your  partners vagina and cervix and into her uterus, where the embryos will be deposited. To increase the chances of pregnancy, most IVF experts recommend transferring up to three embryos at a time.