In Vitro Fertilization
In vitro fertilization is a procedure used when there is a very small probability of a sperm fertilizing an egg or when the woman’s oviducts are blocked. Here it is how the procedure works: 
The process consists in: ovulation induction, egg retrieval, insemination, fertilization, embryo transfer, pregnancy testing.
Before beginning the egg retrieval the woman is injected with some medications in order to stimulate the egg development.
The egg retrieval procedure is very important for the in vitro fertilization treatment.
During the egg retrieval process a woman’s eggs are extracted from her ovaries in order to be fertilized later with sperm provided from a sperm donor.
The following step after the egg retrieval the healthy eggs are mixed with sperm and they are monitored until the fertilization takes place. After the fertilization the next treatment step is the embryo transfer. Embryo transfer can be performed after 2-3 days after that depending on the woman’s age and the number of embryos.
The embryo transfer can be splitted in two categories:
- the transfer of embryos 3 days after the egg retrieval
- blastocyst transfer: it takes place after 5 days of culturing when the embryos reach the blastocyst stage. At this point is easier to choose the healthy embryos to be transferred to the uterus.
Frozen embryo transferis a new type of infertility treatment. Patients who undertake the in vitro fertilization treatment may choose to freeze the extra embryos remained after the procedure in order to use them in an ulterior IVF treatment in case the current one doesn’t succeed. The frozen embryos can be transferred into the uterus later. The operation of embryo freezing is also known as embryo cryopreservation and is a way of beating the biological clock.
Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis is performed before the implantation in order to establish if there is a risk of transmitting a genetic disease to the child. If that is the case the entire process could be terminated to avoid the abortion. However not all genetic diseases can be diagnosed using this technique. The causes of a genetic disorder could be linked to chromosomal abnormalities depending on the sex or could be an abnormality caused by a single gene.
Implantation failure is a part of the in vitro fertilization procedure that is not very well understood because patients succeed to produce healthy embryos but at the implantation phase things go wrong for inexplicable reasons.
It is defined as the embryo’s failure to implant during the IVF cycle, but not all the specialists agree with this definition. Some of them consider that implantation failure represents the failure of achieving a pregnancy after several IVF cycles. Other doctors compare the number of embryos which were transferred with the number of treatment tries.
The success rate of IVF is very difficult to establish and is different from one IVF clinic to another. The success rate depends on what basis is calculated. Some clinics, for advertising reasons, say that their IVF success rate is very big but they don’t mention how was this calculated, if they take into consideration just a successful implantation or an ongoing pregnancy or the actual delivery.
Each step of the in vitro fertilization procedure has its specific risks: Superovulation, HSS-Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome, Retrieving the Oocytes.
At the beginning the patient receives a treatment based on hormones for a period of 10 days in order to determine the woman’s ovaries to release more than one egg during the ovulation period. It is expected that the ovaries can produce about 20 eggs as a result of hormone administration. There are two possible ways of collecting the eggs: one of them is by inserting a needle in the vagina and the other one is by making a slight incision in the abdomen. Afterwards the eggs are put into a recipient where they are combined with a specific number of sperm.
If the eggs can’t be fertilized because the sperm aren’t able to reach to them, then each egg is injected with a sperm using the microscope. Once the fertilization takes place after a couple of days the fertilized eggs can be implanted into the uterus. The number of implanted eggs is decided taking in consideration a series of factors. From now on the woman’s body is adjusting and takes care of the embryos.
For ensuring a succsseful pregnancy more than one embryos are implanted into the uterus,but this can lead to multiple births thet can affect the helth of the babies already conceived. Studies show that 10-25% of women who undergo in vitro fertilization procedure have twins. The chances of success with the IVF procedure can’t be predicted because a large number of factors are involved. What is sure is that the success rate is bigger if the female is younger.
In vitro fertilization is a procedure where the female egg is fertilized outside of the woman’s body. The process involves several steps. Each step of the in vitro fertilization procedure has its specific risks and many factors are to be considered like age, multiple birth, safety, etc. Consult here to know more Egg Donor New Jersey
In vitro fertilization is a complex procedure for the cure of fertility. Though this procedure serves as a reliable alternative one should go for this procedure after proper consultation. Contact Dr Henry Malter for a free In Vitro Fertilization New Jerseyconsultation
i think this procedure is very helpfull. but since there are also many risks especially old womens, like if the mother is greater than 35 years of age the risk of having a baby with down syndrome is high, so i think this procedure should not be conducted in older peoples.
WoW. What, in US dollars, did the IVF cost for Elizabeth Adeney (aka Elizabeth Munro)?
How much would a couple have to pay for this?
My Doctor told me, after the egg retrieval and ferilization, that i have 4 beautiful eggs that are growing very well, he even mentioned that after 3 days all of them splits into 8 cells already.
Me and my husband were planning to put 3 embryos as we really want to make sure at least one will survive. On the day of embryo transfer, our doctor advised us to put just 2 and freeze the other 2. This is because all my embryos are good and are growing well and that he is positive that i get pregnant even if we just transfer 2. He said he is not advise us to transfer 3 because there is a possibility that we get triplets since the embryos are growing well. And so we agreed to just put 2 embryos.
After 14 days from the transfer and the result is negative, the Dr said, when i get back to him, that its good he choose to put only one good embryo and one not so good because i have a better chance on my second try since i have one remaining good embryo. I was surprised because he never said that there were not so good embryos. The Doctor\’s comment after the negative test is totally different from what he explained to us on the day of the embryo transfer. Should he told us that we have only 2 good embryos and 2 not so good, we could have push through with our original plan to transfer 3 intead of 2.
When my husband called the doctor over his cellphone, he is already denying what he said about the conditions of the embryos before the transfer
After the first transfer and all that the doctor said during the procedures that is not inconsistent to what he is saying after the failure, we still don\’t know if we still going to believe him or not. It is very frustrating and disappointing.
Dear maam,
I am 46 years old married and no kids, I got married three years ago, I really want a baby girl ,just one baby in my life, I want the insemination or implant procedure. Is it possible for me to have a baby? It’s impossible for me to get normal pregnant because I never got pregnant before. What is the safe method or procedure for me.Please help me.
Thank you very much and I’m looking forward to hear from you.
Respectfully yours,
Fe Trisha Holter
Go to a doctor make some tests .. he will tell you if you can have children at this age.. In my opinion is possible
I am a 25 year old female who want’s children with my long time boyfriend. At 22 years old I had a tubular pregnancy and my right fallopian tube was removed. The doctors said I must of had some infection that i did not know about. But I never had any pain and have never had any std’s until I had the surgery and after follow ups found out I have HPV. I had scar tissue on both my tubes and I had an x-ray done on the left fallopian tube. The doctors told me that it was blocked almost completely and that I would need to have IFV or adopt to have children. I have had severe menstral cramps my whole life and I used to vomit they were so bad. Now I just take over the counter medication to stop the pain and I no longer get sick. And endometriosis runs genetically in my family. So does infertility. I fear that I will never be able to afford this procedure and I really want children now. Every doctor I talk to dismisses my wishes and does not even regard the fact that I want children now. They think I am to young. I am not married and I don’t own my own home. I have a full time job but did not go to college. I am just wondering if anyone who reads this can give me some good advice and take me seriously because no one else does. It’s just the day I found out i was pregnant I had to have emergency surgery and found out I could not have children naturally ever. They took my tube and told me the other was worthless. I don’t know what to do anymore??? I love children and want to be a mom so bad. I have only been pregnant the one time and I….I just need some advice. PLEASE HELP ANYONE!!!!!
P.S. I have health insurance through my job now. Does insurance ever cover any of these procedures??
To Tigist, I’m sorry but since when are women over the age of 35 considered “old”? You should be mindful of women’s feelings when referring to them as old, it might be hard for some women just to turn 40 much less to be considered old. For the record, young women can have children with disabilities as well, although I understand that the risk is higher for women of non childbearing ages. Please keep this in mind.
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