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Assisted Fertilization in Thailand
In Vitro Fertilization
More information about in vitro fertilization
IVF is far and away the most common of the high-tech fertility treatments, accounting for more than 70 percent of all assisted reproductive technologies (ART) procedures. About 15,000 IVF babies are born each year in the United States.
IVF is a 10 step procedure:
•Use of a drug to stimulate multiple follicular development in the ovaries.
•Monitor growth of follicle by ultrasound scan and serum estrogen level.
•Use of a drug to induce ovulation when one to three follicles are mature.
•When a sufficient number of mature follicles is observed in the ovaries, an ovulating dose of hCG will be administered to induce oocyte maturation.
•Oocyte retrieval is performed at about 34-38 hours after the hCG injection. The female partner usually does not require general anesthesia. Under ultrasound guidance, a needle is inserted through the back of the vagina into the ovary to puncture individual mature follicle and to aspirate the follicular fluid.
•The embryologist will examine the follicular fluid content under a microscope for the presence of oocyte.
•At a specified time, the male partner will submit a semen sample for sperm preparation, whereby sperms with good motility and normal morphology will be harvested.
•Washed sperms are added to the recovered oocytes and cultured in incubator overnight - insemination.
•About 16-20 hours post-insemination, individual oocyte is checked for fertilization. Normal fertilized oocytes (zygotes) have two pronuclei.
Zygotes are cultured for another 24 hours and are examined again. They have usually commenced cleavage and are at 2-4 cell stage (embryos). Only embryos with normal development are replaced into the uterine cavity via vagina using a transfer catheter.
Is in vitro fertilization for you?
IVF can help you conceive if you have ovulation problems or blocked fallopian tubes, if your partner has a low sperm count, or if other methods of treatment have been unsuccessful.
Treatment: What to expect
Near the beginning of your menstrual cycle, you'll take a fertility drug to stimulate your ovaries to develop several mature eggs for fertilization. (You normally release only one egg a month.) You may also have to take a synthetic hormone called Lupron to keep your body from releasing your eggs too early.
You'll have to visit your doctor's office or clinic often so she can monitor your blood hormone levels to detect when your eggs are mature. Once they're mature, your doctor will give you an anesthetic and remove your eggs from your ovaries by inserting a needle through your vaginal wall. (She may perform an ultrasound to locate your eggs.) Your doctor will then combine your eggs with your partner's sperm in a dish in a laboratory.
Two to five days later, each of your fertilized eggs will be a ball of cells called an embryo and your doctor will place two to four of them in your uterus by inserting a thin catheter through your cervix. (Extra embryos, if there are any, may be frozen in case this cycle doesn't succeed.) If the treatment works, an embryo will implant in your uterine wall and continue to grow into a baby. (In 20 to 40 percent of IVF pregnancies, more than one embryo implants and women give birth to multiples.)
You'll be able to take a pregnancy test about two weeks after your embryos are placed in your uterus.
Length of treatment
It takes about four to six weeks to complete one cycle of IVF. You'll have to wait a few weeks for your eggs to mature. Then you and your partner will spend about half a day at your doctor's office or clinic having your eggs retrieved and fertilized. You'll have to go back again two to five days later to have them inserted into your uterus — but you'll be able to go home that same day.
Success rate
The outcomes of IVF vary drastically depending on couples' fertility problems and ages - younger women usually have healthier eggs and higher success rates. On average, you have a 35 percent chance of getting pregnant and a 29 percent possibility of delivering a baby with each cycle of treatment.
Pluses
IVF is the oldest assisted reproductive technology (ART) procedure on the block it just turned 20. So while other ART procedures are still relatively new, IVF has been around long enough for researchers to do extended health studies on the children conceived using this method; so far, no medical problems have been linked to it.
Also, researchers who recently examined the results of eight different studies conducted between 1989 and 1999 found that fertility drugs don't increase a woman's risk of developing ovarian cancer, even if she takes them for more than a year. Previously this issue was a major source of controversy and concern. What's more, researchers are finding ways to improve IVF procedures for the future.
Minuses
•Fertilizing your eggs outside your body requires expensive lab work.
•Also, because most likely more than one embryo will be placed in your uterus, you'll have a 20 to 40 percent chance of having twins or more. Though many couples consider this a blessing, multiple fetuses increase your risk of miscarriage and other complications. (Be aware that some doctors will advise aborting a fetus if you're in danger of losing them all.) IVF researchers are now working on techniques to prevent multiple fetuses.
•As with all assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatments, IVF will up your risk of having an ectopic pregnancy too. This occurs when an embryo drifts up to your fallopian tubes or abdominal cavity and implants there rather than in your uterus. Your doctor will either prescribe a medication called methotrexate or surgically remove the embryo to prevent it from fatally injuring you by continuing to grow.
•Women who take fertility drugs sometimes develop ovarian hyper stimulation syndrome (OHSS), a condition signaled by weight gain and a full, bloated feeling. Some patients also have shortness of breath, dizziness, pelvic pain, nausea, and vomiting. OHSS occurs when you respond too well to the drugs and produce too many eggs; your ovaries rapidly swell to several times their size and leak fluid into your abdominal cavity. Normally this resolves itself with careful monitoring by your physician. But in rare cases it can be life threatening, and you have to be hospitalized for more intense monitoring.
•Also, recent studies show that babies conceived with the help of hi-tech fertility treatments such as IVF are more likely to be born at low birth weights and with birth defects. But experts aren't sure whether it's the factors that cause fertility problems (such as age) or the treatments that are to blame. What's more, future fertility treatments may enable doctors to weed out unhealthy embryos before transferring them to patients
IVF Thailand Experts offers all inclusive packages including a ivf treatment, fertility treatment, icsi and egg donor surgeries in Thailand. You will benefit with affordable ivf treatment.
The ivf treatment cost of your Thailand surgery is up to 75% less than USA rates and you will have access to leading board certified Thailand ivf surgeons.
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