Performing IVF is not a woman’s job alone, and men should not think that they just have to go to the sperm collection on the same day.
In order to ensure that the sperm is of good quality, it is best for husbands to maintain a good lifestyle before IVF, quit smoking and drinking, don’t stay up late, exercise actively, and eat a balanced diet in order to get a healthy baby.
In vitro fertilization
In vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) is often referred to as “IVF” in China.
In fact, in vitro fertilization is a special technique in which both eggs and sperm are taken outside the body and allowed to complete the fertilization process in an artificially controlled environment outside the body, and then the early embryos are transferred to the woman’s uterus, where they are conceived and become a child.
Babies produced using in vitro fertilization techniques are called IVF, and these children also grow up in the mother’s womb. It can be said that “IVF technology” is equivalent to “in vitro fertilization”.
What should my husband do during IVF?
With IVF, most of the time we focus on the woman, who has to be monitored frequently for medication, egg retrieval and transfer.
Most of the time, the male partner only needs to come and collect the sperm on the day of egg retrieval. The neglect of the male partner sometimes leads to failure to retrieve sperm on the day of retrieval, or lack of sperm vitality and quality, delaying the treatment process.
In fact, to do IVF, although most of the operations have to be performed on the woman, the man should also be prepared to support each other.
Only the union of healthy eggs and sperm can give birth to a healthy baby. To avoid sperm quality failure during sperm retrieval, dads need to do these preparations.
Quit smoking and drinking;
Maintain a regular lifestyle and not stay up late;
Active exercise, brisk walking and swimming are especially beneficial to male sperm production;
Do not take sauna and hot springs;
Eat more vegetables and fruits and nuts, and take a comprehensive nutrition and multivitamins;
If you have inflammatory diseases of the reproductive system, you should be treated actively.
If it is difficult to retrieve sperm on weekdays, or if you are unable to masturbate to retrieve sperm, you can freeze the sperm in advance as a precautionary measure, which can also reduce the stress and mental burden of retrieving sperm on the day of egg collection.
After entering the treatment cycle, usually on the 8th day of the wife’s menstrual cycle, the husband needs to discharge sperm once and send it to the fertility center for examination, then abstain from sex and can discharge sperm once again when the follicle grows to about 1.5cm in diameter, because the sperm quality can be affected by too long or too short retention of semen in the body.
Preparation for In Vitro Fertilization
In vitro fertilization (IVF) has become more and more accepted by many people and the success rate is getting higher. However, many people are still unaware of the preparations for IVF, which leads to many detours in IVF.
There are also many people who are not suitable for IVF procedure because they don’t know a lot of situations, and they have spent a lot of effort and energy and wasted a lot of money, and the final result really doesn’t work. So today on the preparation for IVF to give you a careful talk.
1, three certificates complete
Before doing IVF you need to prepare three certificates complete, namely marriage certificate, ID card, birth certificate.
The state regulations require these three documents to do IVF.
2. Age limit
We need to know that there is an age limit for IVF.
It is best for women not to exceed 40;
Men should preferably not exceed 50;
Because after this time, the quality of eggs and sperm is not guaranteed, and the babies conceived will not meet the requirements of eugenics.
3. IVF should not be done in the following cases
It is also important to know the conditions for IVF and the circumstances in which IVF cannot be done. In general, the main circumstances in which IVF cannot be done are
Either of the partners providing the eggs and sperm has a bad habit such as alcohol or drug addiction.
Acute infection of the reproductive or urinary system or sexually transmitted diseases in either of the egg and sperm providers.
Either party providing the eggs or sperm has been exposed to teratogenic amounts of radiation, toxins, drugs and is in a period of action.
The couple receiving the embryo gift or egg gift is suffering from acute reproductive or urinary tract infections and sexually transmitted diseases or has alcohol or drug addiction.
The female partner’s uterus is not capable of gestation or has a serious physical illness that prevents her from sustaining pregnancy.
The female partner suffers from serious hereditary diseases, serious physical diseases, mental and psychological disorders that are not suitable for childbirth.
4.Checkup report for preparing for IVF
Whether the woman has normal ovulation check;
The male partner’s sperm examination, generally if the male semen examination within six months is OK;
The female partner’s tubal patency examination report, if the tubal is different, after treatment or not can not do IVF surgery;
Both the man and the woman do not carry any genetic diseases.
5, determine a good time to go for egg collection and sperm collection process.
Steps of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
1. Controlled super ovulation
2.Follicle monitoring
3.Egg retrieval
4.Sperm collection
5.In vitro fertilization
6.Embryo in vitro culture
7.Embryo transfer
8.Progesterone supplementation after embryo transfer
9.Morning urine and blood test on the 14th day after embryo transfer to determine if pregnancy
10.After 14 days of pregnancy, ultrasound check the number of fetus and embryo implantation site