How much do you know about IVF egg retrieval?

  While the success rate of IVF has a direct impact on the overall success rate, egg retrieval is a very important step in this stage of the IVF treatment cycle for patients. Eggs are an important foundation for fetal development and the ability to retrieve high quality eggs during the IVF process can also affect the success rate of IVF on the patient’s body. Knowing what to expect after IVF egg retrieval will help you prepare. You should understand the reactions after IVF egg retrieval.  The conditions that can occur after IVF egg retrieval are as follows: 1. Women may have slight abdominal pain, back pain and other discomfort after egg retrieval surgery due to a small amount of exudate around the ovaries, and need to rest in bed for 1-2 days.  2. The ovaries are larger than usual during the ovulation promotion cycle. To prevent ovarian torsion, daily activities such as turning over and relieving yourself should be gentle, slow and smooth.  3. Prohibit strenuous activities, bathing, intercourse and vaginal douching. Please follow the doctor’s instructions on the use of medication.  4. If you have sudden onset of severe abdominal pain, fever or vaginal bleeding, please contact your doctor promptly.  5.Inject progesterone intramuscularly from the day of egg retrieval. Progesterone is an oil, which should not be absorbed and is easy to form hard nodes, so the following precautions should be noted: alternate sides, long needles for deep intramuscular injection, and press the injection site for no less than 10 minutes after the injection. After injection, fresh potato slices about 1 mm thick can be applied, and after 12-24 hours, hot moist towels can be used to apply local heat for about 30 minutes, taking care to avoid burns.  6. Generally, after egg retrieval, the patient will feel more or less discomfort in the lower abdomen, slight pain and swelling, that is caused by the egg retrieval surgery and a small amount of fluid in the pelvis, don’t worry. Don’t worry about it. These symptoms will soon disappear with the passage of time. If there are many eggs retrieved and there is ovarian hyperstimulation, the symptoms will tend to worsen after the embryo transfer, even stomach pain, nausea, lack of appetite, inability to eat and low urine output.  IVF is a scientific way to enable infertile couples to conceive normally, but this procedure may also pose certain risks to the patient. It is important to remind those who are planning to undergo IVF to carefully choose a regular medical institution for IVF treatment, as only by choosing a professional medical institution can the risks of IVF be reduced and a healthy baby be obtained.