1. I had 8 follicles when I was monitored, why did I only get 6?
The process of egg retrieval is to remove the contents of the follicle by inserting a puncture needle into the follicle under ultrasound monitoring. This is like using a straw to suck milk containing grains of fruit, there are always grains of fruit stuck to the wall of the cup or the wall of the straw, which can’t be sucked out ~ sometimes obesity, high ovarian position, severe abdominal breathing and poor anesthesia can cause unclear follicle visualization under ultrasound or follicles moving with breathing, which can lead to increased losses during egg retrieval.
2. Why do others have more than a dozen eggs at a time, but I only have 1-2?
The number of follicles developed at one time is closely related to ovarian function and hormone levels, and ovarian function is related to age. After the age of 40 or premature ovarian failure, ovarian function declines significantly, and it is not easy to promote 1 or 2 usable eggs. Don’t compare the number with young people, it’s good to have your 1-2 eggs matched and developed into quality embryos.
3. I had 10 eggs retrieved, why did I only get 5?
Egg retrieval is like peeling melon seeds, theoretically there should be one seed in each melon, but you can always peel one or two seeds that look full in appearance but are empty or even bad inside! This is not something that can be seen completely clearly by ultrasound. Sometimes quality takes precedence over quantity.
4. Why do ectopic pregnancies still occur after IVF?
Although the embryo is implanted in the uterus during the IVF operation, the embryo wanders during the first three days after the transfer and may run into the fallopian tube. Sometimes the fallopian tube is not in good condition and the embryo does not swim back to the uterus and sets up camp in the fallopian tube, forming an ectopic pregnancy, the probability is about 2%-5%. Therefore, IVF cannot completely avoid ectopic pregnancy, and patients need to be psychologically prepared.
5. Will ovulation injections make people fat?
Some patients complain about weight gain after ovulation injections or hormones. This is because ovulation injections increase the level of estrogen, which causes water retention in the body (i.e. temporary “water retention”), resulting in weight gain or edema. After a period of time, as the medication is metabolized and estrogen levels return to normal, the water retained in the body will be excreted and the weight and edema will be restored. Some women are trying to improve their IVF success rate by over-supplementing and limiting their activities, which is the same as gaining weight during pregnancy.
6. Is third-generation IVF better than first-generation IVF?
The first generation of IVF refers to the conventional in vitro fertilization embryo transfer technique, which is mainly suitable for female factors such as tubal incompetence; the second generation of IVF is intracytoplasmic single sperm microinjection, which is mainly suitable for male factors such as severe oligospermia; the third generation of IVF technology is PGD pre-embryo transfer genetic testing, which is suitable for the prevention of genetic diseases. Although it seems that the technical difficulty is gradually rising, but also to use ah, if you come up with the doctor said, I want the best, give me with the third generation of technology, it will be a joke.
7, help me to do in vitro fertilization to have a son? Preferably with a dragon and phoenix baby
For those who come to the hospital without infertility problems and say they want a boy/girl, or a baby with a dragon and a phoenix, and want to do IVF, they really have money to spare and don’t mind giving the doctor trouble. At present, gender screening can only be used for the prevention of sex-linked genetic diseases, and the national law does not allow sex selection for ordinary fetuses. The thing is to leave it to God to arrange for the birth of a boy or girl.
8.When ovulation has used up all the eggs, will there be no eggs and early menopause in the future?
There are about 300,000 eggs in the ovaries during puberty, which are depleted and shrink at a rate of about 30 eggs per day for the next 30-40 years. Without medication, only one egg in a batch of follicles will grow and ovulate each month, and the rest of the eggs in the batch will then die off. This is a kind of “waste and resource recovery”, which will not deplete the egg stock and thus will not cause early menopause.
9. The more embryos are transferred, the higher the success rate?
In fact, transferring more than 3 embryos does not increase the IVF pregnancy rate, while transferring multiple embryos increases the incidence of multiple pregnancies and increases the risk to the mother and fetus. Therefore, the number of embryos transferred at each time should be limited to 3. It is mandatory for the state to carry out triplet reduction, and the reduction will have the possibility of all miscarriages. For IVF, the best goal for doctors and patients is a singleton live birth, and this goal has been set as a technical standard for more and more countries and societies.
10. Is the success rate of IVF higher than the rate of natural pregnancy?
The success rate of “IVF” is gradually increasing worldwide, with excellent IVF centers reaching over 40%, which is higher than the success rate of natural pregnancy in this sense. However, after the age of 35, the success rate of IVF decreases significantly, with only about 20% over the age of 40. What’s more, early natural pregnancies have a 10-15% miscarriage rate, and IVF does not reduce the miscarriage rate.
Having a child has been a major family event since ancient times, and preparing for pregnancy is a practice to welcome life! Doing the right thing at the right age is responsible for yourself and your child, and planning ahead, paying attention to reproductive health and doing a good fertility assessment is the right way to open a long line to catch a big fish!