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More Details about IVF

In Vitro fertilization (IVF) is a complex series of procedures known as a type of assisted reproductive technology (ART) that is mainly used to help with fertility or prevent genetic problems and assist with the conception of a child. To help sperm fertilize an egg, and help the fertilized egg implant in your uterus, IVF works by using a combination of medicines and surgical procedures. Moreover, this fertilized egg is known as an embryo. Then the embryo can be frozen for storage or transferred to a woman’s uterus. Your surgeon can help you understand the procedure of IVF, the possible risks, and whether this process of treating infertility is appropriate for you or not.

Risk Involves in IVF

As with any medical procedure, there are risks involves with IVF include:

• Miscarriage: The rate of miscarriage for women who conceive using IVF with fresh embryos is like to that of women who conceive without any surgery which is about 15% to 25%. But the rate rises with maternal age.
• Egg-retrieval procedure risk: Use of an aspirating needle to collect eggs could possibly cause infection, bleeding, or damage to the bowel, bladder or a blood vessel. Also, complications are related with sedation and general anesthesia.
• Multiple births: If more than one embryo is transferred to your uterus, IVF rises the chances of multiple births. In addition, a pregnancy with multiple fetuses carries a higher risk of early labor and low birth weight than pregnancy with a single fetus does.
• Premature delivery and low birth weight: Study suggest that IVF slightly increases the complications that the baby will be born early or with a low birth weight.
• Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome: Use of injectable fertility medications, such as human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), to induce ovulation can reason to ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, in which your ovaries become swollen and painful.
• Ectopic pregnancy: When the fertilized egg implants outside the uterus, about 2% to 5% of women who use IVF will have an ectopic pregnancy. Moreover, the fertilized egg can't survive outside the uterus, and there's no way to continue the pregnancy.
• Birth defects: The mothers age is the primary risk factor in the development of birth defects, no matter how the child is conceived. More examine is required to determine whether babies conceived using IVF might be at increased risk of certain birth defects.