With the maturation of in vitro fertilization technology, in vitro fertilization (IVF) has helped more and more infertile couples complete their "family dreams", becoming another possibility of "human creation plans". The birth of a new life is a major event that needs to be treated with caution. If you don't understand the following 5 things, don't panic to become a test tube baby.
Take you to learn more about IVF
1. Age requirements for IVF infants
As age increases, the quality of both female eggs and male sperm declines, while in vitro fertilization (IVF) IVF infants have certain requirements for the quality of both eggs and sperm.
If the woman is too old, the rate of miscarriage after conception will also increase, posing a threat to the health of the mother and child - fetal malformations or an increase in maternal pregnancy complications, leading to a reduced success rate for IVF.
Generally speaking, when making IVF babies, the age of a woman should not exceed 40 years old, and the age of a man should not exceed 55 years old.
2. Does ovulation promoting needle promote menopause?
"Stimulating ovulation is an important part of IVF. Using ovulation promoting drugs, women can produce more than one egg during their menstrual cycle to increase the number of eggs retrieved.".
Many girls believe that an increase in the number of ovulations per month may lead to early menopause, and this fear is completely unnecessary. "A woman has only 1-2 eggs per month that develop and excrete, while the rest of the eggs undergo apoptosis. An ovulation promoting needle" revives "these previously apoptotic eggs, and does not consume additional egg stock, thereby not causing menopause to advance.".
3. Don't have sex the day before embryo transfer
After sperm and eggs are fertilized and developed into embryos in vitro, they can be transferred to the mother's uterus for pregnancy. In order to ensure a good growth environment for the embryo, it is not advisable to have sex within 24 hours before transplantation, otherwise it may easily cause pelvic inflammatory disease and miscarriage after pregnancy.
However, it is possible to cohabit during the week before transplantation, but contraceptive measures need to be taken.
4. Complete bed rest is not required during treatment
Bed rest after IVF transplantation can indeed increase implantation of blastocysts, but complete bed rest is not necessary. On the contrary, long-term bed rest is not conducive to blood circulation in the uterus, but also affects implantation. Exercise can be carried out appropriately, such as jogging.
14 days after the transplant operation, it is necessary to go to the hospital to check whether you are pregnant, in order to promptly use fetal protection drugs and prevent miscarriage.
5. Is there a defect in IVF?
Some couples worry that a child born in vitro may have defects, such as miscarriages and deformities, compared to a child conceived naturally. IVF has been developed for more than 30 years, and a large number of tracking data studies at home and abroad have shown that there is no difference in health, intelligence, and other aspects between children born through in vitro fertilization technology and children born through natural conception, and their abnormal rates of miscarriage and malformations are similar to those of natural conception.