Infertility is rising at an alarming rate
in India. It is estimated that around 250 million individuals estimated to be
attempting parenthood at any given time, 13 to 19 million couples are likely to
be infertile. With the growing infertility rate, there has been a spurt of IVF
centres across the country as more and more people are turning to technology
for parenthood. As per the estimate, there are 500 children born in IVF clinics
in the capital every month.
If you are trying to conceive through InVitro Fertilization (IVF), you must have heard and read a lot about factors
influencing the success of an IVF treatment. Here’s an insight from our team of
medical experts to help you sieve facts from myths about popular IVF beliefs:
1. Women
Below 35 Have Higher Chances of Benefiting from IVF Treatment:
It is a well established belief that
woman’s age is the main determinant of the success of IVF treatment. The
omnipresent advertisements and hoardings promising parenthood in late 40’s have
generated misperception among women about the irrelevancy of age when seeking
IVF or any other assisted reproductive treatment. However, medical experts
insist women not to be taken away by deluding marketing strategies by fertility
clinics and give a thought to their age before giving the treatment another
year.
Fertility treatments have higher success
rate till the age of 35 and drops dramatically afterwards. Even in IVF,
pregnancies after 42 are uncommon, inform medical specialists.
2. Stress Affects Fertility Performance in
IVF cycle:
Studies
show that negative emotions like anxiety, depression, anger and other mentally
tasking stimulants affect fertility in women undergoing IVF treatment. Stress
reduces the number of eggs retrieved and fertilized thereby making the chances
of fertilization low. While financial constraints, marital distress and
inhibitions in achieving treatment success take toll on a couple, it is
advisable to practice stress-free lifestyle for better results.
3. IVF treatment has become safer over the
years:
IVF
technology has improved tremendously over the years since its inception in
1970’s, reducing the cases of multiple births, miscarriage, premature delivery
and Ovarian hyper stimulation syndrome. Our understanding of the reproductive
system and factors affecting fertility has also improved thereby making the
process more productive and risk-free. Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)
has eliminated the need for donor sperm and high-order multiple births have
nearly been eliminated by implantation of single embryo. It is recorded that
nearly 150,000 thousand healthy test tube babies have been born since the
inception of IVF technology by Louis Brown in 1978.
4. Poor Oral Hygiene has Negative Impact on
IVF Results:
Studies
show that poor oral hygiene has detrimental effect on getting and staying
pregnant. If your teeth and gums are infected, the toxins from bacteria get to
the bloodstream affecting the health of foetus. It may lead to miscarriage,
premature birth and other complications. Women with periodontal disease take an
average of two months longer to conceive than those with healthy gums.
The risks are higher in women seeking IVF
treatment as research has revealed that progesterone and oestrogen rich
ovulation-inducing medicines given to women for a span of more than three
menstrual cycle cause inflammation and bleeding gums.
5. High Protein Diet Boosts IVF Success:
A recent
study at Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine shows that women on 25%
protein diet are more likely to have successful outcomes in IVF. Results
show that pregnancy rate increased by 80% when high protein diet was clubbed
with restricted carbohydrate intake.
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