- How many times can in vitro fertilization be tried?
Trials can be made as much as the patient's health and means allow. There is no scientifically determined number. The highest pregnancy success is achieved in the first 3 applications. As pregnancy success decreases with older ages, more in vitro fertilization attempts may be required. There is no proven health problem in trying multiple in vitro fertilization tests.
- What should be considered in pre-IVF nutrition?
Unbalanced eating habits should be corrected. Especially patients with polycystic ovary syndrome should lose weight and follow a diet with a low glycemic index and no carbohydrates. There is no special feeding regimen recommended for in vitro fertilization. For this reason, folic acid support can be started, as in patients planning pregnancy. If you smoke, you should quit. If he is overweight, he should lose weight. If there are vitamin and iron deficiencies, they should be replaced. Vitamin D deficiency has been common in women, especially in recent years. Vitamin D supplementation may be required before and during pregnancy.
- How many days does in vitro fertilization treatment take?
New treatment protocols, which we call antagonist therapy. Treatment started during the menstrual period can usually be completed within 15 days. It is enough for the patient to come to the center 5-6 times and his partner once.
- Do the drugs used in in vitro fertilization cause the eggs to end prematurely?
Normally, in a woman, one of a group of egg follicles that set out to grow every month matures and reaches the ovulation stage, while the others stop growing.
Hormone injections that stimulate the ovary grow in these growth-stopping follicles and ensure that 5-15 eggs come to the ovulation stage. It is possible to collect it when it matures. In other words, follicles that have already set out and will be exhausted are being developed. Therefore, there is no exhaustion due to medications.
- What is biochemical pregnancy?
After in vitro fertilization treatment, the patient's pregnancy test is positive. It is a situation where it falls off before it becomes visible on ultrasound.
10-12 days after the embryo transfer, a pregnancy test is performed on the blood we call B-HC6. Conclusion If it is positive, a second test is performed after 48 hours and it is monitored whether it increases properly or not. If there is a healthy elevation, the patient is called for an ultrasound examination after 1 week. It is expected that a gestational sac will be seen inside the uterus on ultrasound at 5-6 weeks. If B-HC6 does not increase in a healthy way and the values start to decrease before a gestational sac is seen on ultrasound, biochemical pregnancy may be in question. Without any medical intervention, B-HC6 value decreases with bleeding after a while.
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