IVF Clinic
The key to getting results with IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) is having a good fertility clinic. This means a clinic with compassionate staff, clear pricing, seamless administrative processes and exceptional emotional support.
You can start the search for a great fertility clinic by asking questions about the clinic’s procedures, success rates and costs. For example, how many people have become pregnant from a particular treatment plan and how long did it take them to achieve pregnancy?
How IVF works
A typical IVF cycle starts with taking medicine that stimulates several of your eggs to grow and release an egg. Next, you have a procedure called egg retrieval, in which a fertility doctor uses ultrasound images to guide a thin needle through your vagina into each of the small sacs in your ovaries that contain an egg, or follicles. Then, the doctor takes your eggs out of your body and mixes them with sperm in a lab, or injects semen directly into each egg. Afterwards, they implant the fertilized eggs in your uterus. Pregnancy occurs if any of the eggs implant and grow in your uterus.
Some medical complications of IVF include:
If you’re using donated eggs, sperm or embryos, it’s important to talk with a trained counselor who has expertise in donor issues. This can help you understand concerns such as the legal rights of donors and how to file court papers to make yourself a legal parent of an embryo that’s growing in your uterus.