Do female friends who do IVF need to understand the whole process of IVF? The answer is yes. People are afraid and worried about the unknown, and if the patient does not know what he is going to do next, he will easily fall into a nervous mood, which is extremely detrimental to the success rate of the test tube.
There are six stages in the specific process of the test tube, each stage is of great significance to the patient, some patients may feel that the medical knowledge is so difficult, they will not understand, but this is not to grasp the details of each stage, just need to understand the surface meaning.
The specific process of IVF is as follows:
1. Ovulation induction stage.
This stage is an important part of the IVF cycle, the first thing is to know the patient's ovaries and ovulation status to develop an ovulation induction plan, different physical conditions will use different ovulation induction methods. If you are young and have good ovarian function, you can use the ovulation induction method of the long plan; If the ovarian function of the elderly female patient has deteriorated severely, then a microstimulation program or a natural post-treatment method is required. In the stage of ovulation induction, the female patient's body may experience some discomfort, such as loss of appetite, bloating, nausea and other symptoms, which is a normal physiological phenomenon and there is no need to worry too much.
2. Egg retrieval and sperm retrieval.
Egg retrieval and sperm retrieval surgery is carried out at the same time, female egg retrieval is the use of minimally invasive puncture egg retrieval, the specific operation is that the doctor uses a special egg retrieval needle under the guidance of B ultrasound to puncture the mature follicle, suck out the eggs, and the egg retrieval can be carried out local anesthesia during the process, the patient will not feel pain in the process, and the egg retrieval time is not long, only about 10 minutes. Male sperm retrieval is generally through masturbation, but also through puncture, and the medical staff will take the obtained sperm to the sperm washing room for "sperm washing", so as to achieve the purpose of obtaining high-quality sperm.
It is worth noting that if you have ever frozen eggs or sperm, you can skip this step and directly thaw and carry out fertilization culture.
3. In vitro fertilization.
The obtained high-quality sperm and eggs are cultured together in a special laboratory, so that they can be fertilized naturally outside the body and eventually form a fertilized egg. However, not all eggs and sperm can be combined into fertilized eggs, and some of them fail to be combined, mainly depending on their own quality and the level of the laboratory. It is possible that the number of embryos obtained in the end is not satisfactory, which is also a concern for many patients.
4. Embryo transfer.
When the fertilized egg is cultured into an embryo, the doctor will notify the patient to go to the hospital for embryo transfer, the doctor will use a very thin medical embryo transfer tube, through the cervix to transfer the high-quality embryo into the mother's body, usually 2-3 embryos, but in recent years, in order to reduce the probability of multiple pregnancy, many reproductive centers only transfer up to 2 embryos. The process of embryo transfer is very short, and patients usually do not experience intense pain.
5. Luteum support.
Progesterone plays a pivotal role in pregnant women's pregnancy, but because the follicle granulosa cells will be lost in previous ovulation induction or other operations, and the cells are the main substances that release progesterone, if it is lacking, it will lead to luteal insufficiency, so it is necessary to take progesterone to supplement to avoid fetal instability after pregnancy.
6. Check whether you are pregnant.
About 14 days after the embryo transfer, you can go to the hospital to test whether you are pregnant, and the doctor will take blood to check the level of HCG in the blood to determine whether you are pregnant.
The above is the specific process of IVF, from the beginning of the stimulation to the subsequent pregnancy determination, a total of six stages need to be carried out.