IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) Center

In Vitro Fertilization

Important Details About In Vitro Fertilization

Infertile couples may face concerns and disappointment due to false facts about in vitro fertilisation and unduly procedures. However, ever-advancing technology and good coordination between the couple and the doctor can enable healthy conception.

Happy End by Advancing Technology

In vitro fertilisation is based on the principle of fertilising eggs with sperm in the laboratory and transferring the fertilised egg to the uterine cavity for women, who cannot conceive although many treatment methods are tried. Briefly, it is called assisted reproductive technology (ART). This procedure is usually employed in women with ovulation problems due to advanced age or if the egg cannot be fertilised by sperm, as the Fallopian tubes are occluded. It can also be reserved for women with idiopathic infertility, chocolate cyst and some genetic diseases. Advanced treatments are performed for male infertility. For male patients with no or too low sperm in the semen, the spouse may get pregnant by injecting sperm collected from testicles with fine needle aspiration into the uterine cavity.

First Treatment, Next In Vitro Fertilization

Conception requires the presence of fifteen million sperms. In vitro fertilisation is recommended when the figure is below 5 million. Recently, idiopathic infertility is somewhat of a prevalent condition. In this clinical picture, no specific cause can be detected in examinations carried out in people who seek help from physicians. In this case, intrauterine insemination is first tried followed by in vitro fertilisation, if the former fails.

A Natural Pregnancy

In vitro, fertilisation pregnancies follow a routine pregnancy period. Here, the procedure is fertilising the egg with sperm in a laboratory environment, as something hinders the interaction between the sperm and the egg.

Activities of Daily Life Are Resumed in the Treatment

The individual continues daily life routines throughout this treatment. It is necessary to rest for one day after the embryo is transferred. However, the patient should avoid stress and feel comfortable throughout the in vitro fertilisation therapy.

In Vitro Fertilization Center

Significant investigations are made in the clinic to increase the success rate of in vitro fertilisation treatment; preimplantation genetic diagnosis methods are available for families with risk of genetic disease.

Endoscopic Surgery

Hysteroscopy eliminates anomalies that may negatively influence the success, such as intrauterine polyp, synechia and septum. Moreover, the elimination of intra-abdominal pathologies that involve Fallopian tubes and ovaries, primarily including hydrosalpinx and endometrioma, not only increases rates of conception and birth of living newborns but also reduces the risk of miscarriage.

Blastocyst Transfer (Blastocyst culture)

It enables the selection of embryos with the highest potential for implantation by shifting the development of the embryo to the last stage before implantation. Multiple pregnancies can be avoided by transferring fewer embryos with a high potential for development and viability.

Embryo and Oocyte Cryopreservation

Healthy embryos not transferred to the womb are frozen. The same procedure is also carried out for picking up oocytes in patients with a risk of early menopause or who will be started on cancer treatment.

Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD)

Since genetically intact embryos are selected and transferred, conception rates increase, and miscarriage rates decrease. ACGH test enables analysis of 23-pair chromosomes.