IVF procedure. Infertility is not a sentence
People marry in order to become parents, to give life to another person, to give him the opportunity to grow up, live his life and leave offspring. To continue in their children, and then grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and so on indefinitely – the only indisputable law for man, however, as for all other living beings on Earth.
Do not delay your visit to the doctor!
But now the wedding marches have died down, months and years pass, and all the pregnancy tests show a negative result. In the event that the couple fails to conceive a child within a year, the doctor diagnoses the young woman with "primary infertility".
For women over 35, this period is even shorter – about 6 months. Obstetricians and gynecologists consider this age to be critical, since after 35 years in the body of a woman there are fewer cells capable of fertilization, the hormonal background decreases, which makes it difficult to get pregnant. In addition, the older the woman, the lower the effectiveness of all types of infertility treatment.
Therefore, do not delay the visit to the doctor, hoping for a miracle. It is better to get tested and start infertility treatment as early as possible. At the same time, the examination of patients is carried out free of charge.
Approximately, in 40 percent of all cases, the cause of infertility is found in a woman, and in another 40 percent-in a man. In 20 percent, reproductive health problems are found in both partners. If the treatment did not give results or during the examination of both spouses it turns out that it is impossible to conceive a child in a natural way, then in this case, do not despair – the IVF method allows you to have a child even for such married couples.
Background of the issue.
The term in vitro fertilization (IVF) comes from the words "extra" — outside, outside and "corpus" — body, and literally means "fertilization outside the body", or, as they say, "in vitro". The essence of IVF is that the egg is extracted from the woman's body and fertilized with the biological material of the husband or donor artificially in conditions - "in vitro", that is," in vitro", or by ICSI, when the sperm is inserted directly into the egg using a needle. The fertilized cell is kept in an incubator, where an embryo develops from it for 2-5 days, after which it is transplanted (transplanted) to the future mother. Further, pregnancy develops in the same way as with normal conception.
Experiments on artificial insemination of an egg began in the middle of the last century in the United States. And in 1978, the world's first "test tube baby" was born in the UK - a girl, Louise Brown. Now Louise is 40 years old, she is married, raising an 11-year-old son, conceived naturally.
In the Soviet Union, the first "test tube baby" was also a girl - Elena Dontsova, who was born in February 1986. Now she is the mother of a 9-year-old son, conceived in the usual way. Currently, there are about 6 million people living on the planet who were born with the help of IVF. Children conceived with the help of IVF are born absolutely healthy.
Today, IVF is one of the most effective methods of treating infertility, as it helps to bypass many barriers that arise during natural conception. IVF can help both women and men who were previously considered infertile. Fertilization by ICSI is able to give a positive result even with the low quality of the biological material of a man.
On average, after the IVF procedure, pregnancy occurs in 35-45 percent of cases. If the first attempt is unsuccessful, the patient has the opportunity to perform IVF procedures repeatedly throughout the year.
In addition, IVF has many other advantages: the possibility of obtaining a large number of embryos, choosing the best embryos for transfer to the uterus, the possibility of freezing extra embryos for a long time for further use.
Where to apply.
Specialists obstetricians and gynecologists of all medical institutions of the Lipetsk region are familiar with the problem of infertility and methods of its treatment. They will promptly conduct a full examination, establish the causes of infertility and give a referral to the IVF procedure. The IVF method is free of charge and is carried out at the expense of mandatory medical insurance for couples with an established diagnosis of infertility throughout the Russian Federation.
Where exactly, in what region, in which clinic to carry out IVF – choose the patients themselves. The possibility of free IVF is also available in our region. Moreover, not only married couples, but also single women have the right to free artificial insemination for medical reasons. In this case, the patient pays only for the donated biological material.
Follow-up after artificial insemination is carried out in consultation with the Lipetsk Regional Perinatal Center. In the perinatal center, equipped with modern equipment, under the supervision of qualified specialists, childbirth also takes place.
Chief Specialist in Reproductive Health
health departments of the Lipetsk region
Olga Vladimirovna Telegina.
