Some people have religious or ethical objections to fertility treatments. You may be uncomfortable with the idea of conception happening in a lab or concerned about the creation of "extra" embryos. 7 You may not want to have to make decisions about "leftover" embryos or be against freezing them.
The failure to implant embryos into the uterus lining is one of the major reasons for failure of IVF. The doctors are yet to find out the exact reasons for the unsuccessful attempt. The misfiring of the attempt can happen due to two reasons; either due to the problem of the embryo or because of the uterus.
If you have IVF, you have a slightly higher risk of having an ectopic pregnancy, where the embryo implants in a fallopian tube rather than in the womb. This can cause pain in the tummy, followed by vaginal bleeding or dark vaginal discharge.
Conceiving with IVF does carry an increased risk of pregnancy complications. In particular, there is an increased risk of preterm birth, low birth weight, hypertension, maternal gestational diabetes, and placental complications⁷.
Much of the ethics debate is on altruistic versus commercial surrogacy, autonomy versus exploitation of women, human dignity, medical risks, balancing interests of the persons involved and the long-term well-being of surrogate mothers, children, and their families.
Therefore, often results in emotional and financial loss. Children born through methods like IVF are more prone to complications like mental retardation, chronic lung problems, cerebral palsy and learning disabilities. Another social issue is the concern of age.
The perception that it's someone else's child
Another common perception about IVF most people perceive is that couples who have babies through IVF are someone else's and not their own. Some people even troll couples who choose IVF by asking; "Is the child really yours?'
IVF can be mentally, physically and emotionally painful. In many cases, one of the biggest complaints is bloating and pain some women face during the ovarian stimulation process, where hormones are injected to produce multiple eggs for retrieval.
The possibility of the IVF resembling its mother is thin as a donor egg doesn't share any of its genes with its intended mother. Nonetheless, if the sperm used is that of her partner, the baby may look like its father. This is simply because both share the same genetics.
IVF increases the likelihood of twins, triplets or high-order multiples, with accompanying risk for premature birth, high blood pressure, placenta abnormalities and other challenges. Advanced maternal age (often the reason for IVF) increases risk for miscarriage and birth defects.
IVF is associated with an increased health risk for the offspring in the form of malformations, functional disorders, and a poorer peripartum outcome. This is possibly caused by parental factors, but also by factors related to the IVF technology used.
Studies show that women in their 20s and 30s have the most success when getting pregnant through IVF and other reproductive technologies. According to the CDC, the average percentages of assisted reproductive technology (ART) cycles that lead to a live birth are: 31% in women younger than 35 years of age.
Going through IVF treatment can be a stressful process. This is because there are many factors contributing to the stress, including the time it takes, the loss of work, the cost involved, the strain on relationships, the effects of the medication and concerns about the process.
As they are more likely to be lighter than other babies and be born prematurely, twins tend to be more illness-prone than other children. However IVF children who weren't twins were also sicker than their naturallyconceived counterparts. It is possible the health problems were somehow caused by the IVF process itself.
One in six Australian couples will struggle with infertility, and one in 20 Australian babies are born from IVF.
While IVF has helped countless people have children, it's expensive and comes with some risks. But research shows some people with so-called “unexplained infertility” have a 30-40% chance of conceiving without treatment if they just keep trying for a bit longer.
Fatigue during IVF is typically the result of increased progesterone levels in a woman's body. This hormone helps sustain a healthy uterine lining to support a fertilized embryo. The fatigue is often linked to the use of fertility drugs, especially surrounding the critical embryo transfer phase of an IVF cycle.
While 72.1% believe the treatment is very costly, and 40.7% believe it is not affordable or accessible. The majority believe IVF kids are legitimate (76.9%), and so should be welcomed by society (86.5%). The overall opinion of IVF service acceptability was 81.7% good.
It is likely to be much lower than error rates in medicine overall e.g., studies show 21% of US patients report having experienced a medical error at some point. The exception, errors during IVF proves the rule that IVF is extremely safe and generally error-free.
Due to the large number of studies, high doses of the ovulation-stimulating drugs and their repeated use in this method can increase the risk of the ovarian hyper stimulation syndrome (OHSS), and ovarian cysts, which can lead to ovarian cancer.
At times, I was so tired too and was afraid I might not make it through the birth. In addition, research shows that the process of assisted reproduction itself is also associated with increased anxiety, depression and stress and can impact on your self-esteem and confidence.
It's not uncommon for women to gain a little weight during IVF treatments. Hormone injections can affect your weight and also your hunger levels (read # 4).