When it comes to IVF, many families who are deeply troubled by pregnancy want to try it and are hesitant. In addition to caring about its success rate and price, it is also worried about how painful it is.
Especially for female friends, injections, taking medicines, and doing examinations will be "tortured" physically or psychologically, and even if the other half is distressed, it is impossible to truly appreciate the difficulty of the test tube parties.
So, is it really painful and uncomfortable to do test tubes as everyone thinks?
1. Ovulation induction
During the IVF process, 1 mature egg per month is not enough, so through controlled ovulation, multiple basal follicles develop at the same time.
The process involves the continued use of the drug, which is the legendary stage of "injecting a needle until you doubt life". Many people think that this is the hardest process.
Physical sensation: with a normal syringe syringe, slight pain. In fact, most of the fear comes from the nervousness and resistance of female friends to continuous injections, so be sure to relax.
Second, vaginal B ultrasound + blood test
In the process of promoting ovulation, women need to do B ultrasound to evaluate the ovaries, monitor the growth of follicles, and adjust the dosage according to the observation results, when there are enough follicles to mature, 34 to 36 hours after the injection of HCG can be retrieved.
Physical sensation: During the medication, the abdomen will feel bloated and painful, but it is not serious, and it will subside after egg retrieval.
3. Egg retrieval
This is a very important part of the test tube cycle and is usually performed under anesthesia. The doctor has a vaginal ultrasound-mediated needle through the posterior vaginal vault, reaches the ovary for egg retrieval, and then moves the eggs to a Petri dish under the microscope and places them in a incubator for culture.
The operation time is determined according to the number of eggs, and is generally completed in 10 to 20 minutes.
Physical sensations: Except for slight pain during anesthesia, there is no discomfort. If you are particularly afraid of pain or expect to have a large number of eggs, you can take a little painkiller as directed by your doctor after surgery. (During this period of sperm extraction, in vitro fertilization, embryo in vitro culture process, there is no need for female friends to worry)
4. Embryo implantation
After successfully cultivating the embryo, if the physical condition is normal, it can be transferred. Before the transfer, you need to drink water to hold urine, so that the angle between the uterus and the cervix is increased, which is more conducive to embryo implantation.
Physical sensations: Under ultrasound guidance, the doctor will transfer the embryo through the vagina and cervix through the vagina and cervix to the ideal position in the uterine cavity. The transplant process does not require anesthesia, there will be discomfort but can be endured, be sure to relax the mind and cooperate with the doctor, so that the operation can be faster and smoother.
5. Supplement progesterone after transplantation
Injections and oral medications are used in combination to maintain hormonal concentrations in the female body. Blood can be tested for pregnancy as soon as 14 days after the transplant, and if pregnancy is confirmed, the medication needs to be continued until the pregnancy is stable.
Physical sensation: oral medications do not feel uncomfortable; injection-based progesterone may cause redness, swelling, and induration at the injection site due to its oily forming; or malabsorption, forming a mass. As directed by a physician, topical massage is sufficient.
In general, doing test tubes does not have the feeling of "miserable" in the legend. Because female friends have different tolerances to pain, the pain they feel is also different.
Therefore, sisters who want to try test tubes must relax their mentality and avoid affecting the success rate because of nervousness, fear and other psychology.