Do's and Don'ts of IVF treatment

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Planning for IVF treatment, here are some of the
dos and donts
What is IVF treatment?
The term IVF stands for In Vitro Fertilization.
This is a process whereby an egg is fertilized
with sperm outside the body. It happens in a
petri dish inside an IVF laboratory and this is
the reason why it is known as In vitro. In this
process the doctors stimulate and monitor the
ovulatory process of a woman. They aspirate an
ovum or a few ova (ova means eggs) from the
ovaries of the woman. The fertilized egg is
known as zygote. A fully grown embryo is
transferred usually at blastocyst stage to the
uterus of a woman. If transferred to the female
partner/wife it is known as IVF and if the embryo
is transferred to the Surrogate it is known as
Surrogacy.
Why is IVF treatment used?
IVF can be defined as a process whereby you help
a woman become pregnant. It is used rather
commonly to treat different cases of infertility.
This includes cases where the woman is of an
advanced age, which is an advanced age to become
a mother. At times, women may also need such
treatment because their Fallopian tubes are
either blocked or damaged. This could have
happened because of an inflammatory disease that
happens in the pelvic area. It could also happen
because of a reproductive surgery that has been
performed earlier on the woman in question.
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The diet plan for IVF treatment
There are certain types of food that you should
eat when you are undergoing IVF treatment.Those
food groups may be enumerated as below

• Food rich in zinc
• Food rich in folic acid
• Food rich in iron
• Food rich in healthy fats
• Food rich in protein
• Food that hydrates your body

Some examples of such food may be mentioned as
below

• Green leafy vegetables
• Cabbages
• Broccoli
• Potatoes
• Banana
• Pineapple
• Salmon
• Complex carbs
• Colorful fruits and vegetables

Precautions to be followed in this case
When you are going to get IVF treatment there are
a few things that you must keep in mind.They may
be enumerated as below
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• Requesting the most experienced doctor

• Doing a dummy run

• Avoid having a hydrosalpinx

• Keep testing

• Consider transferring two embryos if you are
  older than 40 years

• Try being in a cheerful mood

• Try and be healthy by yourselftake ownership

Conclusion Your clinic would tell you that your
embryo transfer is but only a simple
routine.However,here you are the patient and you
happen to be paying as well. This is why you are
well within your rights to ask for the most
experienced doctor in the clinic for such
critical work. Make sure that this is indeed the
case. If you are lucky enough you would be able
to get it done by the doctor who has cared for
you till date. Just like any and everything else
in the world experience matters here as well.
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