Myths vs Facts: IVF Treatment in India

Myths vs Facts: IVF Treatment in India – Experts at Best IVF centre in Patna: Hope Plus IVF Break It Down! 

We all know every treatment comes with its own challenges, success rates and has their own pros and cons. 

In this blog we will understand the genuine side of IVF and IUI treatment in india, Myths v/s Facts by our experts at Best IVF centre in Patna: Hope Plus IVF  

Lots of myths have been widespread about IVF. 

Let’s look closely to 7 most asked and discussed Myths and Facts about IVF: 

👉🏻Myth 1: IVF is always successful. 

✔️Fact: IVF success rates may vary from person to person and it totally depends upon various factors like age, cause of infertility, underlying fertility issues, and the quality of eggs, sperm and embryos.  

The fact is IVF Success rates generally lies between 50-70% , that too with some of the best IVF hospitals providing treatment facilities with a well-equipped and well experienced staffed IVF labs can make a difference. 

Success rates of IVF tend to decrease especially with advancement of age, using donor eggs in such cases can significantly improve success rates for women after 35.  

🔸Myth 2: IVF always results in multiple pregnancies (i.e. twins, triplets, etc.). 

✔️Fact: 

Well with the advancement of science and technology, your fertility specialist is now can decide for the number of embryos to be transferred depending on the various factors like age, health conditions and embryo quality. 

The decision of whether to transfer one or more embryos is a collaborative decision between the patient and your fertility specialist, again by considering your conditions and factors like age, health and medical history, and embryo quality.  

While earlier it was so common when multiple embryos used to be transferred in all the cases to increase the chances of conceiving, in case one of the eggs doesn’t gets matured. 

With modern techniques, IVF experts aim for a single embryo transfer to minimize the chances of multiple pregnancies.  

There are some modern ways and equipment’s that can help IVF specialists with Advanced techniques like Elective Single Embryo Transfer (eSET), and PGT (Preimplantation Genetic Testing) that help them to pick and ensure the selection of perfect and healthy embryos, that further reduce the chances of multiple births.  

👉🏻Myth 3: IVF babies are not healthy and are prone to birth defects. 

✔️Fact: As per the recent data a vast majority of IVF babies are healthy as well as they develop normally, they are born as healthy as naturally conceived children.  

If you ask about whether IVF babies tend to have birth defects then the answer is –“NO”. 

With the advancement of science and IVF technology there is lower risk and chances of birth defects and certain conditions in IVF babies.  

IVF techniques, including ICSI (Intra-Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection), that help your fertility specialist to select the healthiest sperm, that tend to reduce the risk of birth defects.  

👉🏻Myth 4: IVF is a painful procedure.  

✔️Fact: IVF procedures are generally minimally invasive, and minimal pain is experienced. 

You may feel some discomfort, but it’s not typically described as an extremely painful process.  

However you can have open communication with your healthcare provider if you experience any pain or discomfort, and they will definitely guide you on pain management techniques and may adjust the treatment protocols if required.  

Sedation is often used during the egg retrieval, making the procedure more comfortable to patients. It helps to minimize pain and anxiety felt during the process, that also let your doctor to perform the procedure efficiently.  

👉🏻Myth 5: IVF requires a long hospital stay.  

✔️Fact: IVF not at all requires longer Hospital stays. Important IVF stages, egg retrieval and embryo transfer, are outpatient procedures.  

In fact Hospital stays are typically short, usually patients need to spend only a few hours at the clinic for these procedures and is discharged and asked to return home on the same day of the procedure done. 

However the entire IVF process, from initial consultation to embryo transfer and to conceiving takes a time of several weeks, that too is primarily due to the time needed for ovarian stimulation and monitoring the patient during the whole procedure, and other important medical check- ups.  

👉🏻Myth 6: IVF causes cancer or other serious health risks.  

✔️Fact: There is no any scientific evidence to suggest that IVF treatment increases the risk of cancer or other serious health problems. 

The medications used in IVF process for hormonal treatments to stimulate egg development, do not appear to significantly increase  risk of cancer or any serious health issues in IVF patients.  

Fertility medications that are used in IVF procedure have been studied extensively and are considered extremely safe. 

If you have any further concerns regarding this, feel free to discuss any concerns about cancer risk or any related health issues with your healthcare professional at Patna’s Best IVF hospital Hope Plus IVF to get personalized guidance and address any specific questions or worries.  

Myth 7: IVF is only for infertile couples.  

Fact: No, IVF is not solely for just couples who are infertile. It is just a primary treatment for infertility, and IVF can also be used by couples or individuals seeking to avoid genetic diseases and conditions and preserve fertility. 

IVF is being also accepted by the couples with same-sex and single individuals who want to have children but are not in a relationship or have other medical reasons that make their natural conception difficult.
However IVF in the same sex couple or single father is illegal in India according to the new ART LAW.