Common Factors Responsible for Failed IVF cycles
What investigations do you need after a failed IVF cycle?
IVF Failed—How to move forward?
What are your Chances after IVF failure & How to Boost them?
Solutions to IVF failures at MotherToBe IVF Clinic in Hyderabad!
Failed Attempt at IVF
This is the outcome that you do not ever want to think about!
You have worked so hard, invested a lot of time, paid so much, and endured considerable physical and emotional trauma, all hoping for one result-A successful conception-a baby!
Failed IVF could be devastating for couples who are yearning for parenthood. While success rates for IVF treatment are at their highest, and ART technology and care are only getting better and better. However, still not all couples are successful at their first attempt and sometimes it can take more than one attempt to be successful and regardless of whether you know the reasons or not, it hurts deeply.
Here is some useful information regarding what’s the next step to take after an IVF failure and what fertility doctors can do to improve your chances of getting pregnant and also to know about some solutions from MotherToBe.
Let’s discuss what went wrong
Sometimes it is a matter of just trying again. But especially in cases of more complex treatments such as IVF, identifying where things fell through may help improve your odds of success next time.
Common Factors Responsible for Failed IVF cycles
IVF failure can be a vague term, that can refer to multiple situations:
- The retrieved eggs are inadequate or not of high/good quality.
- The resultant embryo is of not good quality.
- Implantation Failure-Transferred embryos might not implant due to various reasons.
What investigations do you need after a failed IVF cycle?
Potential causes of IVF implantation failures should be investigated in order to plan the next suitable treatment options. There are various tests and screening available that can aid pinpoint if there are any issues before proceeding with further IVF cycles. Blood tests such as chromosomal analysis of both partners and thrombophilia screen for the female are some additional tests to be considered.
Uterine Evaluation by hysteroscopy
Hysteroscopy is an evaluation of the uterus which is done if an IVF cycle fails prior to proceeding with the next IVF cycle. Using hysteroscopy, the inside of the uterus is assessed to rule out any abnormalities which might have impeded conception such as polyps and treated at the same time.
IVF Failed—How to move forward?
At this stage, you have two considerations, the first one is you need to process the emotional distress and response to the loss and then the next medical choices that need to be taken regarding the next steps in your fertility journey.
Take a break—
It is essential to take a well-deserved break after an IVF loss. The entire process up to this has taken a huge physical and emotional toll on your body. Take a break from everything, so that you can nurture yourself. It is also a great idea to seek support from a specialized counselor. At MotherToBe, we have experienced professionals, expertise staff to provide comprehensive care and emotional support to you and your partner to overcome your grief.
Talk to the Fertility Specialist
After allocating some time to express your emotional anguish, it is necessary to consult your fertility specialist, where the physician will review complete details about your IVF cycle beginning with the results of ovarian stimulation, or any egg quality/quantity issues, or even embryo development or transfer issues.
Proceed with a more informed treatment plan
After evaluating the previous cycle results the fertility specialist suggests the next course of treatment plan where you can discuss new pieces of information that has been learned from the previous failed IVF cycle with a more informed treatment plan for the next IVF cycle.
What are your Chances after IVF failure & How to Boost them?
Couples with failed IVF cycles often ask this very reasonable question. Women have good chances of a second IVF pregnancy and cumulative live birth rates range between 51%-70%.
However, the chances for a successful IVF depends on various factors which include
- Age of the female partner
- Egg quality & quantity
- Sperm quality
- Quality of the ovarian stimulation
- Number of quality eggs retrieved
- Egg retrieval & embryo transfer skills
- Uterine issues
- Embryo developmental rates
- Genetic & chromosomal competence of the embryos.
In order to maximize your chances for a successful second IVF try, make sure that your fertility doctor has carefully reviewed the above issues.
Conception is achievable even after failed IVF cycles!
At MotherToBe IVF Clinic our Approach is Different!
An unsuccessful IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) cycle could be really frustrating & disheartening. We know this well because most of our patients have had unsuccessful IVF attempts elsewhere at other fertility centers. At MotherToBe, we specialize in helping patients with consecutive or recurrent IVF failures and varied tough cases of infertility.
Solutions to IVF failures at MotherToBe IVF Clinic in Hyderabad!
Our assurance on this issue derives from the fact that we have a successful track record of treating so many patients in the past few years to conceive, despite their long histories of failed ART treatments. The success of IVF is heavily dependent on the expertise of the clinician and the embryologist of that particular clinic treating a couple and in India the standard of care offered in the various clinics are highly varied. Hence it is vitally important to choose the right clinic to undergo IVF after carefully going through the credentials and expertise of the staff offering ART.
After reviewing the events of previous unsuccessful cycles, some adjustments can be made in the next IVF attempt to make it successful.
- Repeat IVF treatment
- Adding ICSI to standard IVF (aid in fertilization of the eggs)
- Assisted Hatching to assist with implantation
- Egg donor IVF is recommended in cases of poor egg quality or premature ovarian failure or low ovarian reserves.
- In select cases advanced technologies such as PGT-A
If you are one of those patients with failed IVF cycles elsewhere, consider contacting MotherToBe fertility center for a second opinion.
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