One of the
commonest questions which patients ask is, "What is the full form of
IVF?"
And because
there's so much medical jargon around IVF, doing IVF treatment can be quite
intimidating.
Lets try
to make sense of it by simplifying it. Now, IVF simply means In Vitro
Fertilization, and the laypersons term for this is Test Tube Baby. In Vitro =
inside glass = outside the human body, and what this means is that we fertilize
your eggs and sperms in the lab, to make inside our test tubes ( which are
actually plastic petri dishes). This means that all we are doing is assisting
Nature , so that we are accomplishing what would have normally happened in your
fallopian tubes in vivo ( inside your body) after having sex, by doing this in the
IVF laboratory. Once we have made an embryo, we then put it back into your
uterus, where it implants if all goes well. An IVF pregnancy is exactly like a
normal pregnancy, so it is actually fairly straight forward to understand this.
Don't get confused
by all the jargon which you come across, because sometimes doctors take
perverse pleasure in making things so complicated that patients get scared , and
very reluctant to ask questions. Its important that you understand the IVF
process, because you must know exactly what you are expected to do, and should
also be able to ensure that the doctor is doing everything properly by
following best practices. This will ensure that you are in control , and can make sure that you get high quality
medical care.
Leaving
everything up to your doctor can be too expensive especially if you are unlucky
and end up in a bad IVF clinic !
You can
download the IVF comic book free at https://www.drmalpani.com/pdf/IVF_COMIC_BOOK.pdf
and this will help you make well-informed decisions !
Or you can
send me your medical details by filling in the form at www.drmalpani.com/free-second-opinion
so that I can guide you !