Even though IVF treatment is now very common, the questions asked by our patients show us that the process is not fully known. Therefore, I wanted to summarize the in vitro fertilization process very briefly.

What is the process of IVF treatment?

Regular menstrual women form one egg each month. It is aimed to increase this number of hormone drugs given externally in IVF treatment.

During the use of hormone drugs, ultrasound and blood tests are performed to monitor egg development and make drug dose adjustments.
The eggs that develop with this treatment are collected by a simple needle aspiration method under ultrasound.

This procedure is performed under anesthesia, ie the patient is anesthetized. The patient does not feel pain and pain. The eggs are fertilized with sperms taken from the man in the laboratory.

Fertilized eggs are allowed to grow in laboratory culture for 3 to 5 days. In advanced laboratories, embryos are usually followed up to Day 5. The best developing embryos are selectively transferred or frozen.

The transfer procedure is a painless procedure that does not require anesthesia. In this way, in vitro fertilization and egg embryo transfer takes approximately 20 days. After 10-12 days, the pregnancy test is checked to see if pregnancy occurs in the blood.

In general, this is the treatment scheme, but the strategy for each patient may change. Actually, IVF treatment is individual.