Expert Opinion: How Natural Cycle IVF Uses No Drugs To Induce Pregnancy
Natural cycle IVF is in vitro fertilization but without the use of injections and stimulant drugs. Learn all about it from an expert.
The number of eggs your body naturally chooses to collect coincides with your menstrual cycle. Our expert doctors employ state-of-the-art ultrasound equipment during your treatment to track your cycle and measure its quality to check blood flow to growing follicles. Women who are still ovulating and want to avoid stimulating IVF drugs or injections are good candidates for natural cycle IVF. Onlymyhealth editorial team spoke to Dr. Rita Bakshi, founder of Risa IVF to know everything about natural cycle IVF.
Benefits of Natural Cycle IVF
- Use of few or no ovarian stimulants
- Many see it as less stressful
- less expensive
- Repeatable with consecutive cycles
- Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) is not a concern.
- Pregnancy rates over time can be similar to an extended IVF cycle
What distinguishes Natural IVF from Conventional IVF?
An ovarian follicle in which a single egg develops and matures during a normal menstrual reproductive cycle. If a healthy embryo develops, a doctor will return it to the uterus.
Both IVF with a natural cycle and IVF using traditional methods follow a similar timeline and process. The only difference is that in a natural IVF cycle, the patient does not take any medication to induce the production of numerous eggs. Investigate statements thoroughly before deciding which course of therapy to undertake, especially if a facility boasts that a particular course of treatment is cheaper, less dangerous, and less stressful.
Who can opt for natural cycle IVF?
Natural cycle IVF can be chosen by people who:
- Are under 45 years old
- Experience consistent menstrual cycles
- Free of hydrosalpinx
- Have no problems related to the uterus.
- Have no medical reason to avoid it.
How effective is IVF using a natural cycle?
But almost everyone, including the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), agrees that even natural IVF has less successful outcomes. The chance of getting pregnant with natural cycle IVF is about 7-10% per cycle. Chances of conventional IVF are 20-40% per cycle.
An attractive alternative to traditional stimulated IVF cycles is natural cycle IVF (unstimulated IVF). Patients choose it because it is patient-friendly, less risky and more cost-effective than stimulated IVF. Natural Cycle IVF allows IVF patients to undergo the IVF process with fewer medications, resulting in lower costs and fewer injections, as well as fewer side effects and office visits (all of which lead to less stress). Taking minimal doses of the drug poses no risk of hyperstimulation and has minimal physical effects on the body. In addition, IVF using a natural cycle reduces excess embryo formation and prevents multiple pregnancies.
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