Alina Ervasova, obstetrician-gynecologist, urogynecologist, debunks the main myths about this procedure and its consequences IVF - this is a method of artificial insemination, in which the sperm and the egg merge outside the human body. After receiving the embryos, they are transferred to the uterus.

What are the risks of this procedure

Risks increase in the presence of chronic diseases if a woman is already over 35. Although there are ladies under thirty with various somatic diseases, all these ailments can worsen in response to hormonal stimulation during IVF. Contraindications can also be somatic and mental diseases, congenital malformations, tumors, both malignant and benign, various acute diseases. But the main risks are not associated with IVF itself, but with the resulting pregnancy and how the body will respond to it and the existing disease. Therefore, they try to cure chronic diseases and only then consider the IVF procedure.

Why are there risks

In the first trimester, a woman's immunity decreases - this is a normal reaction of the female body, so as not to tear off a new life in herself. And at this decrease in immunity, risk factors for the transition of chronic diseases to the acute phase may occur.

IVF Myths.

IVF is a reliable method and gives almost one hundred percent result. In fact, the probability of developing pregnancy is not so great.

IVF leads to neoplasms and even to oncology. In fact, the procedure is not the cause of cancer. A hormonal surge that occurs during any pregnancy can lead to the development of cancer..

To claim that the oncological diseases of Zhanna Friske and Anastasia Zavorotnyuk were associated with IVF is premature. To do this, you need to know in detail these stories from a medical point of view and see all examinations. According to the expert, perhaps the body simply could not stand the hormonal surge in the pregnancy. Therefore, good specialists, even harmless procedures, for example, physiotherapeutic or cosmetological, try to carefully select that there is an adequate immune response from the body.

Do I need to be afraid of this procedure?

Not necessary. It is simply necessary to carefully approach this issue, evaluate the pros and cons, all the risks, and the woman’s age plays an important role.

If it is not possible to become pregnant at the age of 35 years, then doctors advise to undergo examination at the gynecologist at the place of residence and continue active (at least three times a week) sexual life. If in the absence of problems after the examination it is not possible to become pregnant during the year, you should contact a gynecologist-reproductologist. No need to wait another five to ten years, because over the years there are changes in the body. And these are normal age-related changes, which, unfortunately, sometimes lead to chronic diseases, changes in the state of blood vessels, heart.

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