Choosing an excellent reproductive physician is crucial. In addition to experience and commitment to evidence-based medicine, look for someone with whom you feel comfortable and connected. Your doctor and his team will accompany you on this very emotional journey and it is important for you to feel supported and heard.
Whatever you do, reduce your stress. Basal stress levels can influence natural and assisted conception rates, so reducing stress troubles during an IVF stimulation cycle can be one of the hardest things to achieve for couples. Habits like smoking are not good for fertility, so if you smoke, you should quit.
Smoking can drastically decrease the chance of success while doing IVF because it affects egg and sperm quality. Quitting is not an easy task and often requires a great deal of personal as well as professional support. You may also look into taking supplements that can help boost egg quantity and quality. Ensure that you have adequate levels of Vitamin D
If you are doing IVF, you definitely need to focus on persistence and patience. You may require more than one cycle of IVF to achieve an embryo for transfer and outcomes may vary significantly from cycle to cycle. If your first cycle wasn’t successful, your doctor may be able to adjust the treatment to optimise a subsequent one. Other times, it just means keeping at it.
Try not to be discouraged by suboptimal outcomes and setbacks. Take care of yourself and don’t blame yourself when things don’t go well. You are not alone; it often takes a village to build a family.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.