Complications

 

Risks and Complications of IV :

Many couples are still worried that babies born after IVF are abnormal or weak. You need to remember that in one sense there is nothing “artificial” about these babies - they aren’t synthetic babies which are being manufactured in the laboratory ! Remember that IVF is a form of assisted reproductive technology, where technology is being used to assist Nature to accomplish what it has failed to do for the infertile couple ! Over a hundred thousand babies have now been born after IVF treatment, and the risk for birth defects is not increased after IVF treatment.

 

 

OHSS ( Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome) ?
The most worrisome complication of IVF is that of Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS), because of superovulation.

In our clinic, we prevent OHSS by carefully aspirating each and every follicle at the time of egg retrieval , and flushing it repeatedly with a double-lumen needle, until it collapses completely. By removing the follicular cells which are responsible for producing VEGF and causing OHSS, we have been able to prevent OHSS very successfully in our clinic by using this novel technique.

Multiple pregnancy
In all techniques of assisted reproductive technology, the chance of multiple pregnancy is increased when more than one embryo or egg is transferred.

A recent treatment option for women with multiple pregnancies is that of selective fetal reduction, in which one or more of the fetuses is selectively destroyed ( usually by injecting the toxic chemical, potassium chloride , into its heart under ultrasound guidance). In most cases, the killed fetus is then reabsorbed by the body.