Top 5 reasons for In vitro fertilisation failure

IVF is one of the most widespread and consistent solution for the individuals who falls short to conceive in a natural biological process. However, it happens seldom that the IVF treatment also does not work in proper manner. One of the specialists for IVF treatment in India has pointed out that the reason for failure of IVF is not even always known for the doctors either. However, there are few reasons that can be pointed out by the doctors as the potential reasons for failure of IVF treatment.

Poor Embryo Quality: One of the primary reasons behind IVF failure is the poor quality of embryo. The quality depends on both the egg and sperm thus it is mandatory that both the partners must be in an optimal health condition before the start of IVF cycle. Mostly men need nearly of 90 days to produce a healthy sperm. However, biking, alcohol consumption or smoking can adversely effect on the quality of the sperm. However, in case of eggs, the healthy environment plays a vital role. Diet and lifestyle need to be also taken into consideration before one is preparing for IVF. However, in absence of these factors the quality of the embryo may get lower.

Failure in Embryo Implantation: It has been commonly seen that embryos stop to develop before reaching to implantation stage. The embryo is generated through cultivation out side if the body. In case, the cultivation of the embryo has not being done in proper way, the chances of failure in embryo implantation gets higher. Polyps, cysts or poor condition of the blood flow can all contribute in the failure of embryo implantation.

Damaged embryo: One of the main reasons behind the failure of the IVF treatment is the damaged embryo. However, mostly embryos can be get affected or damaged during the cultivation in the lab or during the shift to uterus. However, there are very rare cases where it has been found that this kind of mistakes to be happened. The main reason of damage is that it is not happening through the natural cycle thus the embryo could not develop as way it should.

Uterus & Ovarian Problem: The lining of uterus may be a reason for IVF treatment failure. Sometimes the embryos are implanted in the uterus, which may not be ready for the implantation and it results into failure of pregnancy. Additionally, the cyst or polyps can create further problems for pregnancy. Thus, it becomes important to solve these issues for getting over the problems.

Age: Finally, the age of the women within whom the embryo is going to be planted must matters a lot. The capability of conceiving gets lowered with the increasing age. If a woman is aged with in 35 years the chance of conceiving is more in compare to the women who is aging more than 40. However, the age not directly matters in case of the men. Still, in order to get a healthy embryo it is necessary that both the egg and sperm must be of good quality.

Therefore, here 5 reasons have been mentioned regarding the failure of the IVF treatment. IVF treatment in world has updated in a regular basis. There are new processes coming, which reduce the risk of failure than the previous. However, the researches are on to make the process of IVF 100% successful process.

5 Reasons To Become Surrogate Mother

Once surrogacy was all over the world was not accepted the way it is accepted nowadays. However, with the modernization of technology, the mentality of society has also changed towards surrogacy. Surrogacy in India and in some other countries is legally and commercially accepted. However, in some of the countries the commercial surrogacy is not yet accepted. However, there is a growing trend found that young women are willing let their wombs to else either against of money or sometime for nothing.  Here, I will point out 5 reasons why girl are becoming surrogates willingly.

Financial Reward: Yes, one of the main reasons for girls to take surrogacy willingly is the heavy monetary reward that is being offered. However, it cannot be treated as a service fee but still getting a good amount of money can help the surrogates to fulfil their dreams. Married women can fulfil lot of unfulfilled dreams associated with the family Such as buying a new house or car or to give their children a better education. However, in case of the unmarried girls they use the money to fulfil career goals. They can use the money to get higher education or to set up their own business. Whatever, the reason it may be but financial reward is one of the biggest driving agent behind to get surrogate mother.

Precious Gift: The monetary compensation is a big player behind opting surrogacy for many of the women. Yet giving a precious gift to someone is also instigation behind it. Surrogacy is generally availed by the couples who fail to conceive in biological process. The surrogate mother carries the baby in her womb and gives them the beautiful gift of parent hood. A boy becomes father or a girl becomes mother and no money can buy this happiness. A surrogate mother can only give this type of gift.

Self Confidence: It can be seen in both ways, to become a surrogate mother one needs a immense self-confidence and when one gives birth to a child with whom she won’t have a biological connection boost up the confidence on a different level. Giving birth to another’s child gives the feel of making another family complete. Thus, not only married women but single women are also willingly give their womb to let.

Being Mother Again: It is generally said that to being the mother is the best thing that can happen to a women.  The woman who is already became pregnant want to get the feel for again. However, in this situation, they may not want to take the responsibility of the child but to feel the motherhood, surrogacy is the best option for them. Therefore, these people willingly engaged into surrogacy.

Role Model: Becoming a surrogate mother is not that easy decision as it looks like. However, those who take the decision can surely present them as the role model for others. Those married woman who takes the decision to be the surrogate are generally considered as role models as they used to overcome all the odds and become surrogate mother. Especially the unmarried girls as in spite of different social obligation they choose to become surrogates.

Therefore, these are primarily reasons for which a woman generally opt for surrogacy. However, there are also some issues that are related with surrogacy. Often it is found that though no biological relation shared with the child the surrogate mother develops a special relation with child and refuse to give the child to biological parents. In additionally, clinics take the advantage of poverty, exploit the poor women, and use them as surrogates. However, still surrogacy is on the rise and is one of best solution for the childless couples.

Problems That Might Crop Up During The Third Trimester Of Pregnancy

On the 18^th of Feb this year, I was blessed with a baby boy. The first feeling that I experienced on laying my eyes on him was not of joy though – it was a feeling of relief. During the third trimester of pregnancy (i.e., from around the 28^th week), I had started feeling several types of physical discomforts – and used to stay constantly worried about the well-being of the little one inside me. Thank goodness the delivery happened without a hitch, and I managed to rejoin office from October. I have here jotted down some of the principal physical problems that I faced during the last lap of pregnancy:

1. Considerable increase in body weight – My gynecologist in Kolkata had said that my otherwise svelte figure would get somewhat botched up when I was expecting – but I was not quite prepared for the practically enormous amount of weight gain during the third trimester. During the last couple of months leading up to the delivery date, my weight shot up by nearly 8 kgs! Although doctors assured me that there were no complications, I had problems in freely moving about, due to my increased bulk.
2. Mild contractions – I had always thought that contractions started only AFTER a woman went into labor. Imagine my surprise and tensions then, when I started having contractions one evening (this was around week 30). My husband took me to the local pregnancy abortion clinic immediately, where the experts told that such contractions (medically termed Braxton-Hicks movements) were normal and to be expected till delivery. The contractions weren’t too uncomfortable though.
3. A constant heavy feeling in the breasts – Well, I had started experiencing this from the latter weeks of the second trimester itself, but the feeling of heaviness increased significantly as the date of delivery approached. The experts from my regular pregnancy and infertility center in Kolkata had told me to report if there were any abnormal discharges from/black spots around the nipples – thankfully, I did not have such symptoms. My breasts became rather painful though, and even touching them was a problem.
4. Lack of sleep – This was the principal cause behind my fatigued feeling right through the day. More often than not, I could not fall asleep till well past 3-3:30 am at night, and the daytime naps were too short and far between to be of any help. The obstetrics and infertility treatment specialist suggested regular massage sessions, to keep my body rejuvenated. A mild sedative was also prescribed – but I was too afraid to take it, lest it harmed my baby!
5. Skin rashes – As I found out from my gynaecologist in Kolkata later, they were not rashes after all. On both my legs, from below the knee joint, small reddish boils appeared, and they were extremely itchy too. In case you have such rashes, caused by what doctors call ‘spider veins’, make sure that they do not become too large, like hemorrhoids. Rashes and inflammations around the rectum can be rather painful too, and advanced cases might even lead to abortion procedures. Thank goodness, I did not face such complicacies.
6. Body aches – If some of my overall physical lethargy was due to the gain in weight, I would attribute the rest of it to the dull, sustained body aches that became a constant companion of mine during the third trimester. The pelvic pains were the most serious, although the ECG tests and ultrasonography in Kolkata done on me did not reveal any aberrations (except for, a happily kicking baby!). Even my fingers became painful. In fact, due to my acute rib pains, my midwife advised me to avoid lying down on my back for too long at a stretch.
7. More frequent urges to urinate – On the web, I had read about many expecting moms having painful discharges from the vagina, which generally necessitated emergency IVF treatment procedures. While I was spared from these problems, the urge to urinate increased manifold as the delivery date drew nearer. At times, I had to visit the toilet at intervals of 15-20 minutes. The doctor had told me that the enhanced bladder pressure would be causing this problem, and I definitely felt inconvenienced by it!
8. Constipation and heartburn – The slight bouts of morning sickness during the third trimester were pretty much okay with me – but the increasing irregularities in my bowel syndrome did cause discomforts round the clock. I almost never had a good appetite (and the doctor had told me to start eating a bit more than usual!), acid attacks were pretty common – and there were serious heartburns often too. The consultants at the pregnancy and IVF center in Kolkata told me to totally abstain from fried snacks and carbonated drinks, and that did reduce the problems somewhat.
9. Increased puffiness – Almost everyone who saw me during this period remarked how heavy my eyelids had become, and how puffy my cheeks and hands appeared. According to my sexology consultant, as the time of delivery drew closer, more fluids were retained by the blood vessels – and this contributed to the excessive puffiness.

To top off all these physical problems, I used to have some truly horrible nightmares about pregnancy during these weeks. There were vivid bad dreams about miscarriages, and at one point, I was almost certain that I would have to go for surrogacy in India. The childbirth process turned out to be hassle-free, however, and I am almost back to my pre-pregnancy figure already too!