Usually, IVF is pursued only after other fertility treatments have failed. You may have been trying to conceive for months or, more likely, for years and years.
Surely, this is not always the case. Sometimes, IVF is the very first treatment tried.
IVF may be the first option in case if:
- A gestational carrier is needed
- An egg donor is being used
- If a woman’s fallopian tubes are blocked
- Severe cases of male infertility
- When previously cryopreserved eggs are being used
Usually, IVF involves taking many eggs (retrieved via a transvaginal ultrasound-guided needle) and placing them in a petri dish with specially washed sperm cells (retrieved via masturbation.) If all goes well, some of the retrieved eggs will become fertilized by the sperm cells and become embryos. One or two of those healthy embryos will be transferred to your uterus. In some cases, the sperm cells need extra help with the fertilization process. ICSI may be used, which is an assisted reproductive technology that involves injecting a single sperm cell into an egg. But before eggs can be retrieved, the ovaries must be stimulated. Without the help of fertility drugs, your body will typically only mature one (or maybe two) eggs each month. For conventional IVF, you need lots of eggs. Injectable fertility drugs are used to stimulate the ovaries to mature a dozen or more eggs for retrieval
In-vitro Fertilization (IVF) is the most effective method of treating infertility and the only way to get pregnant for women who do not have the ability to get pregnant naturally.IVF Stages
The preparatory stage before IVF- stage: Stimulation of ovulation.
- stage: Puncture and fertilization.
- stage: Cultivation and transfer of embryos.
- stage: Maintenance of luteal phase for HCG result.
- stage: Ultrasound confirmation of a fetal heartbeat
Examination for a couple before IVF
For Woman
| № | Medical examination | Term of validity | Note |
| 1 | Screening cytomorphological examination of cervix smear (PAP-test) | 1 year | |
| 2 | General blood analysis | 3 months* | |
| 3 | Blood group, Rh factor | for life | |
| 4 | Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) | 3 months* | |
| 5 | Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) | 3 months* | |
| 6 | Total protein | 3 months* | |
| 7 | Bilirubin fractionally (total, direct, indirect) | 3 months* | |
| 8 | Creatinine | 3 months* | |
| 9 | Urea | 3 months* | |
| 10 | Glucose | 3 months* | |
| 11 | Coagulogram | 3 months* | |
| 12 | Thyroid-stimulating hormone (thyrotropin/TSH) | 6 months* | |
| 13 | Mullerian Inhibiting Substance (MIS) | Once, then according to indications | 3-5-th day of MC |
| 14 | Follicle-stimulating hormone (follitropin, FSH) | Once, then according to indications | 3-5-th day of MC |
| 15 | Luteinizing hormone (lutropin, LH) | Once, then according to indications | 3-5-th day of MC |
| 16 | Estradiol (E2) | Once, then according to indications | 3-5-th day of MC |
| 17 | Prolactin (mammotropin) | Once, then according to indications | 3-5-th day of MC |
| 18 | Progesterone (progestin) | Once, then according to indications | 20-22- th day of M |
| 19 | Toxoplasma gondii, IgM, IgG | 1 year. In case if IgG is positive – for life | |
| 20 | Chlamydia trachomatis, IgM, IgG | 1 year. In case if IgG is positive – for life | |
| 21 | Cytomegalovirus, IgM, IgG | 1 year. In case if IgG is positive – for life | |
| 22 | Rubella, IgM, IgG | 1 year. In case if IgG is positive – for life | |
| 23 | Herpes simplex virus (HSV) 1/2 types, IgG | 1 year. In case if IgG is positive – for life | |
| 24 | Hepatitis B – HBsAg | 3 months | |
| 25 | Hepatitis C (HCV), Ig total | 3 months | |
| 26 | Treponema Рallidum, Ig total | 3 months | |
| 27 | HIV (screening test for antibodies to HIV by IFA) | 3 months | |
| 28 | General urine analysis | 6 weeks* | |
| 29 | Abdomen and kidneys ultrasound examination | 1 year* | |
| 30 | Breast ultrasound examination | 1 year* | 6-10- th day of MC |
| 31 | Thyroid gland ultrasound examination | 1 year* | |
| 32 | Electrocardiogram (ECG) | 1 year* | |
| 33 | X-ray of lungs | 2 years | |
| 34 | Consultation of therapeutist | 1 year | |
| 35 | Microscopic analysis of discharge from three points (vagina, urethra and cervical canal) | 3 months or according to indications | |
| 36 | Pelvic ultrasound examination | 1 year | |
| 37 | Gynecologists consultation (primary) | 1 year | |
| 38 | Secondary consultation of gynecologists (without checkup) | according to indications |
For Man
| № | Medical examination | Term of validity | Note |
| 1 | Spermogramm | better to be done in ADONIS | |
| 2 | Blood group, Rh factor | for life | |
| 3 | Hepatitis B – HBsAg | 3 months | |
| 4 | Hepatitis C (HCV), Ig total | 3 months | |
| 5 | Treponema Рallidum, Ig total | 3 months | |
| 6 | HIV (screening test for antibodies to HIV by IFA) | 3 months | |
| 7 | X-ray of lungs | 2 years |
I came to Ukraine from China, to do the IVF with sperm donation. Now I am pregnant and this is a big joy for me! Thank you ADONIS.
We did all the preparatory tests with my husband before the IVF which our doctors are going to perform soon. We are happy about choosing ADONIS. Beautiful interior and modern equipment.
Adonis became such a blessing to us. When they say they find the best and most affordable help for you, they mean it. Today, we are proud parents of a beautiful boy, who at the age of 4 is a complete copy of his dad. I cherish the bond they have together. I have my two most precious men in my life. My heart is full.”