Frequently Asked Questions

You will be investigated in depth to find out the cause of your infertility. Accordingly you may be classified into any one of the three groups – Very favourable, favourable and unfavorable.With the advancement in ART procedures we can solve 85% of the problem.

We like to find out your cause of infertility and accordingly treatment options will be discussed in detail.

When you talk about any other option, actually you are looking for an alternative choice We like to consider the best option depending on the client’s clinical profile.

Operation is suggested either to confirm diagnosis or to enhance your reproductive capacity.

As PCOS has some genetic background, expression of the disease can be modified by medications and lifestyle changes only.

PCOS Is an important cause of infertility due to anovulation or infrequent ovulation. It can be managed easily by ovulation Inducing agents mostly. Resistant PCOS women may require an IVF procedure as well.

PCOS is a medically manageable condition; rarely ovarian drilling surgery may be offered to a certain subset of PCOS women.

Ten Percent weight reduction of existing bodyweight can correct 70% of hormonal imbalance.So It is important to try multiple interventions simultaneously to have the desired effect.

Either surgical intervention or ART process can be offered to you depending on your clinical history.

Often in the presence of tubal pathology the HSG procedure may be painful. Prior administration of analgesics reduces the problem significantly.

Tubal assessment can be done by saline infusion sonography(SIS), Hysterosalpingography(HSG) and Laparoscopy. Most of the IVF clinics do not offer SIS nowadays.

It is a non-invasive procedure used to detect pathology arising from uterine cavity or fallopian tube. It is not that promising to detect tubal pathology.

Your doctor is the great judge to offer you HSG depending on your clinical profile.

It is the gold standard procedure to evaluate the relationship and pathology of your reproductive organs.

There are certain indications like i) abnormal HSG ii)Inability to conceive even after 6 months of normal HSG study iii) History suggestive of tubal pathology iv) women with painful menstrual who required tubal assessment.

It is one of the commonly performed procedures by gynaecologists.

As you are diagnosed of having ovarian insufficiency / poor ovarian reserve hardly anything is going to change the scenario in a big way.

Donor oocyte IVF programme is the best treatment option in this case.

You can think about oocyte cryopreservation that will be of great help to you.

Success rate of IUI varies depending on its indication,15-20% success rate is considered as a reasonably good outcome.

You should go for about 3 cycles before considering some other treatment option. Beyond 6 cycles rarely it is being done.

Once again IVF success rate is also influenced by several factors like age of the women, cause of infertility, ovarian response, embryo quality etc. you can consider 40 – 50% success rate in each cycle to be reasonably good.

Single most important step is making the right choice at right time with right set of professionals.

It is variable. It all depends on the commercial policy of an institution. The cost of IVF procedure is divided into three major areas i)IVF procedure cost ii)Medication iii) Investigation.

Good quality embryos can be preserved for 3 years.

It all depends on institutional policy or clinician’s preference mostly. Mostly 3 embryos are given in case of day 3 embryo transfer. Nowadays single good quality blastocyst (day 5 embryo) transfer is being preferred to reduce the incidence of multifetal pregnancy.

It is extremely rare as verification of personal id is taken into consideration several times during the process.

Gender preference goes against the law of land and is not practised in India.

The sperm donor has to be anonymous, Therefore it is beyond the scope of yours

Yes you can have full access to your oocyte donor.

Single woman can not provide both the services- oocyte donor and surrogate. You need to engage two women to solve your problem.

Through IVF procedure or IUI you can have a baby of your own.

Bilateral chocolate cystotomy with fertility enhancing surgery, if indicated, should be done without much delay. Conception rate following optimum surgery is about 40% within the first 2 years of surgery.

Even after optimum surgery for endometrioma you can expect about 25% chance of recurrence rate within 2 years of surgery.

Endometriosis can adversely affect all reproductive functions like poor ovarian reserve,anovulation ,LUF embryotoxicity, poor implantation, infrequent intercourse due to dyspareunia etc.

Women with endometriosis are often encouraged to complete their family early.

In minimal and early endometriosis pregnancy may be achieved spontaneously or with minimal interventions. Advanced endometriosis often requires Art procedure.

Several studies are in favour of its genetic basis and family tendency. Endometriosis is likely to run in the family and common in twin sisters.

Side effects are mostly minor and infrequent. Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome is potentially life threatening if it is not anticipated early and managed accordingly.

Miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, twin pregnancy, prematurity, preterm birth and surgical interventions are on higher side in pregnanc achieved through ART procedure.

Surrogacy should be offered to you by your reproductive health specialist on definite medical surgical ground.

Chance of having twin pregnancy is more with ART Procedure. But it neither can be opted nor can be ensured.