Today, more women are experiencing infertility issues in India and globally. Lifestyle changes, advanced maternal age, and food habits are some of the factors contributing to the increase in infertility issues in women.
However, advancements in technology and innovations in fertility treatments have made it possible to treat infertility issues in women and men with a high success rate.
Infertility treatment or assisted reproductive technology in Bangalore has undergone rapid progress over the years. Assisted conception treatments like IVF and ICSI are popular methods to treat infertility even in advanced maternal age cases.
So, what is IVF and ICSI treatment and what is the difference between the two? It is also important to understand the impact of maternal age on IVF and ICSI procedures.
IVF or In Vitro Fertilization is a process of assisted reproductive technology. In the process of In Vitro Fertilization, an IVF specialist fertilizes mature eggs with sperm in a laboratory. They then place the fertilized egg, called the embryo, back in the woman’s uterus where the baby grows.
ICSI or Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection is also a type of In Vitro Fertilization. In this method of infertility treatment, a single healthy sperm is prepared, and selected. This sperm is then injected directly into the cell wall of the mature egg in a laboratory.
Although both IVF and ICSI are methods to treat infertility, the difference between IVF and ICSI lies in their procedure.
In both processes of assisted conception, the first step is the introduction of hormonal medication to induce the ovaries to produce more eggs. After this stage, the procedure between the two methods of infertility differs.
In the IVF procedure of assisted conception, more than thousands of sperm are mixed with the mature eggs in a laboratory dish. They are then observed till they reach a desired stage of development. When these embryos reach a viable stage, the healthiest embryo is selected and inserted into the woman’s uterus.
On the other hand, in ICSI, IVF specialists will select a single healthy sperm which they prepare in the laboratory through the process of spinning or centrifuging. The doctor injects the healthy sperm directly inside the egg’s cytoplasm. They repeat this process for all the available mature eggs.
After this stage, infertility treatment through ICSI follows the same procedure as IVF. That is, your IVF specialist will observe the embryos in the laboratory until they reach a desired stage and then insert them into the uterus.
The best IVF specialists in Bangalore will recommend IVF for infertility treatment in women under certain circumstances:
On the other hand, your IVF specialist in Bangalore will recommend ICSI treatment if the previously attempted IVF procedure has been unsuccessful. Also, doctors recommend ICSI if the male sperm count is too low, or a woman possesses a low ovarian count. Further, your doctor may also recommend ICSI if the male has previously frozen sperm samples. Sometimes it becomes necessary to collect and freeze sperm samples before any medical treatment like chemotherapy. Similarly, if the woman has previously frozen eggs, your doctor might recommend infertility treatment through ICSI.
The success rate of IVF and ICSI treatments is usually 50-80%. The success rate of IVF and ICSI procedures depend on several factors including maternal age. Advanced maternal age results in a lower ovarian reserve and oocyte incompetency. However, for better chances of conception, doctors perform IVF and ICSI infertility treatments along with other procedures like oocyte cryopreservation, oocyte donation, and controlled ovarian stimulation, to induce pregnancies in older women.
Summing up, while advanced maternal age does harm the ability to conceive, hope cannot be lost. A good IVF hospital in Bangalore like Kinder Women’s Hospital and Fertility Centre assists aspiring parents with a high success rate.
At Kinder Women’s Hospital and Fertility Centre, we have a team of the best IVF specialists in Bangalore. We provide infertility treatment to patients with the desired results.
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