Is IVF a painful process?
00:01 - Title 00:35 - Pain is very relative 01:38 - 3 parts if IVF treatment 03:01 - Ovum pickup and embryo transfer are not painful 03:51 - Ovarian stimulation is also not painful 05:47 - Fear creates the pain 06:46 - Take decision on your own 07:37 - Clinic details Is IVF a painful process? Pain is a subjective response; it varies from person to person and also varies according to the stress or apprehension of the patient. Most of the patients who come to us for IVF, suffered from infertility for a long period. So, they are already very much stressed. To add with it, there are a good number of people, who without knowing the pros and cons of IVF process, continue to discourage them, which add to this stress level. IVF involves financial planning, and it is a process where one cannot expect to get 100 percent success. So, it involves a situation, almost like one has to undergo a board examination, where there is a chance of failure. Altogether it involves lots of mental stress. Positive boosting and empathetic support are very much required from the staff and medical personnel who are involved in this treatment to decrease the stress level of the couple. Does IVF cause physical pain? IVF process can be grossly divided into 3 parts for better understanding. Part 1: Ovarian stimulation and monitoring, Part 2: Ovum pick up and Part 3: Embryo transfer. Part 1 or ovarian stimulation involves daily injections for 10 to 15 days on average. Most of the injections are subcutaneous injections, like insulin injection. They cause very little pain. Monitoring by TVS does not cause pain. Part 2 or ovum pick up is done under anaesthesia or sedation, so patient does not experience any pain. Part 3 or Embryo transfer is also a painless process and does not involve pain. Very rarely if there is some difficulty to negotiate, it can be done under anaesthesia. So, don't be afraid, don't be misguided. Take your decision and stick to it. Dr Sutapa Sen, Consultant Gynaecologist & Infertility Specialist • MBBS, MD (Gynea & Obs) • Director, Prapti Fertility Institute, Kolkata • Consultant Gynecologist, Laparoscopic Surgeon and IVF Specialist • Received Advance ART and IVF training from Dr. Purnima Nadkarni, Pardi, Gujrat and Keil University Germany • Received Advance Ultrasound training from Dr. A. Badade Chikitsa Institute Chembur, Mumbai • Received Advance Laparoscopy training from Dr. P. Das Mahapatra, Spectrum, Kolkata • Received Advance training in Hysteroscopy from Dr. Osama Shawki Egypt Prapti Fertility Institute Pvt Ltd 129/1, B. B. Ganguly Street. Kol- 12 5 mins from Sealdah Rly Station | Besides P. C. Chandra Jewellers Bowbazar 8436036000 / 9874346006 ( Mon to Sat) Apollo Clinic 66(92) Barasat Road, Near Wireless Gate, Beside SBI Nona Chandanpukur, Near Chandanpukur, Rabindrapally Barrackpore, Kol- 122 9874346006 (Wed, Sat) Nehru Memorial Techno Global Hospital 6, Barrackpore Barasat Rd, Near Lalkuthi Barrackpore, West Bengal 743122 9874346006 (Wed, Sat) Day and Night Polyclinic Feeder Rd, Santigarh, Shyamnagar, Near 2nd gate of Annapurna Cotton Mill Kolkata, West Bengal 743127 9330977469, 8584922518, 8981233052 K P C Diagnostic Centre A-B/6 JNM Hospital Rd, Kalyani, Nadia West Bengal 741235 9874746906 Health Care Diagnostic 55, Netaji Subhash Rd, Shyambazar, Santipur, West Bengal 741404 9836914126 / 9874746906 Thursday (once in a month) The Arogya Diagnostic & Polyclinic 168, RC Das Road, Kalitala, Purba Burdwan, West Bengal 713101 (opp Bardhaman Nurshing Home) 9874746906 Thursday (once in a month) Manabik Mukh Park Road, OppMc William High School, Alipurduar 736121 9733118854 / 9733118864 North Bengal Medicals R.N Roada Near CPI(M) Party Office, Chowpathi, Cooch Behar 70001263203 / 9832055899 / 7384202505
