"I'm going to IVF." Usually, these words do not sound rhyme or reason. Before you take such a decision, all the relatives and close people of a woman with her head immersed in the topic of in vitro fertilization. Learn the clinic, reviews and, of course, information about the procedure.
Although a friend of mine by the name of Olga, preparing for IVF in the past year, has managed to show the unprecedented miracles is not absolute immersion in the subject: "I do not know, probably, doctors will remember me. And I picked up the clinic on the principle of "so close to home was," and about the doctor did not read the reviews and what protocol is not something that is not interested in simply decided: male figure everything out. I thought that during IVF I take an egg, will hand over the husband sperm under a microscope doctor are all connected, fertilize and all - I'm pregnant! Girls, this is kindergarten, I pray you, do not repeat my mistakes: read, study and delve. Otherwise, will experience frustration and fear, as I do, when the doctor has appointed me a long protocol and friend said that this is an artificial menopause! ".
Climax in the long protocol
Indeed, for a long protocol initially prescribe drugs, which seemed to introduce a woman into an artificial menopause. But the doctors insist is terrible in this there is nothing: during this period the body a little "rest" that in the next cycle to "give maximum return" when stimulated.
By itself, the long protocol takes 3-4 weeks. Begin it is usually at the end of the previous menstrual cycle. This uses a large than in the previous embodiment, the dose of hormone (if already been attempted in a short stimulation protocol). About a week or ten days before the expected onset of menstruation a woman is administered medication. Its action consists in the blockade of the ovaries, reaching its highest level after two or three weeks after the injection.
When administered long protocol
• if the short previous IVF protocol schemes were not effective;
• For cystic ovaries;
• hyperandrogenism;
• uterine myoma;
• endometriosis;
• high level of LH (luteinizing hormone, which is produced by the pituitary gland located at the base of the brain. He is responsible for the release of female sex hormones, regulates cyclical menstrual period and contributes to the development of the uterus and ovaries);
• overweight patients;
• as well as the age of women to 30 years.
Disadvantages long protocol
• delay and malfunction cycle;
• menopausal symptoms - fever, hot flashes;
• serious psychological stress in anticipation of ovarian stimulation (short protocol in this case looks more attractive by terms);
• hormonal load on the body during a long protocol can entail such complications such as ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, inflammation of the uterus and even ectopic pregnancy.
But as they say patients who have passed all the circles of IVF, even these shortcomings look insignificant, if the attempt was successful, and you have a heart beating heart baby. The long-awaited, long through suffering, but this is only a dear and beloved!
