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Embryo Transfer Complications - Articles
Embryo transfer versus embryo implantation
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Dr. Aniruddha M.
Posted
Wed 05 May 2010 2:18am
Many patients do not understand the difference between embryo transfer and implantation and will often confuse these terms.
Embryo transfer is a simple mechanical... altogether and transferring the embryos directly into the fallopian tubes.
Implantation, on the other hand, is a biological process , and involves three phases - apposition
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How many embryos should I transfer ?
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Dr. Aniruddha M.
Posted
Tue 18 Nov 2008 12:17am
As an IVF specialist, the commonest question patients ask me is - How many embryos should I transfer ? While IVF technology today is very good at making embryos in the IVF lab, we still cannot control the process of embryo implantation. This means that most of the embryos we transfer do not become babies - which is why the success rate of most IVF
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Embryo transfer for IVF
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Shona D.
Posted
Tue 08 Mar 2011 3:18am
transferring the embryos. This can enable better selection of the embryos.
We were therefore expecting go to CRGH for embryo transfer on Friday, though understood there was a chance... hours before embryo transfer and apparently it may help prevent uterine contractions. You certainly want to avoid cramping when the embryo has only just been transferred
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Frozen embryo transfer (cycle 5 of my IVF with PGD)
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Shona D.
Posted
Sun 30 Jan 2011 5:35am
So this is the last post about my IVF with pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) history. You may remember from this post , after the embryo transfer for cycle 5, one... feeling very negative about this frozen embryo transfer before it even started. Of course we didn’t have to use the embryo, but what else were we going to do? We didn’t want
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How many embryos to transfer - and who should decide ?
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Dr. Aniruddha M.
Posted
Tue 18 Nov 2008 12:14am
This still remains one of the most contentious issues in IVF treatment today. If the technology was perfect , we would all transfer 1 embryo ( or 2 for patients who want... do not become babies ! One way of improving success rates is by transferring more embryos - but there is a price to be paid for this decision too ( as is true for most things
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Acupuncture on the Day of Embryo Transfer
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Liz Richards
Posted
Sat 06 Jun 2009 11:33pm
I have been attending embryo transfers as an acupuncturist since 2002 and I think it is an honor to be there on such an important day. The protocol that I use is based on a study published in Fertility and Sterility in 2002 and again in 2006 and 2007, which reported that acupuncture given on the day of the IVF embryo transfer increased the rate
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How do we decide how many embryos to transfer ?
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Dr. Aniruddha M.
Posted
Wed 27 Oct 2010 10:32pm
Saiprasad Gundeti, Senior Embryologist, Malpani Infertility Clinic
There are multiple variables which need to be considered while deciding how many embryos to transfer.
When we decide about the number of embryos to transfer , our aim is to :
Select Top Quality Embryo(s) for transfer
Maximise the chances of pregnancy.
Minimise the risk
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Three Day vs Five Day Embryo Transfer
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pvedmom
Posted
Mon 15 Jun 2009 6:27pm
1 Comment
. It's less work for the lab and I think there less liability (i.e. the lab has the embryos for a shorter period of time, the patient always makes it to transfer, and last but not least if the cycle doesn't result in a positive pregnancy test the program still looks fine) So with all that being said I am thinking that day three embryo transfers are done
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