IVF in Chennai ?!?!

Hi adhu ,
Your still young and that's great . Your eggs will be in good condition . well about your question , I have a friend who did her IVF at Srushti fertility centre . They have shown good results over the years . I've also heard that they have a very high success rate in IVF with about 55 % . Their Cheif doctor Dr.Samundi Sankari is quite popular , you can check out in the internet .There are other hospitals too like apollo , preshant , etc. Well, wish you luck hon , you'll be in my prayers )

 

Dear Adhu,

Welcome to IL

IUI is more of artificial way and IVF is natural ?????
Hope you are clear with the procedures .
Good luck dear

 

I'm sorry but I think you've got it all mixed up. IUI is more natural than IVF.

 

IVF is more natural than IUI,?????? No way i think u hv got mixed up with IUI, IVF and ICSI

IUI-washed sperms is inseminated simplest for of ART
IVF-eggs collected and washed sperms added and fertilized outside in a culture medium
ICSI-eggs collected and embryologist would select 1 sperm and penetrate that into the egg

pls check with the clinic for the procedure, there is a sky high difference/variation in the cost for the 3 procedures

 

Hi Adhu123,
Think you have been misinformed. The IUI procedure is only a stimulation of your follicles to ensure good eggs (more than one ideally) are created and then have the sperm placed in uterus to ensure that the sperm has to make minimum effort to fuse after the ovulation. The IVF process includes stimulation with more injections than the IUI procedure, extraction of the eggs, selection of the best eggs and then fusing them with sperm in a petri dish. This is then transferred back in the same procedure used in the IUI process (just that this happens in an OT, while the IUI procedure can happen even in your doctors room).

Hope this clarifies on the process.

To your next question with regards to possibly whats going wrong ....While your doctor might have done the baseline checks for both of you, has he done the DNA fragmentation index (DFI) and survival tests? If the range of the scores for the DFI is on the higher side, IUI success % drops from 24% (cumulative across 5 cycles) to less than 2% and survival after 48 hours needs to also be a decent % if your egg takes a touch more time for fuse. Further, the # of head defects also will impact the penetration of the sperm into the egg for the next steps.

Suggested next steps.....
No doctor will agree to jump to IVF without trying the IUI route...purely becoz its the first step in any fertility treatment. After 4 - 5 cycles of the IUI, this then gets stepped up to IVF/ ICSI. If the doctor goes agree to jump to IVF straight, I would be very very concerned about him/ her, coz everyone knows the its the wrong protocol to be followed especially considering all your baseline information is fine and would know its driven by the money angle (IUI costs 20k max per cycle, while IVF cost can range from 90k to 1.8L....and note both costs are without the stimulation injections and other medicines).

Would recommend that you first do not panic...you are just 26 years old and the process of TTC doesn't work overnight for all. Are you sure that you are having relations are the right timing with your ovulation? If not, get that in place and try for a while...if Yes, then take the next step to check things with your doctor. I do understand that the pressure from family and society is horrible, but please don't hit the panic button and go down a route without taking the necessary basic steps.

 

IVF+ICSI is where a single sperm is injected into the egg.
In regular IVF and IUI, the sperm finds the egg on it's own.
There is nothing 'natural' about these methods, as the body is given high doses of hormones. IUI is less invasive than IVF.
IVF will be the recommended straight away if there are male infertility issues. Otherwise IUI will be the first course of action.