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Advance maternal age and infertility - wings Hospitals

what is it and what to do? Indian women is 5 year older in terms of fertility power compared to Caucasian population. • After the age of 30, Indian women should be prompt in checking the fertility power through blood test like AMH if they deciding for late family planning. AMH is a screening test by which couples can decide whether they should wait any longer or not. • After the age of 35, it is my simple advise- not to wait more than six months if you are not able to   conceive. • Don't waste your time after age of 35 for IUI, even if financially and psychologically the couple is   not ready for IVF . IUI should be restricted to 2 or less post 35 years of age. • At WINGS, we believe in high end & precise treatment for advance maternal age(>35)  in IVF. We strictly adhere to Only Day 5 embryo transfer, Freeze all, PGS and ERA which are advanced    genetic tests by which we can offer single and healthy pregnancy. Transferri...

PCOS - A Blessing in fertility treatments

As we know – PCOS is POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME which represents with irregular menses, skin manifestation and infertility. India is considered as a hub for PCOS with every zone of India having 12-16% of incidence. Every 6th Infertile couple has PCOS. Therefore it is a question of worry and thus we need to discuss – weather is it really tough or a blessing in fertility treatment to have PCOS in current scenario. As we know that in PCOS, IUI gives 13 -20 % of cumulative pregnancy rate after 6 cycles. But in PCOS ovary is very sensitive to stimulation and IUI stimulation is never controlled properly by any hormone. Apart from results, multiple pregnancy cannot be controlled by IUI Treatment , where ovarian hyper-stimulation is one of the threat behind the treatment. After the invention of the antagonist injection in IVF   Treatment , which overall controls the hyper-stimulation by 75 -85% followed by the strategy of giving lupride injection of ovulation trigger ...

Recurrent IVF failures- 'A burning issue of society'

Indian medical fraternity lacks guidelines for IVF regarding the type & standard of lab and instrumentation required. Also, no specific education and qualifications are fixed for an embryologist and the biggest menace is free lancing of embryology which directly impacts the results negatively and thereby increases IVF failures in the society. Main issue in the recurrent failure cases is female egg quantity and quality as multiple attempts depletes the ovarian reserve thereby leading to more failures and thereby needing third party donation. So a structured method adopted from day one of IVF treatment can guarantee a lesser need for third party donation. To improve the IVF results and reduce recurrent failures couples should keep a track of the below: (1) Visit only experienced IVF specialist which cannot be a routine Gynecologist. (2) Need to choose state of the art and advanced IVF lab with high tech instruments with proper QA/QC in the lab (3) In house experienced embryo...