Bed rest after IVF is harmful

Most gynecologists in India continue to routinely prescribed bedrest after the embryo transfer . They scare them that if they do not rest, their embryo will fall out of their uterus ! Some of them insist that the patient not get out of bed even to go to the bathroom; while others tell the patient to put a pillow under her hips, so that her embryos remains safe and secure within her uterus.We know this is complete rubbish , and IVF clinics all over the world now allow patients to resume normal activity immediately after the embryo transfer . Once the embryos is inside the uterus, it cannot fall outside, whether the patient coughs, sneezes , strains or goes bungee-jumping ! This is true whether the embryos reaches the uterus through the fallopian tube ( as it does when couples have sex in  their bedroom); or whether we transfer it through he cervix using an embryo transfer catheterThe embryo does not care if it spends three days in the fallopian tube , or three days in the test tube ! This makes absolutely no difference to embryo implantation , and there is no way physical activity can dislodge the embryo from the uterus.So why do doctors continue giving such bad advice to their patients . I think some of these are old-fashioned doctors , and often when they really don’t have anything else to offer patients , they advise them to rest in bed !  This is a historical hangover , and is the standard advise obstetricians have given when ever the pregnancy was complicated....
Source: The Patient's Doctor - Category: Obstetricians and Gynecologists Tags: Bed rest Embryo Embryo transfer In vitro fertilisation India ivf Mumbai Uterus Source Type: blogs