The Pseudoscience of "treating" IVF failure
Biological systems are very unpredictable and uncontrollable. This is why it is almost impossible to
foretell what the result of your IVF cycle will be. Though we, at Dr.Malpani’s
clinic are experienced in making embryos, it is still not
possible for us to figure out what the outcome will be after we have placed your embryos into your uterus. We cannot tell you which embryos may turn into a baby - and
which embryos will not.
If your IVF cycle becomes a failure after Grade-A
embryos are transferred to the uterus, as a patient you are very likely to ask this
question – Why was the transfer a failure? Why didn’t the baby get
formed? You may even feel cheated by the doctor.
Doctors are not the ones to be
blamed . This is because no one can predict what can be the outcome from
any medical treatment, especially when dealing with a single IVF cycle, which is full of imponderables and unmeasurable intangibles The doctors will
only tell you to hope for the best - and this is the best they can do every
time.
Let's not forget that no fertile couple can ever predict which month they will get pregnant ! And we've all seen patients where 4 perfect IVF cycles have failed - and then the fifth one finally succeed , even though all the cycles seemed to be very similar ! It’s a biological mystery - and some may even term an IVF baby as a gift from god, with a little help from science ! The truth is that in such a complex system, you can never be sure about th...
Source: The Patient's Doctor - Category: Obstetricians and Gynecologists Source Type: blogs