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I am 38 year old and planning for IVF.would like to know if IVF is a painful process?IS there a good ivf clinic especially in delhi??
gf replied. its not. After embryo transfer , they give 15 injections for blood thinning. You can take medicine instead sakshi replied. Dear friend...One of the major reasons patients do not want to do IVF is their fear of injections. They know that during IVF they need to take injections for many days - and many patients are understandably reluctant to take these shots because they have been told that these injections are painful !
While it' s no fun to take injections , the good news is that the injections used for IVF treatment are not painful !
Lupron and Anatgon ( which are used for downregulation) and given subcutaneously, just like a diabetic takes insulin injections. these are easy to self-administer and are not painful.
The injections which are used for superovulation ( the urinary gonadotropins such as Menogon) used to be given intramuscularly. IM injections are more painful than subcutaneous injections, because a larger volume needs to be deposited in the muscle and because the muscles have more nerve endings than the subcutaneous fat. However, these are water soluble , and the pain is usually easy to handle. Using simple tricks ( such as ice-cubes to numb the area or EMLA patches ) can help in managing the pain.
If you are looking for an IVF the first name that comes to my mind is Bournhall clinic , Bourn Hall is a U.K. based infertility clinic that specializes in IVF,IUI,treatments and also does Egg/and embryo freezing.I came to know thru its website that the world' s first test tube baby was born as a result of IVF treatment from Bourhall....they had a branch in kochi and now came up with the other one in Gurgaon...