What harm does IVF failure have on women's bodies?

For many infertile couples, IVF is a major decision. Regardless of the hard process of egg retrieval, medication, injections, sperm collection, etc., the money is also a huge burden. The current success rate is about 20-30%, and once it fails, they often feel at a loss.

Repeated and intensive use of ovulation pills and treatments can lead to side effects such as less menstrual flow, thin endometrium, poor egg quality, irregular menstruation, etc. It is difficult to succeed if you rush to try again. Through TCM conditioning before and after the treatment, you can improve your infertility constitution, promote the recovery of reproductive function, and increase the success rate of pregnancy.

Reasons for IVF failure

Follicle problems: such as small follicles, insufficient number, and poor quality. Older women have poorer egg quality due to aging and a lower chance of pregnancy. Other diseases such as premature ovarian failure, low ovarian reserve function, polycystic ovary syndrome, and chocolate cysts can also affect ovarian function.

Implantation problems: If you are nervous, afraid or in pain during implantation, the uterus may contract involuntarily and reduce the success rate.

Environmental problems: Pelvic inflammation, hydrosalpinx or blockage, endometriosis and other causes can easily lead to a poor uterine environment, making it difficult for the fertilized egg to implant, or causing miscarriage due to infection or inflammation after implantation.

Luteal insufficiency: Luteal function is closely related to the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovarian endocrine reproductive axis. Reasons such as ovulation drugs, hyperprolactinemia, advanced age, and disease can all lead to imperfect luteal function.

Effects of IVF on the body

Ovulation pills and ovulation injections can enhance ovarian function and obtain multiple eggs, but they can easily lead to side effects such as thin endometrium, less menstrual flow, asynchronous follicle development, and luteal insufficiency, which can affect fertilization and implantation, or cause early miscarriage, thereby affecting the chance of pregnancy.

Long-term infertility or multiple IVF-ET failures increase the emotional and financial burden, and can easily lead to problems such as depression, anxiety and insomnia, forming a vicious cycle of difficulty in conceiving.

Benefits of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Pregnancy

Nourishes the kidneys and boosts yang, promoting gonadal function and increasing the quantity and quality of mature eggs and sperm.

Relieve depression and calm nerves, relieve tension and improve the success rate of embryo implantation

Nourishes blood and promotes blood circulation to improve the intrauterine environment and increase implantation rate

Supplementing both the spleen and kidneys can improve corpus luteum function and promote embryonic development.

Pre-IVF treatment

Target: Couples who are planning to have artificial insemination or IVF

Time: 3 to 4 months.

reason:

It takes about 3 months for a primary follicle to grow into a mature follicle, so it takes at least 3 months to take Chinese medicine to improve ovarian function. At this stage, Chinese medicine is used to regulate the balance of qi, blood, yin and yang, and the five internal organs to improve the infertility constitution. It is recommended to return for a checkup every week, combined with menstrual cycle therapy (nourishing kidney yin in the follicular phase, soothing the liver and activating blood circulation in the ovulation phase, and warming and nourishing kidney yang in the luteal phase), and give appropriate prescriptions for each phase. On the other hand, the patient needs to measure the basal body temperature to observe the status of the follicular phase, ovulation and luteal phase, and adjust all aspects to a certain degree of improvement before proceeding with the next artificial or test tube treatment.

Treatment principles and commonly used prescriptions and medicines: Treat according to the syndrome differentiation and treatment of infertility.

Post-IVF Treatment

Pregnancy care

Target: Those who have successfully implanted through in vitro fertilization but are less than three months pregnant.

Time: 2 to 3 months.

Reason: The miscarriage rate of IVF is significantly higher than that of natural pregnancy. Even if implantation is successful, you should be careful of the signs of miscarriage, such as bleeding, backache, abdominal pain, etc. Previous studies have shown that unlike normal pregnancy, which often leads to miscarriage in the first month, IVF treatment is more likely to lead to miscarriage in the second or third month, especially for patients who have had repeated miscarriages, are pregnant at an advanced age, have endometriosis, or have polycystic ovary syndrome.

Treatment principle: stabilize the fetus, strengthen qi and tonify the kidney

Commonly used prescriptions and medicines: Cuscuta australis, Viscum album, Dipsacus asper, Eucommia ulmoides, Astragalus membranaceus, Codonopsis pilosula, Rehmannia glutinosa, donkey-hide gelatin, etc.

Abortion Treatment

Subject: Those whose IVF was initially successful but subsequently had miscarriage.

Time: 0.5 to 1 month

Reason: The ancients said: A miscarriage is more serious than a large one. A large one is like a chestnut that falls off when it is ripe, while a miscarriage is like picking a chestnut when it is still fresh, breaking its skin and cutting off its roots. Isn't it more serious than a large one? Natural childbirth is like a melon falling off when it is ripe, which is a normal process. In addition to the miscarriage itself, the effects of artificial reproductive drugs on the body cannot be ignored in cases of miscarriage after IVF treatment. Therefore, it is even more important to take good care of the confinement period to prevent symptoms such as less menstrual flow, dysmenorrhea, and irregular menstruation in the future, and to lay a good foundation for the next pregnancy.

Treatment principle: dissolve blood stasis and promote new blood circulation, nourish qi and blood, replenish kidney and essence.

Commonly used prescriptions: Shenghua Decoction, Bazhen Decoction, Shiquan Dabu Decoction with modifications.