What is Minimal Stimulation IVF?
Mild Stimulation IVF is a minimal approach to the high stimulation IVF Procedure. Similar to the natural cycle IVF, minimal stimulation works with the woman’s body to collect eggs of the highest quality. The woman is given medication for a shorter duration of time which is 5-9 days and works with the body’s menstrual cycle to ensure collection of the highest quality eggs. The entire treatment process in mild stimulation IVF happens over a period of 2 weeks and involves lower doses of the drugs.
Advantages of Minimal Stimulation IVF.
Excellent success rates
Excellent success rates
”Success rates of the mild stimulation IVF procedure are excellent. It also has fewer drawbacks to conventional IVF procedures. “
Woman friendly
Woman friendly
”The physical turmoil and emotional stress associated with imposing a period is reduced. Hence, minimal stimulation IVF is a woman centric treatment.”
Higher quality eggs and embryos
Higher quality eggs and embryos
”Eggs and embryo quality extracted from Mild IVF are also superior than the ones compared to conventional IVF treatments.”
Better implantation
Better implantation
”A milder dose of the stimulation drugs ensures that the lining of the womb is better equipped to handle implantation in Mild IVF procedures.”
Shorter treatment time
Shorter treatment time
”Minimal Stimulation procedure takes only 2 weeks to complete making it shorter in duration when compared to normal IVF procedures.”
Safer for women
Safer for women
”The risk of Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS) is greatly reduced in Mild IVF and There is no hormone suppression with Mild IVF compared to conventional IVF.”
Frozen embryos
Frozen embryos
”Any spare embryos of suitable quality that are not used in treatment can be frozen and stored for future use.”
Lower costs
Lower costs
”Since a high factor of the costs associated with IVF treatments are the medication, mild stimulation IVF is relatively affordable compared to conventional IVF.”
It is non-invasive
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”There is no invasion of any kind and, therefore, the procedure is not under sedation for the patient.”
Who is Minimal Stimulation IVF suitable for?
Most women who are not able to conceive naturally would ideally like to go for the natural cycle IVF treatment or the Mild Stimulation IVF treatment. However, the mild stimulation IVF treatment is only suited to a few women. The following are the types of women to whom minimal stimulation IVF is suitable:Most women who are not able to conceive naturally would ideally like to go for the natural cycle IVF treatment or the Mild Stimulation IVF treatment. However, the mild stimulation IVF treatment is only suited to a few women. The following are the types of women to whom minimal stimulation IVF is suitable:
- Women with a high egg reserve are suitable for this treatment
- Couples where the fertility issues is with the man
- Women who have PCOS are candidates for this treatment
- Women who want to avoid medication or for whom medication is not suitable
- Women at risk of OHSS may opt for mild IVF
- Women who would like to reduce the pain of daily drug injection in regular IVF procedure
Minimal Stimulation IVF Process:
IVF Spring Fertility Centers mild stimulation process is extremely gentle and safe for its patients. Low doses of the stimulating hormones are introduced to the women’s body in accordance with her menstrual cycle and a high quality egg is extracted. The egg is fertilized and the embryo is transferred to the womb to continue with the pregnancy process. At IVF Spring Fertility Center we usually promote a single embryo strategy unless particularly specified by the patient. This is done to reduce the risk of multiple pregnancies.
Why Spring IVF
IVF Spring Fertility Center in Mumbai recommends using the gentle stimulation process for several reasons. There is a high level of success with the mild IVF process because it is tailored to suit a woman’s need. The short course duration also makes it a perfect fit for couples who are looking to begin being parents immediately. Also since the medication dose is short the costs involved with the medication is also affordable to more couples.
The entire duration of the treatment lasts only 2 weeks and has several advantages as well. Since the medication doses are so small there is very little risk of the patient developing OHSS. In fact, we have received no patients who have suffered from OHSS due to our IVF treatments. Babies born from milder treatments have significantly lower rates of premature birth than those born following conventional IVF. This treatment is also suitable for women with a low ovarian reserve and has shown a high success rate for such patients.