05/11/2025
How much should a patient compromise in pursuit of a successful ART/ IVF?
IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) and Assisted Reproductive Technology, tends to look like pure logic, precise and foolproof, much like mathematics. However, the reality is that, biology is far more complex and influenced by numerous variables.
While these techniques definitely bridge the gap between human limitations and expectations, it is difficult to overlook how it is all brought down to a mere business that exploits vulnerabilities, insecurities and largely lack of access to right information.
Here is what I have noted,
1. Very early and unwarranted IVF treatments
2. 'Guarantee' packages for fertility treatments
3. Keeping patients in the dark
4. Ignoring critical variables
5. Isolating stress on the female partner
6. Imposing treatments on submissive females
7. Dismissing side effects
8. Failing to provide adequate counseling support
The list could go on. When the IVF process is not managed by the right doctors, it can profoundly impact women, with effects that may last a lifetime, regardless of the outcome.
As an Ayurveda gynecologist, I witness this damage firsthand. The initial approach post IVF failure, is never medications or panchakarma or Uttara basti!!! It is and has to be chiefly built around couple counselling and retrieving stability from that trauma, which is significant.
An integrated approach would be helpful to protect the patient's health while working on such Assisted Reproductive Techniques and I wholeheartedly appreciate physicians who understand this and work towards achieving the one thing that matters the most - patient well being!
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