Off late there has been a lot of noise over the concept of “Natural IVF”. Whereas a purely ‘Natural’ IVF means no ovarian stimulation (injections) whatsoever, most of these natural cycles done in IVF clinics is really not natural IVF but modified natural or mild IVF or minimal stimulation IVF. This is because in a Natural IVF the doctor needs to be vigilant to time the ovum pick-up exactly as per the follicular maturation time. This requires invasive monitoring incorporating certain “LH kits” (urinary dip-stick testing) to know if the naturally developing follicle is mature enough for oocyte retrieval. Along with cumbersome monitoring, a purely Natural IVF cycle also means having only one follicle and only one egg. This would obviously mean that the results attained with Ovarian stimulation cycles with many follicles cannot be compared with a Natural cycle with only one egg. Most important, a clinic offering Natural IVF needs to be really scientifically advanced in the embryology lab department and have professional embryologist(s) to do justice to only one egg by making it into a good quality embryo.
At Janini IVF, the top rated IVF Center clinic in Delhi, our sophisticated lab technology ensures optimal developing conditions for the incubated embryos. This enables us to give successful results to even those patients who have only one or two embryos. Thus, we at Janini IVF, offer Natural IVF to our patients and yet achieve quite high pregnancy success rates. Natural IVF can ironically be a blessing with low ovarian reserve patients who would not develop more than a few follicles even with high dose stimulation. These patients would save a lot of money and pain of injections by going for Natural cycle IVF and then cryo-accumulation of good quality embryos to achieve good pregnancy rates.
Natural cycle IVF means not giving any form of ovarian stimulation but allowing only the body’s own system to develop one follicle that normally develops in a menstrual cycle. This follicular growth is monitored by way of Ultrasound and hormonal testing to find out the exact time of follicular maturation. Once the follicle is mature, the ovum pickup is timed accordingly and the egg harvested. This is then fertilised with the husband’s sperm and a single embryo transferred on day 3 or day 5. Depending on the situation, this embryos can be frozen and other embryos accumulated for transferring later.
Natural IVF is one of the most cost-effective methods of availing IVF. Costs of a Natural cycle IVF can be almost half (or even less) compared to a regular ordinary IVF cycle. This is because the costs of injections are totally avoided. Also, it is very safe as there is no risk of conditions like OHSS developing. It is just that Natural Cycle IVF is a delicate and precise IVF method and you need an IVF Centre which is excellent in lab parameters, including the lab personnel and embryologists.
Numerous published papers suggest that eggs harvested out of natural cycle or mild IVF can be better than those harvested out of aggressive stimulated cycles.
These women don’t generate many eggs in spite of receiving high stimulation. Natural IVF can save them money and stress.
Natural IVF uses body’s own hormones to generate single follicle. No injections makes this option very attractive to certain patients.
It is obvious that Natural cycle IVF saves a lot of money because of no injections involved. Usually, it costs half of a regular cycle.
Although these days IVF is very safe rarely complications like OHSS happen. Natural IVF is completely safe because there is no ovarian stimulation.
Not everyone can deliver success with a Natural cycle IVF. We, at Janini, excel in Natural IVF simply because of our world class embryology lab and qualified team of embryologists.
Although any patient undergoing IVF can think of Natural IVF, it particularly benefits the following type of patients :-
Natural cycle IVF success rates are a little lower compared to a conventional (high stimulation) IVF as we have only one egg to begin with in a Natural IVF. That being said, in certain selected patients - for example those with poor reserve or those with poor response to ovarian stimulation can benefit from Natural IVF. In order for Natural IVF to succeed it is important that the embryology lab of the clinic is impeccable. The practising doctor should be experienced and most importantly the embryologist making the embryo should be proficient in what he or she is doing. When we have only one egg to make an embryo, there is essentially no margin for error. The lab equipment, the air quality inside the lab, the quality assessment protocols, the culture media, so on and so forth … all should be just performing perfectly.
And this is where the expertise of Janini IVF comes to use. We, at Janini IVF, the best test tube baby center in Delhi NCR, have some of the most qualified and experienced professionals who have consistently delivered output in Natural IVF since many years. This, combined with the world-class infrastructure of Janini, we are here to give you the best results a Natural IVF can give you. Natural IVF can be really helpful for cost saving purposes as well.
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