Here you will find the answers to the most frequently asked questions about our fertility treatments. Our specialists are ready to answer all your questions.
It's recommended to consult a fertility specialist if you haven't achieved a pregnancy after a year of having sexual relations without any contraceptive method and the woman is under 35 years old. In women older than 35 years, it's recommended to go after a period of 6 months.
Preferably yes, since the studies that determine the factors that affect fertility in the couple indicate that 33% of the cases are directly related to the woman, another 33% is exclusively related to the man and the last 33% to problems of both members.
There are various factors that directly affect fertility such as female, male or even mixed factors. At IVF GUADALAJARA we analyze the causes of each case to together find the best treatment for our patients.
Age in women is very important, in fact, it is a determining factor of fertility, in men it is important but not decisive.
For the general population, the possibility of pregnancy is 45% per attempt (in highly complex treatments at IVF Guadalajara). The factors that increase or decrease this value are: age of the woman, number and quality of eggs retrieved, semen quality, number and quality of embryos obtained, and number of embryos transferred.
It is a very common treatment, the main risk is multiple pregnancy, which is avoided by being prudent both the doctor and the patients.
In this new stage of your life, it's natural to have different doubts, which is why the team of professionals at IVF GUADALAJARA provides you with the answer to each one of them.
The risk depends on the type of treatment for which you're a candidate. If the treatment is complex, the risk of having a multiple pregnancy is greater. There is between 20% to 25% of having a multiple pregnancy.
Egg retrieval is vaginal, with a fine needle. Intravenous anesthesia (sedation) is used. In these conditions there is no pain at the time of the retrieval and mild pain occurs afterward. As it is an outpatient procedure, they usually go home about two hours after the intervention. Rest should be kept that day.
At least one cycle (one month) must elapse since the last menstrual period to try again.
First, we must diagnose if it is an obstruction (it has spermatozoa, but they don’t appear in the semen) or if there is a defect by which spermatozoa are not produced. In the first case, it’s usually easy to recover sperm by epididymal retrieval (with local anesthesia) and enter the ICSI technique. In the second case, a hormonal alteration must be ruled out before performing a testicular biopsy, to later enter the ICSI technique.
Basically none. Sperm morphology refers to its ability to fertilize the egg. There is no relationship between this and the genetic information of the sperm that is what contributes to forming the baby.
Yes, although in some cases it isn't necessary, this is mainly recommended for cancer patients, for fertility preservation or in couples who, due to distance issues, can't be physically present at the time of their treatment.
