What are the risks of Canadian IVF?
IVF is a kind of assisted reproductive technology, which aims to help couples who cannot conceive naturally achieve their reproductive aspirations. As a country with advanced medical technology and facilities, Canada provides a wide range of IVF services. However, like other medical processes, IVF also has some risks. This article will elaborate on the risks of Canadian IVF from many aspects.
Failure rate risk
One of the main risks of IVF is the low success rate. Every embryo transfer does not always lead to pregnancy, and the success rate will vary due to a variety of factors, including the patient's age, reproductive health status, and the experience of hospitals and doctors who implement IVF. According to the data of Health Canada, the success rate of IVF is about 30% to 40%, which means that a large number of couples may need to try many times to get a healthy baby.
In addition, the failure of IVF may also lead to some psychological and emotional problems, and couples may feel disappointed, depressed and hopeless. Therefore, before considering IVF, couples should discuss in detail with their doctors and understand the related success rate and failure risk.
Risk of multiple pregnancies
IVF may lead to a relatively high risk of multiple pregnancies. To improve the success rate, doctors may implant multiple embryos into the uterus during embryo transfer. However, multiple pregnancy will increase the health risks of pregnant women and fetuses.
For pregnant women, multiple pregnancy increases the risk of pregnancy induced hypertension and diabetes, and may also lead to premature delivery and low birth weight. For the fetus, multiple pregnancy will increase the probability of birth defects and other health problems. Therefore, doctors usually recommend single pregnancy to reduce the risk.
Psychological and emotional risks
The IVF process may have some impact on the psychological and emotional health of couples. Long term treatment process, failure and uncertainty may lead to anxiety, depression and stress.
For women, IVF treatment requires multiple hormone injections and other invasive medical procedures, which may make them feel physically uncomfortable and painful. Moreover, in the process of IVF, women need to go to the hospital regularly for examination and operation, which undoubtedly brings great interference to their daily life and work.
In addition, in the process of IVF, couples also need to face family and social pressure. They may be concerned and questioned by relatives and friends, which may increase the psychological burden of couples. Therefore, in the process of IVF treatment, couples need to be understood and supported by people around them, and also need to seek professional psychological guidance.
economic risks
The process of IVF is expensive, which may bring financial burden to couples. Several major hospitals in Canada provide IVF services, including the University of Ontario Hospital in Toronto and the University of British Columbia Hospital in Vancouver. The cost of IVF usually includes medical examination fee, medicine fee, operation fee, etc. According to Health Canada, the cost of IVF may be as high as tens of thousands of Canadian dollars.
In addition, because the success rate of IVF is not high, couples may need to try many times, which will further increase costs. Therefore, before considering IVF, couples should fully understand the relevant costs and consider their own economic situation.
summary
Although Canada has provided advanced IVF technology and medical facilities, IVF still has certain risks. These include failure rate risk, multiple pregnancy risk, psychological and emotional risk and economic risk. Before choosing IVF, couples should fully discuss with their doctors, weigh the advantages and disadvantages, and make a decision that suits their own situation.
