Do IVF babies feel pain during reduction?
In vitro fetal reduction is a method of selectively terminating multiple pregnancies through medical technology. In IVF technology, sometimes multiple embryos are implanted at the same time, and multiple pregnancies pose a greater risk to mothers and infants. Therefore, the purpose of fetal reduction surgery is to protect the health of the mother and the rest of the fetus. However, people often worry about whether the process of fetal reduction will cause pain to IVF. This article will discuss whether there will be pain during IVF reduction from four aspects: drug anesthesia, operation mode, pain control and actual cases.
Drug anesthesia
The IVF reduction operation is usually carried out in the operating room set up by the hospital, and the operating room is equipped with anesthetists and special anesthetics. In the process of fetal reduction surgery, the doctor will decide to use general anesthesia or local anesthesia according to the specific situation of the patient. General anesthesia will allow patients to enter a painless sleep state through intravenous injection of drugs, while local anesthesia will only operate on specific areas through local anesthetic sedation.
General anesthesia is a common method of anesthesia in fetal reduction surgery, which can make patients completely unconscious and will not feel the pain of the operation. Local anesthesia is less used for fetal reduction surgery, but it can also effectively control the pain during the operation. Therefore, drug anesthesia can ensure that IVF babies will not feel pain during fetal reduction surgery.
Operation mode
The two main methods commonly used in IVF reduction surgery are fetal heart puncture and embryo selective fibrosis. Fetal cardiac puncture is to puncture the heart in the fetal umbilical cord to inject drugs for fetal reduction, while selective embryo fibrosis is to select specific embryos for termination by injecting drugs into the uterus.
No matter what kind of operation mode, doctors will use anesthetic drugs when performing fetal reduction surgery to ensure that patients have no pain. Fetal cardiac puncture surgery generally requires local anesthesia, while embryo selective fibrosis surgery usually requires general anesthesia. The operation will be carried out in the operating room, and the doctor will pay great attention to the comfort of the patient during the operation to minimize the pain.
Pain control
In addition to narcotic drugs, doctors will take other measures to control pain during IVF reduction surgery. The operating room is usually equipped with a professional nurse team, who will provide pain management and care according to the patient's situation.
After the operation, the doctor will give corresponding analgesics according to the specific situation of the patient to reduce the pain after the operation. In addition, the doctor will also make regular follow-up visits to patients to ensure that patients will not suffer from pain during the recovery process after surgery.
Actual cases and summary
Take Peking Union Medical College Hospital in China as an example. The hospital is a medical institution with rich experience in IVF. According to the actual experience of the hospital, the IVF reduction operation is carried out under anesthesia, and patients will not feel pain during the operation.
To sum up, in the process of IVF reduction surgery, doctors will use drug anesthesia to ensure the patient's pain feeling, and the operation method and pain control measures can also reduce the pain feeling during and after the operation. Therefore, from the perspective of drug anesthesia, surgical methods, pain control and actual cases, IVF will not feel pain during the reduction process.
Finally, we can safely say that although IVF operation is a complex medical process, doctors will fully consider the pain feelings of patients and take corresponding measures to ensure the comfort during and after the operation. These efforts are aimed at protecting the health of mothers and infants and paving the way for the advancement of IVF.
