WITH THESE TREATMENTS ARE THERE ANY RISKS OF HAVING BABIES WITH ANOMALIES?

No differences in terms of physical and intellectual development can be found with babies born with IVF techniques, compared to the babies born in the natural way.

IS THE RISK OF ABORTUS HIGHER IN IVF PREGNANCIES?

No. It is known that pregnancies occurring spontaneously or pregnancies achieved with in vitro fertilization method terminate with abortus with a ratio of 15%. Abortuses in the early periods of spontaneous pregnancies may sometimes be erroneously perceived as a menstrual bleeding delay of a few days and a bleeding with a little more intensity following that delay. However, if appropriate tests are carried out, it can be shown that these are in fact termination of pregnancies. Since the pregnancy test results are followed with blood tests starting from very early periods of the pregnancy, termination of pregnancies are defined accurately at all stages of the pregnancies. This causes an erroneous belief that abort ratios are higher in IVF pregnancies.

DOES THE AGE OF THE WOMAN AFFECT THE SUCCESS RATE IN IVF?

Unfortunately yes! Actually the greatest obstacle in the treatment of male infertility is the advanced age of the woman, although the likelihood of treatment of male infertility is considerable for all types. The most important factors are the age of the woman, and consequently, the small number of oocytes obtained. However, it is possible to achieve pregnancies with a ratio of 25-30% in women over 40 if the capacities of the ovaries are good.

DOES SUCCESS RATIO IN IVF METHOD DIFFER ACCORDING TO SEASONS?

IVF is being applied for more than a decade. Experiences gained throughout these years have shown that there are no differences according to seasons or months.