Are fertility drugs used during IVF?
Fertility drugs promote the growth of more ovarian follicles than would occur naturally. They also mature more follicles, thus increasing the chances of retrieval of more eggs and the possibility of more fertilized embryos. Naturally about 15% of embryos that reach the uterus survive. Through IVF that number drops to 10%. This is the reason multiple embryos are transfered. This number rises dramatically when the mother that is recieving the embryos was not the woman that underwent the fertility drug treatments. The woman recieving prepares only for the proper environment for optimum implantion through hormonal therapy. This shows how important the endometrial condition must be. Is there a greater chance of a multiple pregnancy with IVF? The more embryos transferred the greater the potential of more fetuses. Embryo quality plays a role here also, which is obviously directly effected by egg quality. The older the woman, the less the chance is of multiple pregnancies. Triplets in women ov
