When a couple is diagnosed with fertility problems, then a treatment may need to be undertaken to help increase their chances of conceiving a child together.  But what type of infertility treatment they undergo depends upon different factors given the couple’s situation.  While IVF could be the best course for some couples, tubal surgery may very well be the best option for most others.

By taking a look at some of the positive aspects, and negative ones as well, of each infertility treatment, a couple can begin to decide which will be best for them.  In this article, we will take a short look at the pros and cons of each possible course.

Positive – IVF

1.  No surgery needed to deal with the problems of conceiving.  At least no surgery if you don’t include the process required to first remove the eggs from the mother/donor for which she will most likely want to be anesthetized.  Then there is the implantation procedure.

2.  Normally it only takes around ten days to maybe three weeks before the woman will learn if IVF has been successful and she is pregnant each time the procedure is done.

Negative – IVF

1.  Several eggs are recovered in the egg retrieval process.  In order to stimulate more eggs to be produced, the woman will be required to take drugs which will hyper stimulate her ovarian system.  In addition, more drugs will be needed to help with the rest of the process.

2.  If the first course of treatment results in failure, then the couple will need to go through the whole process again, and maybe again as the average number of courses of this infertility treatment is three.  Of course, that means there are some who need fewer tries and some who need more, much more.  However, a way to lower the cost of the subsequent courses is to use frozen embryos from the first over-stimulation.  But should no eggs be frozen, then the couple will need to pay the same amount of money for the next course of treatment.

Positive – Tubal Surgery

1.  This surgery is usually just a one time shot.  The surgery is done and the couple can try over and over to conceive.

2.  Unless you already have a tendency to have twins or triplets, your chances of having more than one baby at a time are slim.

3.  Outside of some testing that may or may not be useful after the surgery, there is little need for medication, except a little pain killer, after this surgery.

Negative – Tubal Surgery

1.  This is surgery in the abdominal area.  Like all other surgeries of this type in this region, you will have to put up with a few restrictions on your activities for a limited recovery time after the tubal surgery.  However, while you may find a surgeon who wants to do this surgery in a hospital with a night or two spent in the hospital after, this is not a necessary requirement of tubal surgery.  Indeed, there are tubal surgeons who do this surgery as an outpatient procedure with just a check up the next day.

2.  It takes longer with tubal surgery to know if you have conceived than with IVF.  But the majority of women in one study did conceive within on year.

Above we have taken a look at some of the positive and negative factors associated with the two main kinds of infertility treatment a couple may need to undertake in order to help the conceive.  However, it isn’t just these things that the couple need to take into consideration; they also need to factor in the costs of each treatment. While you will find both very expensive doctors for both, you can also find leading doctors who do not charge excessively for the procedures.  However, the cost of IVF tends to be somewhat more than tubal surgery even when taking just the average cost of one try.  When counting in multiple attempts with IVF, tubal surgery definitely comes out ahead.  It’s just a matter of which infertility treatment meets your circumstances best.

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