In this episode of Candid Confessions with Chhavi, we sit down with DR. AMITI AGRAWAL, fertility and IVF specialist and Founder of SUNSHINE FERTILITY, to discuss how IVF is evolving and what often goes undiscussed.

IVF is a boon to the fertility industry. But what are the ethical aspects that are often missed? What does the medical fraternity fail to discuss with respect to the risks involved? Are there really risks involved, or is IVF absolutely safe? At Candid Confessions with Chhavi, we sat across with DR. AMITI AGRAWAL, a fertility and IVF specialist and the Founder of Sunshine Fertility, and discussed these at length.

The future of IVF, designer babies, and the responsibility of prospective parents towards their babies. Tune in, share and subscribe.

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Sunshine Fertility & IVF Centre, Mumbai

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Introduction to the episode

02:44 What happens when an IVF is done on couples who actually don’t need it? What are the conditions under which an IVF should be ideally done.

06:07 Differentiate between the couples who are good vs the ones who are not ideal for an IVF treatment. Age, egg count, sperm parameters etc. The various uncommon factors where IVF helps.

09:56 What is the perfect age to get an IVF done. How early can you start and how late can you go.

11:56 Is it advisable to delay your pregnancy to an extent where you get so old that you cannot run behind your child anymore as a parent? What is the importance of the level fitness before embarking on your fertility journey?

15:24 Do doctors guide patients in the best way to address the non-medical factors in a problem of infertility?

16:39 Why do you people suffer from infertility and conditions like PCOD/PCOS etc?

19:18 If lifestyle is creating infertility issues, can reversing the lifestyle actually make you fertile again?

21:38 What is the importance of TIME when you want to start a fertility journey

26:41 What are the side-effects of an IVF treatment?

33:20 Would it be right to say that more advanced treatments have more side effects in the long term? What are the risks involved?

39:17 Are tests done on both males and females when a couple shows up for an IVF?

41:27 How important is a man’s role in an IVF? How can he be more relevant.

42:52 Can women continue working while getting the injections done? Practically how is it possible?

46:14 What is the emotional trauma a couple goes through?

47:27 How do you know why the first IVF failed before going in for the second round?

49:23 How do you know who is the right doctor for me? What kind of questions to ask?

49:59 Are their any underlying medical conditions which make a couple untreatable through an IVF?

55:23 What are the rules for a single mother who wants to go in for an IVF?

59:13 Closing thoughts and message.