Health is a unity and harmony within the mind, body and spirit which is unique to each person, and is as defined by that person. The level of wellness or health is, in part, determined by the ability to deal with and defend against stress. Health is determined by physiological, psychological, socio-cultural, spiritual, and developmental stage variables.
Hypnosis may boost in vitro fertilization success
Fertility :: Hypnosis may boost in vitro fertilization success
Women who are hypnotized before undergoing the transfer of an embryo created by in vitro fertilization (IVF) may be more likely to become pregnant, Israeli researchers report.Many infertility experts see the transfer of an embryo to a woman's uterus as a key event that determines whether IVF will succeed, the researchers report in the journal Fertility and Sterility. Women may be stressed during embryo transfer from fears that the treatment will fail, they explain, or that the transfer will be painful.
Hypnosis has been shown to be helpful in reducing patients' stress during many types of surgical procedures and can also reduce pain during and after surgery. To investigate if this technique might help IVF patients, the researchers assigned 89 couples that underwent 98 treatment cycles to hypnosis, and compared the outcome to that of 96 couples who underwent 96 cycles and were not hypnotized.
Women in the hypnosis group met with a physician certified in hypnosis, who asked them to select a "very pleasant" past experience to think of during embryo transfer. Patients were hypnotized before the transfer, and told to compare the procedure "with the reception of long-awaited and very welcome guests." After the woman was in a trance state for about 10 minutes, the doctors began the transfer. When the procedure was finished, before patients were taken out of the hypnotized state, they were given instructions intended to help them feel calm, relaxed and optimistic.
In the hypnosis group, 52 pregnancies occurred, for a pregnancy rate of 58.4 percent per patient and 53 percent per cycle. In the regular-procedure group, there were 29 pregnancies, for a per patient and per cycle pregnancy rate of 30.2 percent.
Levitas and his colleagues hypothesize that hypnosis helped a woman's uterus to remain relaxed, allowing the embryo to implant more easily. It is also possible, they say, that hypnosis produced changes in immune or hormonal uterine function resulting in "an improvement in the interaction between the blastocyst and the endometrium," or the lining of the uterus.
While the researchers attempted to make the hypnosis and non-hypnosis groups as similar as possible, the group that did not receive hypnosis had, on average, been infertile for a longer period. Levitas and his team performed statistical analysis to account for this, and found that hypnosis remained the key factor in pregnancy success. They call for additional studies to confirm these findings.
(Fertility :: Hypnosis may boost in vitro fertilization success published at SpiritIndia on Thursday, May 25, 2006)
Fertility
Search more information on Fertility, Fertility booksRecently posted related articles on Fertility :
- Fertility :: Sex daily improves male fertility
- Fertility :: Male voice pitch predicts reproductive success in hunter-gatherers
- Fertility :: UT Southwestern researchers identify hundreds of genes controlling female fertility
- Fertility :: OHSU is part of national effort to preserve, restore fertility in women with cancer
- Fertility :: MU researchers to collaborate on $20 million project
- Fertility :: Study finds Viagra increases release of key reproductive hormone
- Fertility :: Successful ovarian tissue transplantation between two, nonidentical sisters
- Fertility :: Bone marrow may restore fertility in female
- Fertility :: tomato soup can boost fertility among men
- Sperm :: Sperm banking before treatment preserves fertility in young male cancer patients
Most related articles:
- Fertility :: Hypnosis may boost in vitro fertilization success- Infertility :: IVF mothers might be better off with a single embryo transfer, U.K. fertility experts - 15.9
- Infertility :: Stress may affect in vitro fertilization, IVF outcome - 13.1
- Fertility :: Scientists discover fertility genes - 11.7
- Fertility :: Most fertility clinic Web sites do not conform to ad guidelines - 11.3
- Pregnancy :: Procedure predicts embryos most likely to result in pregnancy - 10.3
- Fertility :: tomato soup can boost fertility among men - 10.1
- Fertility :: Sperm donors could transmit genetic disorders to children - 10.1
- Stem Cell :: Stem cell line advance suggests potential for IVF-incompetent eggs - 10.1
- Fertility :: Access to IVF fertility care on the NHS is a lottery - 9.1
Fertility - recent related articles/news stories:
- New technique could save women's fertility- Fertility patient migration within Europe - some facts
- Cycling may damage triathletes' sperm
- 250000 babies born in 1 year with fertility treatment
- Infertility linked to genes for earlier menopause
»» Diabetes :: Researchers devise bubbles to battle diabetes
«« Prostate Cure :: Botox Might Help Treat Enlarged Prostate
The information provided on SpiritIndia.com is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between a patient/site visitor and his/her physician. Spirit India comply with the HONcode principles for trustworthy health information.
Health, Business, Science, Sports, Entertainment, Technology
©2002-2009 SpiritIndia.com
Health, Business, Science, Sports, Entertainment, Technology
©2002-2009 SpiritIndia.com