Kolkata: The fertility clinic returns to life, shows strong longing for new life in the middle of a pandemic.
The number of couples who are looking for assisted reproduction has surged after suffering from sharp slump last year even because the city clinic offers a large concession to make fertilization in-vitro (IVF) affordable.
During the first wave between March and October last year, IVF procedures in Kolkata have dropped by almost 80%.
It recovered to almost 90% of the pre-pandemic level this year despite severe second waves in May.
“The pair has delayed their care plan for a year, but then they are ready to move forward regardless of the covid threat.
We carried out 347 IVF cycles in 2020 while this year until July we conducted 524, which was almost a total recovery,” said Gautam Khastagir, experts Giving fertility, a city-based clinic that offers a steep 40% discount on the package.
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“We are now prescribing cheaper drugs and trying to do procedures with fewer eggs.
Although cheaper, maintenance remains successful and our level of success remains unchanged,” he added.
Before the pandemic, the number of cycles of fertility treatments in India each year stood at 2-2.5 lakh, experts said.
“When locking was originally announced, fertility treatment suddenly because it was an elective procedure and there was a limited understanding of how the virus would have an impact on pregnancy.
But the volume is now comparable to non-pandemic times,” said CEO & Co-Founder Indira IVF Kshitiz Murdia .
“In the center of Indira IVF Kolkata, there are three times more patients at the top of the second covid wave than during the first.
Between March and June 2020, we only did 78 IVF cycles but the same period this year saw 242 cycles, which are similar to the number of cycles What was done before the pandemic, “Murdia said.
Fertility and IVF treatment can be suspended but not ruled out, said Souren Bhattacharjee, Head of the Birla and IVF fertility center launched in Kolkata last week.
“We hope that IVF numbers will grow substantially inside and around Kolkata because of lifestyle changes,” he said.
According to Murdia, the millennium is more delaying the master plan and relies on post-pandemic fertility treatment.
“They did not start thinking of fertility before 35.
They have their professional priority and are often not ready to start the family before that age, especially now that the taste of unsafe professionals has grown.
But, the age of peak fertility for Indian men and women aged 25 and began to fall Furthermore.
Women began to lose very fast Post-32 fertility.
So, the dependence on the assisted reproduction will grow, “Murdia said.
Lifestyle changes, stress, busy work schedules and food are responsible for infertility, the doctor said.
Many women also freeze their embryos so they can have children after 40 or even then when they believe they are ready to become parents.
But Khastagir said work from home, in fact, became a gift for many couples struggling to start a family.
“Many are conceived naturally during that period because they have more time for themselves and no pressure work in the office,” he said.