The Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology released the results of a survey on the 30th, which showed that the number of children born through in vitro fertilization infertility treatment in 2022 was the highest ever, at 77,206. This is an increase of more than 7,000 people from the previous year. According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the number of births in 2022 was 777,759. This means that roughly one in ten babies are born through IVF. The number of treatments was 543,630, an increase of more than 45,000 from the previous year. Yukiko Katagiri, a professor of reproductive medicine at Toho University, who compiled the data, explained, “The hurdle has probably been lowered since medical insurance began to cover it.” In vitro fertilization is an infertility treatment in which sperm and eggs are fertilized outside the body and then transplanted into the uterus, and has been covered by public health insurance since April 2022. [Kyodo News] Friday, August 30, 2024, 12:25.
>>6 >>7 I used to worry about it about 30 years ago, but now there’s data and no one is worried anymore. However, since the average age of mothers is obviously high, the chances of chromosomal abnormalities are higher at the fertilized egg stage, but since they have money, everyone gets tested and gives up if it doesn’t work.
These are genes from parents who have no natural reproductive or vitality, so if statistics were taken correctly the rate of disabilities would be high, and since a lot of public money comes in, the government should collect and publish statistics.
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Even with IVF as a fertility treatment, there’s a high chance of it failing and resulting in a miscarriage. The key is whether or not you can extract good eggs.
I’ve read that there are seeds, but their tails are deformed and they can’t swim, so they have to be forcibly attached to the soft, damaged eggs, which is a nasty job.
>>26 I hate to say it like this, but if you can give birth normally, you will give birth normally. I guess there must be something going on for people who have no choice but to choose IVF.
The sperm that reach the egg are the result of natural selection. Figuring out which sperm are strong is as difficult as figuring out which sperm will succeed. It is impossible to select sperm that will produce results from the start.
From Yahoo! Comments >I’m an obstetrician. The biggest reason for the increase in IVF rates is that people are trying to become pregnant at an older age. It’s a good thing that IVF is easier to obtain, but there seems to be an attitude that, now that treatment has made it possible to get pregnant, age is no longer a concern. (Omitted).
Before insurance coverage began, the ratio was 1 in 13. We started fertility treatment in 2022 when insurance coverage began, and had a baby in 2023. Thanks, Suga-chan.
>When observing semen under a microscope at about 400x magnification, you can see the sperm swimming by moving their flagella. (Wikipedia) I want one, I can see it even with a child’s microscope.
The reason why the age group receiving fertility treatment in Japan is so high is because fertility treatment is not so common. Before it was covered by insurance, it was too expensive for young couples to handle. If you have a medical condition that makes it difficult to conceive naturally, like my wife, you should get tested and start treatment early, but you end up putting it off until next year, or maybe another year of trying to conceive naturally.
The number of sperm contained in one ejaculation is usually around 100 to 400 million, but of these, when ejaculated into the vagina, approximately 99% die before reaching the cervix, and only a few thousand to hundreds of thousands make it to the uterus, and only a few tens to a few hundred make it to the egg during ovulation. (Wikipedia) There is no way that the strongest sperm could be artificially selected without going through this fierce competitive process.
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