The whole world is getting used to living with a pandemic whose end is not near, at least for the moment. One of the lessons that surely we have all learned from this uncertain situation is that we must continue with the activities that had stopped, adopting all the protocols and security measures necessary, something that in IVI we have introduced since the beginning of the pandemic. But when it comes to fertility treatments, the reason for resuming or going ahead is twofold, since time never runs in favor of patients.
With the current evolution of the COVID-19, the health system is once again overwhelmed and this has caused many ongoing processes to be stopped or delayed, with an increase in waiting lists for assisted reproduction processes and the risk that this entails for obtaining a pregnancy, As Dr. Antonio Requena explains: “It is important to remember that fertility plummets after 35 years of age and after 40 the possibility of pregnancy is less than 10%, that is why many women may see their plans truncated due to the general collapse that COVID-19 is assuming ”.
A waiting list can truncate your dream
In this worrying context, IVI continues to work to allow women who want to be mothers to achieve their dream, backed by the good results obtained throughout its 30 years of experience. Now more than ever, our priority continues to be the safety of patients and the success of their treatments in the shortest possible time, thinking of patients for whom time is essential, such as those who have preserved their fertility for oncological reasons, those who have low ovarian response or those with advanced age. These women need to continue with their treatments without waiting for an eventual improvement in the pandemic to allow them to resume hospital activity with the agility they had before.
At IVI we do not have waiting lists
One of the main problems facing Health at this time are the waiting lists in assisted reproduction processes, generated because the resources are focused on cases considered priority. When we talk about fertility treatment, precisely the time factor can modify the planned roadmap to the point of truncating the dream of many women.
“At IVI we do not have waiting lists and we make ourselves available to all patients from other centers whose treatment has been canceled or postponed. If they provide us with the previous tests that have already been carried out, they will directly access a free control visit in which we will evaluate the next steps to follow. It is our way of helping all patients, even if they come from other centers, who the pandemic has directly affected in their life plans. We assure them a fast attention and with the best guarantees, without the delays caused by the health situation ”, continues Dr. Requena.
Another guarantee that IVI offers is its continuous research and training process, which allows it to respond to the most complex cases of infertility in which gaining or wasting time can make the difference between fulfilling or not fulfilling the dream of having a child. “There are cases in which winning a month is decisive and that is why the postponement of these treatments increases the number of failures, with the frustration and emotional exhaustion that this entails for the patients, in addition to increasingly removing the happy ending of the process. ”, Adds Dr. Requena.
That COVID-19 does not stop your assisted reproduction process
IVI’s financing conditions facilitate access to treatment that, if you wait longer, may never come. If the end of the pandemic is not in sight in the short term, it is important that patients continue with their plans to become mothers with COVID-19, always with the guarantees and security offered by a team made up of the best specialists. In addition to following all the necessary prevention protocols, drawing up a medical plan and being able to comply with it step by step normally is the best way to achieve the goal of having a child, without the health crisis getting in the way.
Antonio Requena launches a direct message to women who are affected by the health collapse of the pandemic: “We are addressing the women who had planned to become mothers in these months, it is time to keep trying, COVID-19 must not stop this wish ”.
