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LASER ASSISTED HATCHING

The success of IVF does not depend on fertilized eggs only. The fertilized egg or embryo should be implanted on the uterus wall for a successful pregnancy. Failure of the embryos to hatch and implant may result in IVF failure.
Your fertility doctor may use modern-day technology laser-assisted hatching along with IVF to increase the chances of an embryo’s successful implantation.

What is Laser-Assisted Hatching?

The doctor will keep your fertilized eggs in the laboratory for two to five days during the IVF procedure. During this period, the eggs divide and become an embryo. Your fertility doctor will place the healthy embryo into your uterus. A protective layer called zona pellucida surrounds the embryo. This layer should break out naturally for successful implantation. Sometimes, this outer layer hardens and does not break. It may cause IVF failure.

In laser-assisted hatching, your embryologist creates a small crack in the embryo, before placing the embryo in your uterus. It helps in breaking the outer protective layer leading to successful implantation.

What are the indications of laser-assisted hatching?

Your doctor may recommend after laser-assisted hatching in the following conditions:

  • History of the failure of IVF cycles
  • Increased FSH level
  • Poor quality of your embryo
  • If your age is more than 38
  • Infertility due to unexplained reasons

Your doctor may perform an LAH procedure on the 3rd day after the IVF cycle. Your doctor may use a specialized laser to create a small crack in zona-pellucida when the embryo is still in the laboratory.

Advantages of LAH

  1. Accuracy: Laser-assisted hatching is more accurate when compared with other assisted hatching procedures.
  2. Safety: LAH procedure does not require any manual handling of your embryo, ensuring the safety of the embryo. LAH can boost the success rate of your pregnancy.
Are there any risks associated with LAH?

LAH involves a similar risk as in IVF or ICSI procedures. Since it involves interference with the natural hatching process; therefore there are some risks. Some of the risks associated with LAH

  1. Potential injury to the embryo leading to failed hatching
  2. 2.Multiple pregnancies: LAH procedure can increase the risk of multiple pregnancies.

LAH may not be a mandatory procedure needed for pregnancy. But if the embryo fails to implant, LAH may be an option. LAH procedure can increase the chances of positive pregnancy. At BabyScience IVF Clinics, our experienced fertility doctors may use laser-assisted hatching to overcome the problem of thick-shelled embryos. LAH may increase the chances of implantation and thus pregnancy

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Assisted hatching with IVF (in-vitro fertilization) treatment enhances the chance of successful implantation of a fertilized egg. Assisted hatching is the best method to transfer the defrost-solid (frozen) embryo. When Zona pellucida gets hard after freezing, assisted hatching comes into existence. If zona pellucida is thick, the embryologist hatches it while transferring the embryo

Assisted hatching helps with embryo implantation. A gynecologist suggests assisted hatching when the Zona pellucida of a developing embryo is thick.

It is crucial to know the day when you can do assisted hatching. Your doctor performs assisted hatching on the third day of embryo development. An embryologist creates a tiny hole through a laser in the Zona pellucida. Frozen and defrost embryos can also be treated with assisted hatching process.
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