Can I have sex before egg retrieval?

Can you have sex before egg retrieval for IVF? Egg retrieval for IVF is a common infertility surgery. There are many gynecological minimally invasive surgeries that prohibit sex before surgery. So can you have sex before egg retrieval for IVF? Can you have sex before egg retrieval for IVF? Let's have a simple understanding of this issue. I hope the following points will be helpful to everyone!

Can I have sex before egg retrieval for IVF?

can. Having sex before egg retrieval for IVF does not cause much harm to the human body, and will not have any impact on the operation. However, you should pay attention to not doing it too frequently and not doing it too vigorously, so as to avoid ovarian torsion and increase the difficulty of the operation.

The whole process of egg retrieval surgery

1. Before the operation, determine the mature follicles. After the patient has emptied his bladder, take the lithotomy position for cross section. Basically disinfect the private parts and vagina and lay a towel.

2. Place the sterilized intravaginal camera into the female vagina, detect the uterus, ovaries and mature follicles in the fornix, fix the camera at the puncture position, place the mature follicles on the puncture guide line and accurately measure the needle insertion depth.

3. Under the guidance of intravaginal ultrasound, the puncture device pierces the egg through the vagina and the fornix. When the piercer reaches the surface of the egg, pause for a while, then apply appropriate force and speed up to make the piercer quickly penetrate into the egg cavity.

4. Make sure the needle is in the egg cavity, turn on the vacuum aspirator, and extract the egg fluid until the egg collapses. After the egg fluid of one egg is drained, the needle is inserted into a nearby larger egg.

5. Try to puncture all eggs with a diameter of more than 10 mm. The eggs located on the same puncture net can be punctured from shallow to deep in one time. For eggs on different puncture sites, withdraw the needle to the surface of the uterus and ovary, but do not withdraw it from the vaginal wall, change the puncture position and puncture again. After the puncture on one side is completed, the uterus and ovary puncture on the other side is performed again.

6. When the puncture is completed, withdraw the puncture device from the body. A general scan of the pelvis is performed to check for possible ruptured capillaries or abscesses.