Can ectopic pregnancy occur in test tube

Now with the gradual leap forward in medicine, people's reproductive function problems have been well solved. The first common one is the difficulty in getting pregnant that many people often encounter. Many couples are not clear about which party is the reason after marriage, but they have not succeeded in getting pregnant. At this time, will everyone consider in vitro fertilization and IVF, will it lead to ectopic pregnancy?

Medical explanation: ectopic pregnancy refers to an abnormal pregnancy process in which the fertilized egg implants and develops outside the uterine cavity. The main cause of the disease is inflammation in the fallopian tube lumen or its surroundings, which causes poor patency of the lumen and hinders the normal operation of the fertilized egg, causing the fertilized egg to stay, implant, and develop in the fallopian tube, and finally leads to miscarriage or rupture of the fallopian tube pregnancy.

In vitro fertilization refers to a technology that uses artificial methods to remove eggs and sperm from the human body and fertilize them in vitro. After they develop into embryos, they are transplanted back into the mother's uterus to achieve the purpose of conception.

Ectopic pregnancy may occur with natural conception, and IVF is no exception. There are two situations in which ectopic pregnancies occur during in vitro fertilization. One is that after the embryo is transferred into the uterine cavity, it usually takes three to four days to find a good implantation site, and then the embryo implants and clinical pregnancy occurs. If the embryo moves into the fallopian tube during this period, it will cause an ectopic pregnancy.

Another possibility is that the embryo may be injected into the fallopian tube during the transfer process, causing an ectopic pregnancy. The occurrence of ectopic pregnancy in test tube babies is also related to many factors, such as: the depth of the transfer tube into the uterine cavity during embryo transfer, the amount of liquid in the transfer tube, the injection speed during transfer, the number of transplanted embryos, the patient's position after transfer, etc. Of course, it also depends on the doctor's level and technical level.

It can be seen that it cannot be said that IVF can prevent ectopic pregnancy, but the chance of ectopic pregnancy due to IVF is lower than that due to natural conception, about 3%.