Prof. Dr. Panagiotis Drakopoulos
Prof. Dr. Panagiotis Drakopoulos MD, PhD graduated with honors from the University of Athens Medical School and has specialized in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University Hospital of Geneva (HUG) in Switzerland. He received a Master of Science (MSc) in Reproductive Medicine and a degree in Statistics in Clinical Research from the University of Geneva. He specialised for several years in Assisted Reproduction at the Centre for Reproductive Medicine of the University of Brussels (CRG, UZ Brussel), one of the largest centres worldwide.
Prevention is always better than cure.
The sooner the better!
Infertility
Infertility is the inability of a couple to achieve pregnancy after a year of trying.
In cases where the woman is over 35, it is advisable for the couple to consult a gynaecologist specialising in infertility after six months of trying without success.
In vitro fertilisation – IVF
IVF is the joining of eggs and sperm in the laboratory – extracorporeally – in order to produce fertilised embryos for transfer to the expectant mother’s womb.
The fertilisation of the eggs can be carried out either with the help of the conventional IVF method (IVF) or with the method of microfertilisation (ICSI).
Health & Pregnancy
It is important to get specialist antenatal care from your doctor and midwife as soon as you find out you are pregnant, so make an appointment well in advance for your first visit.
Throughout pregnancy you will have a series of tests to check your health and specialised tests on the foetus to rule out various anatomical and chromosomal abnormalities.
How is IVF done?
The woman is given medication to stimulate her ovaries and produce many ovarian follicles. Then, at the appropriate time, the woman is ovulated, followed by fertilisation of the eggs from the sperm sample in the laboratory by the embryologists. The fertilised eggs are cultured in appropriate culture media and grow into embryos. The dishes containing the fertilised eggs (zygotes) are placed in an incubator for 2-5 days under special conditions to allow the embryos to go through the early stages of development. The embryos are then transferred back to the woman’s uterus(embryo transfer) and 12 days after the embryo transfer, a pregnancy test is performed to determine pregnancy.
The first appointment at the reproductive gynecologist
The first appointment with your fertility doctor is the first step in exploring the factors that prevent you from achieving natural conception.You will get answers to every fertility question and solutions will be found in your efforts to have your baby.
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