IVF Remote Monitoring: What It Is and Why It’s Changing Fertility Treatment

Modern fertility treatments have helped countless couples fulfill their dreams of parenthood after facing infertility challenges. Yet, with fertility treatments like in vitro fertilization (IVF), there are no guarantees. For women under 40, IVF has a success rate of less than 40%. 

Your hormones heavily influence if and when you get pregnant, but current fertility treatments aren’t able to track day-by-day or even hour-by-hour hormone fluctuations. Instead, you must visit your obstetrician regularly for in-person blood tests to predict when you’re ovulating. 

Remote monitoring for IVF could be the key to improving your chances of a healthy, complete pregnancy. New technologies allow you to monitor your hormones away from the office so you can find the ideal time to fertilize the egg. 

At Progressive Women’s Health OB/GYN in Friendswood, Texas, women’s care specialist Asia Mohsin, MD, can give you the best possible chance of getting pregnant with advanced fertility care. She may recommend IVF remote monitoring as a strategic tool for family planning. 

How IVF works

To understand IVF remote monitoring, you first need to understand how in vitro fertilization works. You and your partner may be candidates for IVF if you’ve tried to get pregnant for at least a year and haven’t had a healthy, complete pregnancy. 

IVF involves several procedures. Dr. Mohsin collects mature eggs from your ovaries and fertilizes them with sperm in a laboratory. During a second procedure, she places the fertilized eggs in your uterus in the hopes that at least one of the fertilized eggs implants. 

Timing is everything with IVF, and the best time to implant a fertilized egg is near ovulation. Your hormones dictate when ovulation occurs within the menstrual cycle. 

What IVF remote monitoring does

Remote monitoring for IVF allows your fertility provider to track your hormones even when you’re away from the office. Dr. Mohsin has several remote monitoring strategies to improve your chances of getting pregnant with IVF: 

Telemedicine visits

Telemedicine lets you stay in touch with Dr. Mohsin from afar. During telemedicine visits, you connect with her using a secure video chat on your phone, tablet, or desktop computer. 

These appointments allow you to give updates, ask questions, and review test results related to your fertility treatments without having to be in Dr. Mohsin’s office. 

Local lab testing and data transmission

If you live a distance from Progressive Women’s Health OB/GYN or you’re out of town, you may be able to get hormone testing from a lab or other facility closer and more accessible to you. That ensures you don’t experience lapses in monitoring your hormones to prepare for IVF. 

Real-time or home-based hormone monitoring

Noninvasive or minimally invasive tools or technologies may be available to track your hormones continuously. If it’s an option for you, home-based hormone monitoring lets you track ovulation without having to guess or attend frequent lab or clinic visits. 

To learn more about how IVF remote monitoring works and how it improves fertility treatment outcomes, call Progressive Women’s Health OB/GYN or request an appointment online today.