Risk of IVF and my obstacles- dumb you do, dumb you dont

What are the risk of IVF?
- during the stimulation, the ovary may twist off, cutting its blood supply. In this case, emergency operation is necessary.
- during the stimulation, the ovary may burst.  In this case, emergency operation is necessary.
- Hemorrhage and infection may happen during/after the egg retrieval. Hemorrhage may result into blood clot. Blood clot may result into stroke.
- ivf may also result in ectopic pregnancy. If this happens, the fallopian tube needs to be surgically removed.
- ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome may cause fluid retention in the internal organs like lungs and etc... If the lungs squeezes the heart, this may cause cardiac arrest that may result to death.
- multiple pregnancy

Did I still miss out something? Surgery, surgery and death... At least, patients are well informed. Ivf is dumb you do, dumb you dont.

With the standard IVF, the sperm and eggs are put into a dish.  Natural selection takes place- survival of the fittest theory holds. It is believed that only the healthy sperms can fertilize those eggs.
My husband has 1% normal sperm morphology. If none of my husband sperms has fertilized any of my eggs, oh my god! So, we will be using ICSI- intra cytoplasmic sperm injection to increase our chance. Since, we have eliminated natural selection process... the success of the fertilization lies in the hands of the embryologist. ICSI increases the risk of birth defect by 2 to 3%.

I have been hearing all the negative side of IVF that afternoon. Now, Am I ready for IVF? I gave him a firm YES!

Thank god, the weather was cooperative. We thought our consultation might be cancelled because of the typhoon in Manila. Luckily, we were able to fly to Hong Kong. We thought we might get stranded in Hong Kong, again our return flight was unaffected by the typhoon.

I am clumsy. I forgot to bring our original marriage contract to Hong Kong. Doctor said soft copy or photocopy is not admissible. If the nurse approve us to sign the contract, we can start the stimulation that day. If she doesn't... Sorry! I have a soft copy in my phone. Wa! I haggled to bring the original marriage contract to Hong Kong when I fly back. No marriage contract, no egg retrieval.

We then signed off the ivf consent form. What shall we do with the excess egg? What should we do with the excess embryo? In the event of any change of marital status (divorce or death), neither of us can benefit from the embryo. The validity of the contract is six months. I was thinking of possible loop holes. Haha, cannot fool them.

I had my IVIG in the late afternoon. I also have started my follicle stimulation.

Day1 to Day5 (Dec8to Dec12) - Menopur 150 iu + GonalF 300 iu
Dec13- blood extraction and check up.