One of the old wife's tales which still plagues every IVF patient is the myth that they need "strict" bed rest after the embryo transfer. Many patients are scared that the embryo will fall out if they walk around - after all, if it was inserted artificially, isn't there a risk that it can "fall out" through the " track " through which the doctor inserted it ? This is made worse by their family doctors, who unwittingly contribute to the poor patient's phobia by telling her to " take rest " and " not to take stress ".
This is very poor quality advice because enforced bed rest has a number of adverse effects. It causes the muscles to become stiff, the back to ache, and the bones to become weak. It actually adds to the patient's stress levels, because an idle mind is the devil's workshop, and the patient broods over the symptoms ( or their absence 24/7), and ends up driving both herself and…
