Laughter is good for the success of 'in vitro' fertilization

Women who have undergone a classical in vitro fertilization procedure and laughter treatment stayed pregnant easier than women who did not laugh

Laughter is good for the success of in vitro fertilization, said Professor Shevach Friedler of Assaf Harofeh Medical Center in Israel, who led the study, whose results showed that the activity of laughter counteracts stress. His knowledge is based on an analysis of 200 women undergoing or have undergone in vitro treatment, transferred journal of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (American Society for Reproductive Medicine) and Fertility and Sterility (Fertility and Sterility).

All women have gone completely classical in vitro fertilization procedures, but after implanting embryos, half of women has undergone a specific 15-minute treatment of "medical clowning. " Clowns have with their act getting women to laugh which later proved to be very good - namely, 36.4 percent of women in this group remained in pregnancy compared with 20.2 percent of women from groups that have not laugh, clowns, the report said city Assaf Harofeh.

Clowns improve artificial insemination

That laughter heals, it is widely known, but a new Israeli study has found that clowns can contribute to the success of assisted reproduction

The Israeli team was accompanied by 219 women who underwent medically assisted reproduction (in vitro or in vitro fertilization, IVF) and found that success is higher in those women who were entertained by a professional "medical clown" just because their embryos were transferred into the uterus.

A total of 36 percent of women has conceived who were entertained by a clown, which is more compared to 20 percent of women who failed therapy with laughter. Head of research team Shevach Friedler applied a method of laughter as he read about the potential psychological effects of laughter as a "natural mechanism to combat stress. "

"Patients who are trying to get a child IVF are under incredibly much stress, " Friedler explained. Additional research should be carried out to determine whether there are still some stress reduction techniques that could be applied in the process of IVF, he said. "laughter therapy" has long applied to Israel, the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia, mostly in children's hospitals, where clowns come laugh male patients.