When the entire country went to lockdown on March 24, a woman undergoing treatment for unexplained infertility was set to receive some injections.
She could not complete the treatment, however, by the final week of April, doctors noticed the woman had conceived naturally, without any help from modern medicine.
In another such case which stunned the doctors where a 30-year-old resident of Warje who was diagnosed with low sperm count. His wife conceived naturally, a few weeks into the lockdown.
“Nine of our patients, who could not complete IVF treatments, have conceived naturally during the lockdown months,” said gynaecologist and IVF expert Amit Patankar.
The Warje resident and his wife were planning to opt for an advanced assisted reproductive technique (ART) called intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) but were unable to start treatment. In ICSI, a single healthy sperm is injected directly into the egg.
The couple is now pregnant after seven years of marriage. Doctors believe a drop in stress levels, mainly due to the work-from-home option, and simply more time spent with each other could be causing the uptick.
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