Substance abuse occurs when a person uses drugs or alcohol despite negative consequences in their lives. Substance dependency is when a person is dependent on drugs or alcohol. There are many things that contribute to addiction, including sociocultural, psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and biological factors.
Often yes: It's common to have a heavy period after ivf due to the thickened uterine lining that occurs with fertility drug stimulation. I'm sorry to hear it didn't work for you; most of my patients conceive on their first ivf cycle... ...Read more.
For the woman, however, the IVF process actually starts weeks earlier. IVF is not a single treatment but a series of procedures. An average IVF cycle takes about 6 to 8 weeks from consultation to transfer, but depending on the specific circumstances of each the path is similar for every patient. What varies is how your body responds at each stage.