Effect of Breathing Exercises on Embryo Transfer Outcomes

Breathing exercises are being used in many different clinical issues in the area of medicine. Also in gynecological practice, especially during labor, breathing exercises are encouraged by health professionals to aid the patients. These may have benefits of process of labor as it promises attenuating the anxiety and also relaxing the pelvic muscles. IVF, which may be one of most challenging times of couples, particularly women, is reported to be related with increased anxiety. Breathing exercises may potentially help women overcome anxiety before embryo transfer, a critical step in IVF. Being an easy and non-expensive approach, breathing exercises can be recommended in every IVF clinic. Thus, the investigators wanted to observe the effects of breathing exercises on embryo transfer results.