What is In Vitro Fertilization?
In-vitro fertilization (IVF) is a process in which your eggs collected from your ovaries are mixed with your husbands sperms in a test tube or plastic dish with the objective of one sperm entering one egg and combining to produce one embryo. One to three embryos are then placed in your uterus for implantation and development into one or more babies. IVF is recommended if you are unable to conceive in the normal way or when other treatments have not succeeded in producing the baby that you so earnestly desire.
In infertile couples where women have blocked or absent fallopian tubes, or where men have low sperm counts, in vitro fertilization (IVF) offers a chance at parenthood to couples who until recently would have had no hope of having a “biologically related” child.In IVF, eggs are surgically removed from the ovary and mixed with sperm outside the body in a Petri dish (“in vitro” is Latin for “in glass”). After about 40 hours, the eggs are examined to see if they have become fertilized by the sperm and are dividing into cells. These fertilized eggs (embryos) are then placed in the women’s uterus, thus bypassing the fallopian tubes.IVF has received a great deal of media attention since it was first introduced in 1978, but it actually accounts for less than five percent of all infertility treatment in the United States.
In-vitro fertilization (IVF) is a process in which your eggs collected from your ovaries are mixed with your husband’s sperms in a test tube or plastic dish with the objective of one sperm entering one egg and combining to produce one embryo. One to three embryos are then placed in your uterus for implantation and development into one or more babies. IVF is recommended if you are unable to conceive in the normal way or when other treatments have not succeeded in producing the baby that you so earnestly desire.
In vitro fertilization (IVF) offers infertile couples, where women have blocked or absent fallopian tubes or where men have low sperm counts, a chance at parenthood. In IVF, eggs are surgically removed from the ovary and mixed with sperm outside the body in a Petri dish (“in vitro” is Latin for “in glass”). After about 40 hours, the eggs are examined to see if they have become fertilized by the sperm and are dividing into cells. These fertilized eggs (embryos) are then placed in the women’s uterus, thus bypassing the need to pass through the inoperable fallopian tubes. IVF accounts for less than five percent of all infertility treatment in the United States. Many couples are hesitant to undergo IVF and prefer to exhaust natural and less invasive treatments first. The Pathways to Pregnancy program was created to give couples a way to progressively increase their chances of conception by meeting them where they are in their efforts to conceive and making suggestions based on their person
Women who have blocked fallopian tubes, Endometriosis, or where men have low sperm counts, in vitro fertilization (IVF) offers a good chance. In IVF the woman is given hormone injections to get a good crop of eggs. These are removed under sonography guidance and inseminated with the sperms of the partner. The fertilization is confirmed and embryos are transferred back in the womb.
