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IVF - In Vitro Fertilization

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Summary of The IVF Process

In vitro fertilization, or IVF, is the most effective fertility treatment available, but it’s also the most expensive and physically taxing. For these reasons it can be hard to determine when to start IVF, when to stop, and generally what to expect from the process.

IVF is a complex process, with over 350 steps, but to oversimplify there are really just five key phases of treatment.

  • A woman takes injectable hormones to spur her ovaries to grow multiple follicles that contain mature eggs

  • A fertility doctor surgically retrieves those eggs

  • A fertility clinic’s laboratory uses sperm to fertilize the retrieved eggs

  • The same laboratory nourishes the fertilized eggs to become more stable embryos

  • A fertility doctor transfers an embryo into the woman’s uterus with the hope that a healthy fetus, and eventually baby develops

For a woman to conceive naturally, she must grow a high quality egg, ovulate it, have sex just before ovulation so that sperm is present, have a partner with a sufficient number of high quality sperm, she must have open fallopian tubes for the egg and sperm to meet, and a uterus capable of accepting and nourishing an embryo.

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Summary of The IVF Process

In vitro fertilization, or IVF, is the most effective fertility treatment available, but it’s also the most expensive and physically taxing. For these reasons it can be hard to determine when to start IVF, when to stop, and generally what to expect from the process.

IVF is a complex process, with over 350 steps, but to oversimplify there are really just five key phases of treatment.

  • A woman takes injectable hormones to spur her ovaries to grow multiple follicles that contain mature eggs

  • A fertility doctor surgically retrieves those eggs

  • A fertility clinic’s laboratory uses sperm to fertilize the retrieved eggs

  • The same laboratory nourishes the fertilized eggs to become more stable embryos

  • A fertility doctor transfers an embryo into the woman’s uterus with the hope that a healthy fetus, and eventually baby develops