The test-tube baby technique

IVF means fertilization outside the body in a test tube. Since the birth of Louise Brown, the first test-tube baby in 1978, IVF has resulted in over 1,000,000 babies worldwide. Pregnancy rates and live birth rates have improved over the past few years, leading to a steady increase in the number of IVF treatment cycles performed worldwide.

To whom is IVF is advised?

There are several groups to whom IVF treatment may be advised that include:

• Women with blocked, damaged Fallopian tubes or inoperable tubes or whose tubes have been removed after ectopic pregnancies.
• Women with endometriosis.
• Women with cervical mucus problems.
• Men with infertility problems.
• Men or women with immunological infertility problems.
• Couples with unexplained infertility.