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IVF procedure

What is involved in IVF treatment?

What are the steps involved in IVF treatment?

Conventional or standard IVF treatment involves the administration of fertility drugs, monitoring of the cycle, collection of eggs, mixing eggs and sperm together outside the woman's body in a culture dish or test-tube. Any resulting embryos are left to grow and the best 2-3 embryos are then transferred into the woman's womb. Any remaining embryos of good quality may then be frozen for future use. In the United Kingdom a maximum of three embryos are replaced.

The original indication for IVF was tubal damage, but it is now used for a wide range of disorders such as unexplained infertility, endometriosis, male factor infertility, failure to conceive after 12 cycles of successful ovulation induction, failure to conceive after 6 cycles of intrauterine insemination etc.

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User Contributed Notes

Dr Samuel Marcus 09-Feb-2004 12:41
`Single and lesbian women would be given the same rights to IVF treatment as heterosexual couples under proposals from the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority (HFEA) in the United Kingdom.`

Last updated: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 - 16:51:03
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