In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
If you are considering having your infertility medically treated, then you have likely heard about In Vitro Fertilization, or IVF. First honed in England in the 1970s, IVF is now the primary option for infertile couples around the globe – accounting for some 95% of all assisted reproductive technologies. But just what is IVF and how is it performed?
Before performing IVF, you doctor will most likely have you take an ultrasound so that she can properly assess the development of your eggs. Usually, you will already have started taking fertility drugs to improve the success rate of the procedure.
To learn more, you may want to find out about the different stages involved in the procedure, such as egg retrieval, sperm collection and transfer of the embryo. For this last phase of the procedure, you may have the option of having the standard 3-day transfer or the increasingly popular blastocyst transfer, so you’ll want to inform yourself about the advantages and disadvantages to each.
And before you decide to have IVF, you should find out about the possible risks involved as well as research the alternative therapies that may be available.
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