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Ippokratis Sarris
King's Fertility
What is IVF? (In Vitro Fertilisation)
Dr Ippokratis Sarris explainsIVF (In Vitro Fertilisation)is a general term used for a number of treatments, all of which include drugs that stimulate the ovaries, and eggs are collected in an egg collection procedure. Sperm is added to the eggs, and the embryos are implanted in the woman.
Transcript
IVF is a general term used for a number of treatments, but they all involve the same principles. Some drugs, by and large, are given to a woman in order to stimulate the ovaries to produce a number of eggs. These eggs are then collected with a procedure called an egg collection, done usually under an aneasthetic, and the eggs are taken to the lab. At that point, sperm is added to the eggs in order to create embryos. A few days later, those embryos are then returned back to the woman, and hopefully, a pregnancy ensues.