In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)

In vitro fertilization (IVF) ‘also known as Test tube baby’ is one of the medical procedures which help people to deal with the infertility problems. Test tube baby is a term that refers to a child that is conceived outside the women’s body by a scientific process known as In-Vitro fertilization or IVF treatment. This entire process is done in a laboratory. In this process the eggs are taken from the mother’s ovary and fertilized by the sperms from the father.

The fertilised egg is cultured for 2–6 days and allowed to divided 2-4 times inside a test tube (hence the name test tube baby) These eggs are then returned back to the mother’s uterus where it can be developed normally, this is done with the intention to establish a successful pregnancy.

Test tube baby procedure has greatly helped women having infertility problems that are untreatable to give birth to healthy babies.

IVF technique is now mainly used following cases:

• Females with both fallopian tubes blocked
• Females with one fallopian tube blocked and one open
• Borderline male sperm count
• Unexplained infertility cases
• Coupled who have failed the traditional treatments like timed intercourse, follicular monitoring, IUI etc.

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