In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)?

IVF Treatment Process

• Step 1: Ovulation Induction

As you approach and go through the IVF process, your doctor will keep an eye on your ovaries to make sure you release eggs at the right moment. In most cases, medicine or hormones are utilised to encourage the ovaries to create an egg.



• Step 2: Obtaining the Eggs

A very small needle is inserted through the higher vaginal wall by your doctor and fluid containing eggs is removed from the ovarian follicles while you are under light pain medication. The egg is placed in a dish and sent to an incubator as soon as the follicles are removed.



• Step 3: The Fertilization Procedure

Either your partner's sperm or a donor's sperm is obtained, evaluated, and added to the recovered egg(s). In order to have the best chance of success, your doctor may choose to inject the sperm straight into the egg. Once the fertilisation process has begun, the doctor and embryologist will keep tabs on it to ensure a healthy embryo develops.



• Step 4: Transfer of Embryos

Your doctor and embryologist will decide when the embryo(s) are ready for transfer, and then you will return on "transfer day". This is an exciting and nerve-wracking day, since even though you've finished the IVF process, there are still many things you don't know. The doctor inserts a speculum into your cervix and uses a thin plastic tube to transfer the embryos into your uterus. If one of the embryos attaches to the uterine lining, you're pregnant. A doctor's office or a fertility facility can perform embryo transfers, and the procedure is usually painless. .




After the embryo transfer, you should plan on taking it easy for the remainder of the day. The next day, you can resume your regular activities. For the first 8-10 weeks following the embryo transfer, you may be prescribed progesterone pills or injections. The hormones help the embryo survive in your uterus because they increase the amount of blood flow to it.