IVF Treatment, IVF Procedure

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IVF Treatment Fertilization In Glass

• A person is said to be infertile when he/she
  finds it difficult to
• conceive through natural means. An infertile
  person has not been able
• to get pregnant or carry its pregnancy even
  after a year of trying.
• In such cases, in order to conceive and more
  importantly stay pregnant
• getting an infertility treatment like IVF
  treatment is important.

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There are five basic steps to the procedure.
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• The procedure starts with monitoring and
  stimulating the development
• of eggs in the ovaries. This step is then
  followed by collecting the
• eggs and then securing the sperm.
• The egg and the sperm are then combined together
  in the lab and are
• provided an appropriate environment for
  fertilization and embryo
• growth.

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• The procedure ends with the
• transfer of these embryos in to
• the uterus.
• Good IVF centers make sure they
• provide you with fertility
• medications that are prescribed in
• order to control the timing of the
• ripening of the egg.

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• The first step is the ovulation induction which
  is then followed by
• retrieval of eggs through a minor surgical
  procedure which uses
• ultrasound imaging, further followed by
  follicular aspiration.
• The second last step is the insemination. This
  is the process in which
• the sperm and eggs are placed in incubators
  in the lab. The
• fertilization occurs here.
• In the last step of the process, the embryos are
  then transferred into the
• womans uterus from one to six days later.

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Contact Us Holy Angels Hospital Vasant Vihar
New Delhi