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Health corner:In Vitro Fertilization (IVF): What does it mean?



Infertility is the inability to become pregnant (regardless of cause) after one year of unprotected sexual intercourse. About 10 to 15% people are affected by infertility.
Fertility treatment may involve lifestyle changes, use of medications, surgery as well as assisted reproductive technology (ART). Usually, unless there are reasons that put an individual at high risk of infertility, such as treatment for cancer in the past, people are only considered for infertility investigations and treatment after one year of trying to have a baby.
What is in vitro fertilization (IVF)?
IVF is a type of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), which is one of several techniques available to help couples with fertility problems to have a baby.
During IVF, an egg is removed (by surgical methods) from the woman's ovaries and fertilised with a man’s sperm in a laboratory. The fertilised egg (called an embryo) is then transferred to the woman's womb (uterus) to grow and develop naturally. Usually, two to four embryos are placed in the woman's uterus at one time. Each attempt is called a cycle.
 culled from the noble doctors

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