The egg retrieval procedure involves removal of eggs from the ovaries under a mild sedation. In this procedure, intravaginal aspiration is performed that lasts only couple of minutes.
Considering the steps taken to reduce the incidence of multiple pregnancies associated with assisted reproductive therapy (ART), the United States, Europe and Australia are behind parts of the world.
Upon completion of IVF and embryo transfer, there are “remaining” embryos. More than one third of IVF patients have substitute embryos eligible for cryopreservation…
Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) represents the second most important development after in-vitro fertilization in the modern fertility treatment…
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) is a procedure used to individually test each of the embryos during the in-vitro fertilization to identify genetic diseases or determine…
A blastocyst is a developed embryo and has a higher chance for implantation (per embryo) than early stage embryos. Development an embryo is not manipulated for five days until the embryo reaches blastocyst stage of development…
The assisted hatching helps embryo to hatch out of the zona pellucida, a layer of protein containing and protecting the embryo…