Fertility Specialist Consultation (30 mins)
In vitro fertilisation (or fertilization
; IVF
) is a process of fertilisation
where an egg
is combined with sperm
outside the body, in vitro
("in glass"). The process involves monitoring and stimulating a woman's ovulatory process, removing an ovum
or ova (egg or eggs) from the woman's ovaries
and letting sperm fertilise them in a liquid in a laboratory. The fertilised egg (zygote
) undergoes embryo culture
for 2–6 days, and is then transferred to the same or another woman's uterus
, with the intention of establishing a successful pregnancy
.
