ARISE NEWSLETTER ISSUE 13 | APRIL 2018
In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
HISTORY
INDICATIONS
ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES OF
IVF SUCCESS RATES NURSING ROLE IN IVF
INTRODUCTION
In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) is a process by which an egg is fertilized by sperm outside the body: in vitro. ‘Vitro’ means glass or glassy substances. So, ‘in vitro’ means in glass or glass tube. In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a process of fertilization where an egg is combined with sperm outside the body, in vitro (‘in glasses). 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 sperms fertilize them in a liquid in a laboratory. The fertilized egg (Zygote) undergoes embryo culture for 2-6 days, and is then transferred to the same woman`s uterus, with intention of establishing a successful pregnancy . A colloquial term for babies conceived as the result of IVF, is ‘test tube babies’.
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