IVF

What is IVF?

A type of assisted reproductive technology (ART) that helps couples or individuals having trouble getting pregnant conceive a child

What this involves

• We use medications to stimulate the growth of multiple eggs in your ovaries.
• During this stimulation period, we monitor your hormone levels and egg development. Ultrasound is used to locate the eggs in your ovaries and remove them using a small needle.
• After your egg retrieval, the eggs will be combined with your partner’s sperm or donor sperm in the lab. An embryologist checks for signs of fertilization and monitors the growing embryos over the next 5 to 6 days. Genetically testing your embryos can find chromosomal abnormalities and genetic illness in the embryos.
• During your embryo transfer, the embryo from the lab will be transferred back into your uterus with a long flexible catheter. Implantation of the embryo into the uterine lining usually occurs over the next 5 to 7 days.
• Oftentimes patients will produce more viable embryos than they need in one IVF cycle. Some options are - freeze, or cryopreserve, additional embryos to use later in a frozen embryo transfer, or FET.
• About 2 weeks after transfer, you will return to our office for a pregnancy test