IVF
IVF is a treatment in which an egg and sperm are brought together in the laboratory and a resulting embryo is transferred to the uterus. The plan may use your own eggs and sperm, or donor eggs or donor sperm.
What is IVF?
The ovaries are stimulated, eggs are collected and fertilised with sperm in the laboratory. The embryos are watched as they develop. An embryo the clinician considers suitable is transferred in the same cycle or frozen for a later transfer. In insemination, sperm is placed in the uterus. In IVF, fertilisation happens in the laboratory.
Who may consider it?
- Blocked or absent fallopian tubes, or other reasons the egg and sperm do not meet
- A sperm count, movement or shape that makes pregnancy unlikely
- Low ovarian reserve, endometriosis, or a long delay with no clear cause
- People planning a family with donor eggs, donor sperm or a donor embryo
How the path usually unfolds
- Consultation, hormone tests and ultrasound, then a personal plan
- Ovarian stimulation and egg collection
- Fertilisation, embryo culture and, when indicated, genetic testing
- Embryo transfer and pregnancy follow-up
Doses are not the same for every cycle. They depend on age, reserve and earlier treatment. This page is general information. A physician decides whether IVF is appropriate after an examination.
Egg Donation
Tandem Treatment
Sperm Donation
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