IN VITRO FERTILIZATION

Process by which egg cells are fertilised by sperm outside the body, in vitro.
The major treatment in infertility is In vitro fertilization when other methods of assisted reproductive technology have failed.
The process involves fertilize the eggs in a fluid medium and hormonally controlling the ovulatory process, removing ova or eggs from the woman's ovaries.

The zygote or fertilized egg is then with the intent to establish a successful pregnancy transferred to the patient's uterus.

Robert G. Edwards, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2010, the doctor who developed the treatment and The first successful birth of a test tube baby, Louise Brown, occurred in 1978.

Vitro fertilization (IVF) is a new technologies to help a woman become pregnant.
More than 250,000 babies have been born since then as a result of using the in vitro fertilization technique.
IVF was used successfully for the first time in the United States in 1981. IVF offers to infertile couples a chance to have a child who is biologically related to them.

With IVF, a method of assisted reproduction, a man's sperm and the woman's egg are combined in a laboratory dish, where fertilization occurs.
The resulting embryo is then transferred to the woman's uterus (womb) to implant and develop naturally.
Usually, 2-4 embryos are placed in the woman's uterus at one time. Each attempt is called a cycle.