What is IVF ?
Ivf (in vitro fertilization) is a versatile technique of fertilizing the oocytes with the partner’s or donor’s sperm performed in the Ivf lab. It has several fertilization techniques starting from conventional fertilization that is designed for making fertilization as natural as possible by placing oocytes and sperm in a Petri Dish and waiting for the oocytes to be penetrated by sperm cells eliminating the micromanipulations; and ending with advanced techniques such as ICSI, IMSI, or PICSI, involving manual fertilization of each oocyte with a single motile spermatozoon. Most Ivf cycles involve multiple steps — fertility screening, controlled ovarian stimulation, egg retrieval, sperm preparation, conventional fertilization, embryo cultivation, and embryo transfer.