The Process of IVF: Why More and More Women Are Choosing It

I would like to start by stating that I am not a doctor. My opinions in this article are purely my own, but I'll try to back them up with facts and experience from others. IVF is the process of growing embryos in a lab in order to conceive a baby. The first stage of IVF is called "superfecundation" and involves surgically removing sperm and an egg from two different people. 

The next stage involves putting your fertilized egg back into yourself or someone else through your vagina using in-vitro fertilization (IVF). This article will cover what goes on with this process and why more women are choosing it over other methods of conception. Infertility issues have become quite common in modern times. There has been a steady rise in the number of cases being treated through IVF treatments and the procedure is becoming more popular every year.

Egg retrieval and fertilization

The egg retrieval process is the first step in an IVF cycle. It involves removing a small sample of cells from the lining of the uterus (endometrium) using a needle. Each cycle will include two rounds of egg collection, but only one round of embryo transfer.

Egg collection is done at the same time as embryo transfer, so that embryos can be frozen immediately after fertilization and transferred to the uterus as soon as possible. If a woman does not have enough follicles for both egg collection and embryo transfer, she will have to interrupt her cycle until she has more eggs or embryos available for transfer.

The egg retrieval process is performed by a trained technician using a hand-held transvaginal ultrasound device. The technician inserts the probe through the cervix into the uterus, then moves it around on the ovary to find an empty follicle. When she finds one, she will inject a local anesthetic (such as lidocaine) into it to numb it before removing the follicle and examining it under a microscope.

The embryo is transferred in a petri dish and placed in the uterus

The catheter is left in place for 48 hours after which it is removed and replaced with a second one for another 48 hours. This process can be repeated for 3-4 days until your doctor feels that there are no more eggs available for fertilization.

After this, you will be given fertility drugs to stimulate ovulation, which may take up to 2 months to happen. The doctor will then monitor your hormone levels, including luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), and estradiol levels, to determine if you’re ovulating properly and if there are enough eggs available to make it through IVF treatment.

The process of implanting an embryo into the uterine wall is called embryo transfer. The purpose of this procedure is to place an embryo into a woman's uterus so that it can develop into a baby. Embryonic transfer usually involves placing a fertilized egg into the woman's uterus, but it can also be performed with embryos created outside of the body, such as those produced by IVF (in vitro fertilization).

Around 30 percent of infertility cases are caused by blocked tubes, which can often be treated with surgery

A blocked tube is when a woman's fallopian tube stops working properly and prevents the egg from traveling down it to fertilize the egg. The egg then remains in the uterus and doesn't implant in the lining of the uterus.

If you have a blocked tube, you may have trouble getting pregnant in the first few months of trying to get pregnant. If you're over 35, your chances of getting pregnant after one year are about 5 percent lower than for someone who starts trying at age 20.

Once an egg does get into your uterus, it can grow and start to become fertilized within five days. After that, it takes just two weeks for an embryo to become implanted in your uterus (womb). If you have a blocked tube that's not working properly or if something else is preventing your egg from traveling down into your fallopian tube, it could take longer than usual for an embryo to reach that point.

This embryo will multiply inside of your uterus

When you are pregnant, your body makes a lot of changes to prepare for this new life growing within you. Your body produces hormones and other chemicals which cause it to grow and develop.

The process of implantation happens when an egg is fertilized by a sperm cell. The fertilized egg then travels through the fallopian tube towards the uterus where it embeds itself into the lining of your uterus in order to become an embryo.