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Link or paste your IVF information here. __In-vitro Fertilisation__ An IVF cycle takes four to six weeks to complete and usually costs about $12,000. There are five steps in the IVF treatment cycle. Risk are bound to happen. - Caitlin Sillar Paige - In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is the best treatment for certain kinds of fertility problems. However, it can be demanding and doesn't always result in pregnancy. In IVF, this process of fertilisation happens outside the woman’s body. Here, a woman’s eggs are surgically removed and fertilised in a laboratory using sperm that has been given as a sperm sample. Next, the fertilised egg, called an embryo, is surgically implanted into the uterus of the woman with the intention of causing pregnancy. Typically, one cycle of IVF takes between four and seven weeks. IVF does not always result in pregnancy. In the UK, around 20-25% of IVF treatment cycles result in a birth. In general, younger women have a higher chance of success. Success rates decrease dramatically in women over 40. IVF can be a physically and emotionally demanding process. Some men and women have mental health or emotional problems such as anxiety or depression during or after IVF.
 * 1) Ovarian stimulation
 * 2) Egg retrieval
 * 1) Insemination
 * 2) Fertilisation and Embryo Culture
 * 3) Embryo Transfer

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__In- vitro Fertilisation__ Research this process and briefly outline the steps that are carried out. Include Illustrations. Stimulating the ovaries – hormones are usually given to stimulate the ovaries to produce more than the usual one egg per cycle. This is to enable the collection of several eggs. Collecting the eggs – when the appropriate time comes to collect the eggs an ultrasound probe is placed in the vagina while the woman is under light sedation. The ultrasound monitor shows where the follicles are within the ovaries and a fine needle is passed through the vaginal wall and into the ovaries. Each follicle (sac of fluid) in the ovary is pierced in order to collect the egg in each. Fertilisation and embryo transfer – a couple of hours after egg collection, the man provides a sample of semen. In a standard IVF treatment, the eggs are mixed with the sperm in a culture dish. For intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) treatment, one sperm is injected directly into the cytoplasm of each egg. If an egg is fertilised by a sperm, a zygote or pre-embryo will begin to develop. The pre-embryo remains in the incubator for two to five days while it continues to grow and divide. Once the embryos have grown to an appropriate size, one or two will be transferred back to the woman’s uterus at the appropriate time in her menstrual cycle. BY Lily BOessler!!:) :)

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 * 1) Firstly take fertility drugs to produce as many eggs as possible.
 * 2) You will then take hormone injections for around 12 days.
 * 3) An ultrasound scan will show when your eggs are ready to be retrieved. You'll be given an anaesthetic which will make you drowsy but still conscious. The doctor will then extract the eggs from the ovaries.
 * 4) While the eggs are being removed your partner will have to produce fresh semen or if the sperm is being donated, from the freezer.
 * 5) The sperm is then combined with the eggs in a dish and left in an incubator.
 * 6) Within one day of combining, the eggs will be checked to see if they have been fertilised.
 * 7) If they have the will be kept for between two and five days before being transferred to the womb which is prepared by taking progesterone which helps thicken its lining.

Eleanor- In Vitro Fertilisation is the process in which an egg is fertilised by sperm outside the body.

Step 1: Ovarian stimulation The patient receives drugs to stimulate egg development.

Step 2: Egg collection Doctor retrieves eggs using an ultrasound guided technique.

Step 3: Fertilisation Patient's partner provides sperm sample and the embryologist puts egg and sperm together. Early embryo development begins.

Step 4: Embryo transfer 2 -5 days afterward, the embryologist places 1 or 2 embryos in patient's uterus.

Step 5: Pregnancy test About 2 weeks after embryo transfer, patient has a blood test to see if the treatment worked.

IVF is the action of taking live egg and sperm from female and male respectively, and fertilising outside the body, before trying to re-insert the fertilised egg for a pregnency. -Tim

IVF is the process to make a baby without the women being pregnant. A woman's eggs and man's sperm are placed together in a plastic dish so they are together. Once fertilised, they are put back in the woman, hopefully it will create a successful pregnancy. There are many worries and bad things that can happen during this process. The woman may develop a condition called ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, it may include nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea and lower abdominal pain as well as others. Though many women do go through this process even though there may be difficulties involved. - Emily

By Nadya: In vitro Fertilization is a treatment offered to couples with unexplained fertility, endometriosis or the female has blocked or an absence of fallopian tubes. The female will be advised by one of the medical staff when in her cycle to start medication. All treatment centres use different drug protocols, the following example is a standard long cycle. IVF involves the collection of eggs and sperm, mixed outside the woman's body in a test tube. Any resulting embryos are left to grow for at least a day to check that they are developing normally and then up to two embryos can be transferred into the woman's womb.