What is a IVF

In vitro fertilization is the most commonly used assisted reproductive technologies (ART). In vitro fertilization, as its name-fertilization is done by fusing ova from female donor and sperm from the male donor outside the body under strict laboratory conditions. This results in a zygote or famously known as test tube baby. After the embryo culturing, an embryo is transferred to the uterus of the mother. This method is commonly done in case of women with damaged or clogged Fallopian tubes.

In healthy women fertilisation of egg by sperm take place in the oviduct or fallopian tube.The oviduct of some women are blocked due to some reason.Such women cannot produce babies in the normal way because the eggs released by their ovary cannot meet the sperm and get fertilised in the oviduct. Such women who cannot produce babies are called sterile.Even the sterile women can have women by using the in-vitro fertilisation technique. The fertilisation of an egg with sperm is carried out in a glass dish or glass tube rather than in the body of a woman.This is commonly known as test-tube baby technique or IVF.