IVF
IVF (In Vitro Fertilisation) is a procedure, used to overcome a range of fertility issues, by which an egg and sperm are joined together outside the body, in a specialised laboratory. The fertilised egg (embryo) is allowed to grow in a protected environment for some days before being transferred into the woman's uterus increasing the chance that a pregnancy will occur.
The process of fertilisation take place over a few hours and a number of embryos can form.
At IVF Australia, we usually grow embryos in the laboratory until Day 5, known as the Blastocyst stage, because there is strong evidence that these embryos are more likely to implant into the uterus.
Fertilised embryos are transferred to the woman’s uterus in a simple procedure call an embryo transfer (a very similar technique to a pap smear).
- Relevant Specialties
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Related Organisations
Recently updated doctors performing IVF
- Dr Rabia Shaikh (Obstetrics and gynaecology)
- Dr Manny Mangat (Obstetrics and gynaecology)
- Dr Chandra Krishnan (Gynaecologist)
- Dr Alex Polyakov (Gynaecologist)
- Dr Denise Nesbitt (Gynaecologist)
- Dr Benjamin Bopp (Gynaecologist)
- Dr Kate Stern (Gynaecologist)
- Dr Frank Quinn (Gynaecologist)
- Dr Graeme Hughes (Gynaecologist)
- Dr Robert Lahoud (Gynaecologist)
