IMSI Intracytoplasmic morphologically selected sperm injection (IMSI) is a technique used in IVF treatment to examine and select sperm using a high-magnification digital imaging microscope for microinjection into the egg.   Why perform IMSI? For men with high numbers of abnormal sperm and previous poor outcomes in IVF with ICSI, an enhanced selection tool may improve likelihood of fertilisation and normal embryo development. [...]

Embryo Donation   Embryo donation is one disposition option for users of in vitro fertilisation with remaining fresh or frozen embryos. It is defined as the giving—generally without compensation—of embryos remaining after in vitro fertilization procedures to recipients for procreative implantation or research. Most IVF users with supernumerary embryos make embryo donation decisions after completing their families or discontinuing use of [...]

EGG AND SPERM DONATION EGG AND SPERM DONATION IN IRAN: ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW Egg and sperm donation is a process, in which the couple resorts for someone else or a relevant bank to have egg and/or sperm that has been donated by another person to be able to have babies. EGG DONATION DEFINITION [...]

Egg and Ovarian Cortex Freezing   Why would I choose to freeze my ovarian tissue or my child’s? Women and girls facing certain medical treatment such as cancer surgery, radiation or chemotherapy, may experience impaired fertility or hormone production as a result. Individuals undergoing gender affirmation surgery may also wish to preserve ovarian tissue. Ovarian tissue cryopreservation [...]

OVULATION INDUCTION Ovulation induction is the process of using medications to stimulate ovulation in women who have irregular or absent ovulation (anovulation). According to the National Institutes of Health, 25 to 30 percent of women with infertility have problems with ovulation. Normal ovulation occurs when the ovary releases a mature egg in preparation for that [...]

INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION (IUI) Intrauterine insemination (IUI) is a procedure that treats infertility. IUI boosts the chances of pregnancy by placing specially prepared sperm directly in the uterus, the organ in which a baby develops. Another name for the procedure is artificial insemination. With IUI, the sperm are inserted around the time an ovary releases one or more eggs. [...]

IVM What is IVM? In vitro maturation (IVM) is when a woman’s eggs are collected and matured outside the body. This is done as part of an in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedure. A woman’s eggs (also called oocytes) are formed before she is born. These eggs stay in a resting state in her ovaries until [...]

IVF What is IVF? IVF or in vitro fertilisation is a series of procedures to assist you with conception. It is when a human egg is fertilised with sperm in a laboratory. If the fertilised egg (embryo) successfully implants in the uterus, this will result in pregnancy. What happens during the IVF process? IVF is [...]