The purpose of preimplantation genetic screening is to identify whether an embryo carries the correct genetic structure and when an embryo has been cleared as normal, the said embryo can then be transferred to the mother’s uterus. There are two main factors that affect the implantation of the embryo: the embryo and it’s the uterus…
When a baby girl is born, she is born with an egg reserve that contains a certain number of Oocytes (eggs). When a female reaches a certain age and puberty she her menstrual cycle will begin, and she will ovulate and release an egg each month. The rate of which the egg reserve decreases is…
What is In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF)? In vitro fertilisation treatment is when the follicles in the ovaries that develop in the body are monitored via an ultrasound, when the follicles are ready, an egg collection takes place and in the laboratory fertilisation (injecting the sperm of the patient’s partner) takes place. The embryos prepared in the…
