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What is IVF?

What is IVF? Do you remember when you first heard the word IVF , you probably had to repeat it in your head at least a few times just to get the hang of it. At that point, most people are clueless about the treatment and the first image that flashes before their eyes was of a baby attached to tubes in a giant test tube. At some point you will realise how utterly wrong It was! There is a huge amount of information available online that can be bewildering and in the worst-case scenario, misguiding. From my experience, I can tell you that this is not what one should do as there is no way to tell authentic and genuine information from the inaccurate and unreliable. Therefore, instead of choosing to lurk and wallow in confusion, consult a clinician for all your questions and doubts. Trust your clinician, ask the right questions, and that will be your best bet at understanding IVF. Everything during the treatment is tailor-made. That is, during IVF, one person’s treatment is designed for tha...

Planning A Working Day - A Daily Run of Good Practices In A Working IVF Lab

  Rishina Bansal/Navin Desai Introduction As known Assisted reproductive technology (ART) comprises of intra-uterine insemination (IUI), conventional In-vitro fertilization (IVF) and intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). Though currently, when we talk about an IVF cycle, we are largely referring to conventional IVF or ICSI. The decision of applying which process would depend upon what information we have regarding the couple based on couple history, their current examination report like semen analysis and ovarian scan. In general, every IVF lab should be governed by parameters known as key performance indicators (KPIs) or sometimes referred to as performance indicators (PIs) which are important for the systematic monitoring of the laboratory. Basis: As embryologists, we term the OPU day as Day 0 and we culture the embryos thus formed maximum to Day 5 sometimes to Day 6, thus a typical embryology cycle spread across Day0 – Day5/6. However, the preparation for the cycle starts a...