In+Vitro+Fertilization

IVF is the technology to treat specific fertility problems. One common fertility problem is when a woman’s fallopian tubes are blocked so the sperm and eggs can’t meet. IVF tries to solve this problem by taking sperm cells from the man and an egg cell from the women and combining them. Two to four days after the egg has been fertilized, the embryos are placed in the female’s uterus. The goal is that one of the fertilized embryos becomes fixed in the uterus and starts to develop. Since over one embryo is placed in the uterus in IVF it enhances the chance of birth. To make sure IVF works, a woman receives great amounts of hormone treatment to increase the numbers of eggs she produces. Most of the women find this very unpleasant because it has some side effects such as dizziness, nausea, and headaches. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeigYib39Rs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oNg6Lm4ZJ4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0_qK_duprY ^ Here are 3 videos our group found^
 * One in three couples have a baby through IVF.
 * Over 1500 babies have been born through IVF in British Columbia alone.
 * The first baby to be born through IVF was born in England in 1978.
 * There is only a 5% success rate.
 * On july 2nd 2012 the five millionth baby was born through IVF.