In Vitro - IVM

Extracorporeal oocyte maturation (IVM) is a new method in the context of assisted reproduction.

With artificial maturation (IVM) the eggs are removed from the ovaries and collected when they are still immature.
They are then matured in the laboratory before they are fertilized.

The difference between IVM and conventional artificial insemination (IVF) is that the eggs when collected are immature. This means that There is no need to administer a lot of medication before her eggs are collected, as with other methods of in vitro fertilization, where the eggs are harvested maturely.

The IVM procedure is as follows:

The eggs are collected, but at an earlier stage, when they are immature. This means that there is no need to give many hormones to stimulate the ovaries before collecting your eggs.

Artificially mature eggs are placed in an incubator in the laboratory for one to two days.

When the eggs are ripe, they are fertilized with your partner's sperm, or donor sperm. The embryos are then cultivated and transferred to your uterus, just as they would be with conventional IVF.

Ioannis A. Sklavounos MD MSC DFFP
Obstetrician Surgeon Gynecologist
Specialists & Retrained in Great Britain
T.Senior Clinical Fellow – Liverpool Woman’s Hospital UK

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