What is the difference between intrauterine insemination and in vitro fertilisation?
An intrauterine insemination consists of collecting a sample of sperm (or using the sperm of a donor) in order to inject the sperm directly into the uterus of the patient at the moment of ovulation. The fertilisation takes place in vivo, that’s to say in the body of the woman and not in the laboratory. in vitro fertilisation involves harvesting the sperm and eggs (by aspiration) in order to put them together in the laboratory so as to obtain embryos which can then be transferred into the uterus of the woman where they can implant.
