How does conception occur in IVF?
Normally conception occurs by the fusion of sperm (male sex cell) and egg (female sex cell), inside the woman’s womb. In IVF, the sperms and eggs are fused (fertilized) outside the womb. This is done in special tubes and petridishes in the IVF laboratory. Special incubators are used to keep these sperms and eggs together in an environment similar to the mother’s womb. Once there is successful fertilisation, these embryos (earliest form of the baby) are put in to the mother’s uterus. This procedure is known as Embryo Transfer or ET.
