What is IVF? Clinic BocaFertility Has Answers

In Vitro Fertilization treatment consists of suppression and stimulation cycles. During the suppression cycle, birth control pills and Lupron may be taken to block spontaneous ovulation during the stimulation cycle to follow. The stimulation cycle involves fertility shots over a ten day period at an IVF clinic in order to stimulate multiple eggs into development. Taking Lupron continues during this phase, as tests are taken to monitor egg development. The HCG injection follows the stimulation cycle, once the eggs have reached twenty millimeters in size. Thirty-four to thirty-six hours later, the egg retrieval occurs. This occurs using the transvaginal ultrasound technique, which takes about fifteen minutes. BocaFertility's doctors and professionals are leaders in this technique for IVF in Florida.

Continuing IVF in Florida Offices

Fertilization occurs once the eggs have been extracted from the ovaries. IVF in Florida offices, as elsewhere, continues sometimes with Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI). Once the egg is fertilized, the embryologist in the IVF clinic monitors the fertilized eggs for three to five days to ensure normal development. In the lab, the embryo developes through the zygote, 8 cell stage embryo, and blastocyst stages. Before implantation, PGD occurs. Then, on day five, the blastocyst stage, embryos are transferred to the womb at a pre-determined site, using a very soft catheter. This part of the process is not painful and only takes a few moments. Two weeks later, we will schedule the pregnancy test to determine if it is a success!

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