IVF can resolve challenging fertility issues affecting both men and women. Some of the situations that are best served by in vitro fertilization are low sperm count in the man, damaged fallopian tubes in the woman, or LGBT couples using donor eggs and/or sperm.

IVF can also help patients who haven’t been successful with artificial insemination.
At Ferny we do a complete evaluation and IVF remains the last resort when counseling women with open fallopian tubes and without severe male factor infertility.

A procedure that brings together sperm and egg in a laboratory dish, then transfers the fertilized egg to the uterus.

IVF normally involves daily self-administered hormone injections to stimulate the ovaries to produce three to five eggs each cycle.When harvested, the eggs are fertilized in the lab and one or two of the most promising embryos implanted in the uterus. The process is quick and painless and no sedation is necessary.

May include mood swings, hot flashes, breast tenderness and headaches, but subside when the injections are completed.