Anyone who's considered or undergone IVF to conceive a baby, knows it is a tremendous undertaking, both mentally, physically and financially. One big part of the expense and potential for nasty side effects is the drugs needed to stimulate the ovaries to produce many mature eggs. There is now a new procedure called IVM (InVitro Maturation), which is having tremendous success without the need for expensive stimulation drugs. More...
It involves removing immature eggs from a woman's ovaries and maturing them in laboratories before fertilising them with a man's sperm, rather than using hormone drugs to stimulate the release of mature eggs.
Telegraph | News | New IVF 'is a stunning success'
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