Inside IVF

A patient's guide to IVF, written by embryologists.

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Ready to take control of your IVF treatment cycle? Find everything you need to know about eggs, sperm and embryos at https://t.co/9xVEBtbp6l.

IVF science made easy 💡

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How do we biopsy an embryo for genetic testing? And more importantly, what are the risks to the embryo?
Find everything you need to know here 👇
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Happy Sunday 💫 let's celebrate with this beautiful day 5 blastocyst 🤗 #IVF #embryo #SundayMotivation

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A little laboratory insight 💡 You can expect around 50% of fertilised eggs to form blastocysts 💫 #IVF #embryo #pregnant

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Your fertility doesn't bounce back immediately after coming off birth control. Here's how long you can expect to wait for each method. https://t.co/rUJGIrZNSs

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Respect to all the single people out there having IVF to achieve their parenting dreams 🙌 What an inspiration you will be to that baby 💫 💙 #IVF #tuesdaymotivations

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Add-on treatments can make a big difference to IVF success rates, but some are about as effective as 'just relax and you'll get pregnant in no time' 😑

Which ones will work for you and which are a waste of time and money?
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#IVF #pregnancy #fertility

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The morula is a key stage of embryo development often overshadowed by the blastocyst.

Morulas form around 4 days after fertilisation when cells compact together like a bunch of grapes 🍇 the more cells included in the bunch, the higher the grade and better chance of success💫

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@ivfdreammaker Certainly doesn't come cheap. We are sending all the positive vibes in your direction 😘

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Should you have your embryo transfer on day 3 or day 5?
Day 3 = more likely to have an embryo to transfer
Day 5 = more information about the embryo's potential

What did you choose? 🤞
#embryo #IVF #fertility #ttc

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@fertilitydallas 🙌

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'Blastocyst' is such a buzz word in IVF. If this is the ultimate goal of modern IVF, why isn't there more information out there about it? Find out everything you need to know here: https://t.co/Flr0qx7xSb #insideivf #IVF #blastocyst #fertility

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Monozygotic - one fertilised egg (zygote) splits into two to give identical twins 👉 ie. One zygote.

Dizygotic - two separate eggs are fertilised by two separate sperm to give non-identical twins 👉 ie. Two zygotes.

#IVF #fertility #infertility #twins

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Not only is the sperm the smallest cell in the body... it is also the only cell which is motile!

The long self-propelling tail, or flagellum, drives the sperm towards the egg and helps it to squirm through the outer shell during fertilisation #IVF

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This is an ICSI micromanipulator.

It is a complex, high power microscope which uses an extremely sharp needle only 0.005mm wide to inject a single sperm into an egg. The process is so delicate it must be used on an anti-vibration stage to prevent even the tiniest movements #IVF

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We are only 2 followers away from 300! Everyone going through #IVF should have an insight into the mysteries of the lab. Please help us spread the word and retweet this post so we can all keep learning! 🧬💫🎓📚

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Don't be fooled by ICSI. There is no denying it is a fantastic advancement for men with poor quality sperm, but it doesn't increase fertilisation rates for couples with normal sperm parameters #IVF #ICSI #fertility #infertility

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Don't be disheartened if your embryos aren't top quality. Grading is certainly useful to select which embryos to use... but it doesn't necessarily determine the ability to form a pregnancy. Who cares about grades when your embaby arrives 9 months later!

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Preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) is becoming very popular in #IVF. It involves taking ~5 cells from the embryo at the blastocyst stage and testing the DNA to check for errors in the chromosomes. It is thought that around 50% of all IVF embryos are genetically abnormal 😱🧬

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Did you know that during fertilisation it is the sperm's job to 'activate' the egg?

Eggs lays dormant for decades until one is eventually chosen to be ovulated. The sperm causes a cascade of changes inside the egg which springs it back into action so it can become an embryo #ivf