Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART)

Assisted reproduction technology (ART) has helped many childless couples to become parents. Originally in vitro fertilization (IVF) was the only form, but now there are a number of techniques aimed at helping a couple conceived and give birth to a healthy child. The rewards are wonderful, but the emotional costs can be high, any couple considering ART needs expert support.

ART in detail

Within the scope of ART, there are a number of regularly used abbreviations for treatments. The below detailed table should help you to make your way through them:
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What is ART?

ART describes a range of infertility treatments. Through drugs, laboratory techniques, and even the use of sperm or egg donors, men and women can be helped to bring about sperm production, ovulation, fertilization, implantation, conception, and birth.
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The typical pattern of an IVF treatment

Several difficult and complex steps have to be got through so that you can have your baby: harvesting your eggs; fertilization of the eggs by healthy sperm; implantation of at least one embryo into your uterus; pregnancy to term; and delivery of a healthy baby.
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Advanced ART

Micromanipulation, an extraordinary technique in which not only eggs but individual sperm can be manipulated by the embryologist, makes it possible for a man with a very low sperm count and virtually no active sperm to fertilize his partner's egg. Living proof of the success of this advanced...
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Using donors

Many childless people have been helped to become parents by using sperm, eggs, and even embryos given by other people. Surrogacy is also a form of donation - a woman donates her uterus to bear another couple's biological child. Emotional costs can be high, and all the issues need to be talked...
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Drugs for infertility

Drugs for infertility are used to treat couples who are unable to conceive. Infertility treatments often need to be continued for several months to increase the likelihood of conception.

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