assisted conception
Medical reproduction help
Assisted conception refers to medical techniques that help achieve pregnancy when natural conception is difficult or impossible.
The term covers procedures ranging from fertility drugs and artificial insemination to in vitro fertilization (IVF), where eggs are fertilized outside the body and implanted in the uterus.
The twins were born through assisted conception.
- ovarian stimulationHormone-induced egg maturation
- egg retrievalSurgical collection of ova
- cryopreservationLow-temperature biological preservation
- in vitro fertilizationLaboratory-assisted reproduction
- donor inseminationFertilization using donated sperm
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Pregnancy achieved without fertility treatment
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Pregnancy prevention measures
birth control · pregnancy prevention · infertility · childlessness · sterility
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