How do they harvest eggs for in vitro fertilization?

Egg retrieval procedure. A needle is passed through the top of the vagina under ultrasound guidance to get to the ovary and follicles. The fluid in the follicles is aspirated through the needle and the eggs detach from the follicle wall and are sucked out of the ovary (see video above). read more

Ovum pick-up (OPU), which medical term is follicular or follicle puncture, is a key step in the process of in vitro fertilization . It is a surgical procedure required for harvesting the oocytes from the ovarian follicles. It is a simple, short intervention which is done under anesthesia (sedation). read more