... treatment is 'a test tube baby'. What happens is that, the woman is given fertility drugs to stimulate the ovaries to develop several mature eggs for fertilisation. The women are closely monitored when they are on these drugs because some of the drugs have strong side effects. The doctor can then perceive when the eggs are mature by monitoring the blood level hormone of the women, on an ultrasound. When the eggs are ready to be retrieved, the doctor will remove them using a fine hollow needle. The eggs are then combined with the partner's sperm in a dish containing a nutrient, which is then refined in an incubator. Two days later any fertilised eggs will become a ball of cells called an embryo, two or three embryos are transferred into the uterus through the cervix with a thin catheter. In a successful cycle one or more embryos will implant ...

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