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Fertility Glossary

Conventional IVF

Eggs and prepared sperm mixed together in the laboratory.

In conventional IVF the sperm fertilise the egg without being injected. It is suitable when semen parameters are adequate; ICSI is used when they are not.

Related terms

IVF (in vitro fertilisation)

Eggs are collected and fertilised in a laboratory, then an embryo is transferred.

ICSI

A single sperm is injected directly into an egg during IVF.

Fertilisation

The joining of egg and sperm to form an embryo.

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