{"id":91654,"date":"2021-03-21T07:18:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T07:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=91654"},"modified":"2022-03-08T07:32:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T07:32:48","slug":"in-vitro-fertilisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/in-vitro-fertilisation\/","title":{"rendered":"In vitro fertilisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fertilisation of an ovum in the laboratory.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Fertilization of the egg (ovum) outside the body. The fertilized ovum is then incubated until the blastocyst stage develops, when it is implanted into the uterus. The procedure was developed in Britain and the first successful in vitro baby, a girl, was born in 1978. IVF is used when a woman has blocked fallopian tubes or when the sperm and ovum are unable to fuse in the reproductive tract. 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