Meaning Of Embryo, How It Is Created
Embryo freezing is a procedure that allows embryos to be preserved for later use. The first successful pregnancy resulting from freezing a woman’s healthy embryos was in the 1980s. Since then, many embryos have been frozen for later use. The embryos may be stored to enable a future pregnancy, to donate to others, for medical research or for training purposes. The process begins by using hormones and other medications to stimulate the production of potentially fertile eggs. The eggs are then extracted from the woman’s ovaries to either be fertilized in a lab or frozen for later use. Successful fertilization may lead to at least one healthy embryo, which can then be transferred to the woman’s womb or uterus. Hopefully, the embryo will develop and the woman can carry the developing infant through pregnancy to a live birth. Since fertilization often results in more than one embryo, the remaining embryos can be preserved through freezing. According to the Oxford Livin