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Kōrero: Infertility and childlessness

How in-vitro fertilisation works

  • Egg stimulation

    Egg stimulation
  • Egg monitoring

    Egg monitoring
  • Egg removal

    Egg removal
  • Egg removal

    Egg removal
  • Semen processing

    Semen processing
  • Insemination

    Insemination
  • Fertilisation

    Fertilisation
  • Embryo transfer

    Embryo transfer

In-vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a fertility treatment that involves the fertilisation of ovarian eggs outside the womb by a medical professional. This diagram shows how the treatment process works.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Rhonda Shaw, Infertility and childlessness – Overcoming infertility, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/interactive/27420/how-in-vitro-fertilisation-works (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rhonda Shaw, i tāngia i te 23 March 2011.