In vitro fertilization (IVF) can be a lengthy, uncertain, and, for many, a frustrating process. Over the course of about two weeks, a woman hoping to conceive would inject herself with hormones so that her ovaries will produce multiple eggs. She would then have her blood drawn multiple times and have regular ultrasounds to track the progress of those eggs. Once she was deemed medically ready, she would be prepped for egg retrieval, a procedure requiring sedation, where her eggs would be collected then be sent to a lab and fertilized to create embryos.

After all that, there’s only a 50 percent chance an embryo can be transferred into the uterus, and it often takes several cycles of IVF before a successful pregnancy. For some women, IVF will never have the desired results despite the hefty

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