Harvesting Eggs

Treat patient with hormone regimen 

Ovaries stimulated and many follicles mature 

Use ultrasound to detect mature follicle 

Use laparoscopy to remove oocytes from ripe follicles 

Harvesting Sperm

Manual extraction from male donor is performed usually unassisted (photo unavailable). This phase is sometimes stifled by the environment so recently scientists have been testing the use of ViagraTM to allow sperm donors to be able to function under such stressful conditions. Studies have shown that the use of ViagraTM does not affect the quality or quantity of the semen sample.

This information was provided by Professor Danton H. O'Day - Univerisity of Toronto at Mississauga - Canada. Unless otherwise stated the information and graphics that are presented within this embryology section are the sole property of Danton H. O'Day, copyright 1998(c), 1999(c), 2000(c), 2001(c), 2002(c).

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