The procedure is as follows:
Stimulation- The female is given certain injection that helps to grow more eggs at a time.
Egg Retrieval- The doctor uses a special device, an ultrasound probe on which small injection-like equipment is mounted. The equipment sucks the ovum from the ovaries transvaginally.
Sperm retrieval- Concurrently, the sperm is also retrieved from the male partner.
Fertilization- The doctors mix the eggs and sperms in a Petri dish or In-vitro and leaves in the modulated atmosphere for fertilization
Embryo Culture- The doctors monitor the progress of fertilization of viable eggs and sperms. The doctors monitor the process of growth of the embryo by division. The process is done in an externally controlled atmosphere, required for the embryo to divide, called embryo culture.
Embryo transfer- Once the embryo is found viable after the screening, the embryo is transferred in the womb by inserting embryo through a thin embryo transfer catheter.
Confirmation- The woman is regularly monitored until a pregnancy test is conducted at fortnight to confirm the case.