Parenting & Caring

Question 1

IVF

Answer 1

Procedure whereby an egg(s) is retrieved from the body of a woman and combined with sperm outside the body to achieve fertilisation.

Question 2

Embryo Transfer (ET)

Answer 2

Procedure by which the embryo is placed into the Uterus or the Fallopian tube after IVF or ICSI.

Question 3

GIFT

Answer 3

Procedure where an egg(s) is retrieved from the body of a woman and sperm obtained from a male are both inserted back into the Fallopian tube of a woman, with the aim to achieve pregnancy.

Question 4

Artificial Insemination (AI)

Answer 4

Any procedure in which human sperm are introduced into the reproductive tract of a woman by a non-coital method other than as part of an IVF or GIFT procedure.

Question 5

Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)

Answer 5

Includes a range of methods used to circumvent human infertility, including IVF, ET, GIFT & AI

Question 6

Adoption

Answer 6

The legal process by where all legal rights and responsibilities are transferred from birth parents to adoptive parents.

Question 7

Surrogacy

Answer 7

An arrangement whereby a woman agrees to become pregnant and to bear a child for another person or persons to whom she will transfer legal guardianship and custodial rights at, or shortly after, birth.