Embryo Transfer
Embryo transfer is the placement of an embryo into the uterus or, in the case of zygote intrafallopian tube transfer (ZIFT) and tubal embryo transfer (TET), into the fallopian tube.
What's New at ASRM
- ASRM COVID-19 Task Force Releases Update #10 to Recommendations
- More than 74 Thousand Babies Born from Assisted Reproductive Technology Cycles Done in 2018
- ASRM Practice Committee Releases New Document on Use of Preimplantation Genetic Testing
- New Research Using Data from SART Patient Predictor Tool Assesses the Probability of Live Birth with One or More Cycles of Assisted Reproductive Therapy
- FAQs for Patients Related to COVID-19
Resources
- Why Would I Choose to Have Elective Single-embryo Transfer (eSET)?
- Why would I choose to have elective single-embryo transfer? 我为什么要接受选择性单胚胎移植
- In Vitro Fertilization (IVF): What Are the Risks?
- Fertilacion in vitro FIV cuales son los riesgos (IVF: what are the risks?)
- Por que elegira una transferencia electiva de un solo embrion (Why would I choose to have elective single-embryo transfer [eSET]?)
- Assisted Reproductive Technologies (booklet)
- Tecnología de reproducción asistida (Assisted reproductive technology booklet)
- Delaware
- What Is A Gestational Carrier & Who Needs One?
- Fresh and Frozen Embryo Transfers
- Assisted reproductive technology 辅助生殖技术辅助生殖技术
- FAQs Related to COVID-19
- Q: Should I take steps to avoid pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic?
- Q: Will postponing my care affect my ability to have a child?
- Q: I hear that elective medical procedures in my geographic area are supposed to stop; are IVF and other fertility treatments considered "elective"?
- Q: Can my clinic prevent me from getting infected by screening patients and staff?
- Q: Is there a risk that my cycle could be cancelled if I proceed with treatment now?
- Q: Are my frozen embryos, eggs, or sperm safe?
- Q: I have been diagnosed with cancer and chemotherapy is recommended. Can I still attempt to freeze my eggs (or sperm if male)?
- Q: If I get sick or test positive for COVID-19, when is it safe to become pregnant?
- Q: I’m pregnant. Is there a risk that a COVID-19 infection will affect my pregnancy outcome?
- Q: What is the risk that a COVID-19 infection will affect my unborn child?
- Q: This year has been very difficult to handle and I’m having a hard time. What resources are available to me?
- Q: Should I get the COVID19 vaccine?
- Q: Can my Reproductive Endocrinologist require that I get the COVID-19 vaccine before I do fertility treatment?
- Q: There is a lot of misinformation on vaccines. Where can I find the truth?
- Q: Should I delay fertility treatment until I can get the COVID-19 vaccine?
- Q: Can I get COVID from the vaccine?
- Q: Will the vaccine affect my existing medical conditions?
- Q: I am nervous about the vaccine side effects.
- Q: Can I still transmit the virus to other people even when I am vaccinated and protected?
- Q: How safe is the COVID-19 vaccine? Should I get it if I am trying to conceive?
Publications
- Compassionate transfer: patient requests for embryo transfer for nonreproductive purposes (2019)
- ASRM standard embryo transfer protocol template: a committee opinion (2017)
- Ethics Webinar: Transferring Abnormal Embryos After Preimplantation Genetic Testing
- Blastocyst culture and transfer in clinically assisted reproduction: a committee opinion (2018)
- Correct coding for laboratory procedures during assisted reproductive technology cycles (2016)
- Elective single-embryo transfer (2012)
- Performing the embryo transfer: a guideline (2017)
- Guidance on the limits to the number of embryos to transfer: a committee opinion (2017)