A Basic history of Infertility & IVF treatment: Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive after almost a year of unprotected intercourse. There are many factors causing infertility and IVF is positioned today for certain important indications. 40 years back when the first IVF baby was born, that indication was restricted for tubal infertility. It means every month the egg is released from the ovary and travels through the Fallopian tube to go into the uterus and there it meets the sperm, resulting in an embryo and pregnancy. If the tubes are blocked or destroyed or somehow not working, then there is no way the egg can meet the sperm. Here IVF comes into play. IVF was first developed to retrieve the egg from the ovary before it ruptures, mixed with the sperm in a Petri dish and the resulting embryo was transferred back into the uterus bypassing the tube completely. This process is called Test Tube baby. It was developed 40 years ago. In India, the first test tube b...