How to Use in vitro fertilization in a Sentence

in vitro fertilization

noun
  • In 2019, the first crested toad was hatched via in vitro fertilization.
    National Geographic, 26 Mar. 2020
  • She was advised soon after to try in vitro fertilization to have the best chances to get pregnant.
    Essence, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Two more women are pregnant, and three are in the final stages of in vitro fertilization, or IVF.
    Anna Kuchment, Dallas News, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Zook went through two rounds of in vitro fertilization, or IVF, a process in which an egg and sperm are combined into an embryo in a lab.
    NBC News, 29 Dec. 2020
  • My best hope of getting pregnant would be with an egg donor through in vitro fertilization (IVF).
    Marisa Renee Lee, refinery29.com, 7 May 2020
  • The cells were the first to live outside the body and led to a host of medical advances in everything from vaccines to in vitro fertilization.
    Hallie Miller, baltimoresun.com, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Rizzo's first son, conceived via in vitro fertilization, was born in September 2011, and the first year of his life was bliss.
    Author: Ariana Eunjung Cha, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Both have been open about trying to get pregnant via in vitro fertilization.
    Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Two cheetah cubs have been born via in vitro fertilization to a surrogate mother for the first time ever at the Columbus Zoo.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2020
  • In the chat, Lynn asked for advice on answering questions about in vitro fertilization and the morning-after pill.
    Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 15 Nov. 2022
  • This meant that in vitro fertilization, followed by the transfer of these embryos to a younger cheetah, could be possible.
    Nadine Daher, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2020
  • Femi Ajayi used to live near his job at Univfy, a Los Altos startup that works on in vitro fertilization.
    Roland Li, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2021
  • At the time, the couple revealed the milestone came after an ectopic pregnancy and a long journey with in vitro fertilization (IVF).
    Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com, 14 Apr. 2022
  • But that church is open to contraception and in vitro fertilization, and in any case doesn’t have the broad footprint of the Catholic church, which is affiliated with four of the 10 largest health systems in the country.
    Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2021
  • The two play a couple going through in vitro fertilization in an effort to get pregnant, all the while stretching the boundaries of their relationship.
    Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 May 2022
  • Amy Schumer has opened up on Instagram about in vitro fertilization.
    Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Reid first began in vitro fertilization treatments in 2020 while covering the Trump White House.
    Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 29 June 2022
  • Determined to grow a family, the couple opted to try in vitro fertilization using the wife's sister's eggs and David Markiewicz's sperm.
    Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 13 Nov. 2022
  • The babies were not conceived through in vitro fertilization, which increases the chances of multiple births.
    Dallas News, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Teigen showed off her baby bump in the post and discussed undergoing in vitro fertilization.
    Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The Meghan truthers assert that her children, Archie, almost 3, and Lilibet, nine months, were conceived by in vitro fertilization and born via surrogate.
    Martha Ross, chicagotribune.com, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The first baby to be conceived by in vitro fertilization was born at Oldham hospital in July 1978.
    Dan Schlenoff, Scientific American, 11 Nov. 2020
  • Two cheetah cubs have been born through in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer into a surrogate mother for the first time.
    CBS News, 25 Feb. 2020
  • Single women are barred from treatments such as in vitro fertilization or freezing one’s eggs.
    Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Brittany worked with an in vitro fertilization process doctor to go through two egg retrieval cycles, but she was told chemo had caused too much damage to her ovaries and egg reserve, and things were looking bleak.
    Topher Gauk-Roger, PEOPLE.com, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Earlier this month, Kardashian opened up on the show about learning to love her body after the changes that came as a result of trying in vitro fertilization to conceive with Barker.
    Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Switching their focus to in vitro fertilization (IVF)—a process where eggs are retrieved from ovaries and fertilized by sperm in a lab to obtain embryos—and the transfer of these embryos, this was their third attempt at the process.
    Nadine Daher, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2020
  • One of those things was deciding, after looking at her circumstances, to try in vitro fertilization, or IVF.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 4 May 2021
  • The diagnosis has calmed the nerves of the reality star, who has started in vitro fertilization treatments.
    Lanae Brody, PEOPLE.com, 21 June 2022
  • Al and Deborah had their first child, Leila Ruth, in 1998, after fertility issues led them to opt for in vitro fertilization.
    Megan Friedman, Good Housekeeping, 25 Feb. 2021

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