Age 35 – IVF Conception
This is the cervix of a 35 year old woman who has had four previous vaginal births. She typically has a regular 28 day cycle. She has had a pap smear with an ‘abnormal cell count’ result and has had non cancerous polyps removed from her cervix in the past.
She is now pregnant with her 5th child, who she conceived using IVF, or in vitro fertilization. These photos are taken the month she conceived with IVF. She ovulated on day 15 and they transferred an embryo on day 20, and she got pregnant!
Age 34 – Day 9, before IVF
Four days before ovulation; milky fertile fluid at her os
Age 34 – Day 22, after IVF
The embryo was transferred two days ago using IVF
Age 34 – Day 25
5 days after IVF
Age 34 – Day 29 – IVF conception
The embryo has successfully implanted and she is now pregnant; home pregnancy test on day 26 got a positive result, which was confirmed by a blood test in the clinic a week later