How to Use in vitro fertilization in a Sentence

in vitro fertilization

noun
  • That child may have been the result of in vitro fertilization.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 20 Jan. 2018
  • After a year and a half, the couple turned to in vitro fertilization.
    — Aili Nahas, PEOPLE.com, 3 July 2018
  • Both have been open about trying to get pregnant via in vitro fertilization.
    — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 23 Jan. 2020
  • She was advised soon after to try in vitro fertilization to have the best chances to get pregnant.
    — Essence, 2 Aug. 2021
  • One avenue is in vitro fertilization with northern white rhino eggs and sperm.
    — New York Times, 4 July 2018
  • These will be united by in vitro fertilization to create an embryo.
    — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 May 2018
  • Trying to get pregnant with in vitro fertilization is a gamble.
    — Emily Mullin, WSJ, 4 Apr. 2019
  • In 2019, the first crested toad was hatched via in vitro fertilization.
    — National Geographic, 26 Mar. 2020
  • Kids born through in vitro fertilization may be more likely to develop high blood pressure, a new study suggests.
    — Fox News, 6 Sep. 2018
  • The Cetingucs have an older boy, Lochlan, who was also born through in vitro fertilization.
    — Matt Campbell, kansascity, 15 Feb. 2018
  • And when researchers used only the faster Y sperm for in vitro fertilization, 90% of the mouse pups were born male.
    — Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Teigen showed off her baby bump in the post and discussed undergoing in vitro fertilization.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Amy Schumer has opened up on Instagram about in vitro fertilization.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 10 Jan. 2020
  • The Glendale couple thought that their in vitro fertilization treatment had failed.
    — Giulia McDonnell Nieto Del Rio, latimes.com, 11 July 2019
  • 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
  • Today, Jared is three years into a treatment to increase his sperm count so the couple can try in vitro fertilization.
    — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 7 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • Like their adorable little Luna, the new baby was conceived with the help of in vitro fertilization and is due later this year.
    — Nicholas Rice, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2018
  • 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
  • The babies were not conceived through in vitro fertilization, which increases the chances of multiple births.
    — Dallas News, 22 Sep. 2020
  • 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
  • In the New Orleans case, the man's now ex-girlfriend conceived a baby using donor sperm and in vitro fertilization.
    — Chelsea Brasted, NOLA.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • In fact, Noe hopes to go through in vitro fertilization again at some point with her partner, Maya Gross, 31, a firefighter.
    — oregonlive.com, 21 June 2019
  • About 40 years ago, Louise Brown, the first human created using in vitro fertilization, was conceived in a petri dish.
    — Jason Pontin, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • Worry began to set in after the call; the Glendale couple was trying to conceive a son and had gone to the clinic for in vitro fertilization the previous year.
    — Andy Nguyen, latimes.com, 11 July 2019

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