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Once the eggs are retrieved they are identified under the microscope.  Each egg is typically surrounded by cells.  The embryologist will “strip” the cells away from the egg.  Sperm is also prepared for fertilization by “washing” the sperm. This process removes non-motile sperm and seminal fluid.  Once the preparation process is complete the sperm and egg are brought together.  There are two methods in which this can be performed.  The first method is an incubation method; where approximately 75,000 sperm are incubated with each egg in culture media.  18 hours later the embryologist evaluates the eggs to visualize if fertilization occurred.  The second method utilized is ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection), Where a single sperm is selected and injected directly into the egg.

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    Egg after stripping                       ICSI                         Fertilization occured                IVF Microscope

                  

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American Reproductive Center (ARC) is one of the most advanced fertility clinics in the United States. ARC offers national and international patients the most sophisticated fertility treatments available today. These services are available to patients in southern California as well as patients from other states and even other countries. We have extensive experience treating patients from around the world. Patients traveling from far away destinations come to us through recommendations or because they have failed their fertility treatments locally. This form of travel for fertility treatment is known as “medical tourism”. ARC is centrally located in southern California providing care to patients from Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Orange County (OC) , Riverside County, and San Diego County. We have helped patients from other states as well. We also offer services that other states and nations don’t provide like egg donation, surrogacy, Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), Sex selection / Gender Selection, Egg freezing and embryo freezing. Of course American Reproductive Centers also offers the usual treatment options including In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), Artificial Insemination (AI) and treating same-sex couples and single women. It is not uncommon for patients to forget website names, therefore many of our patients try using search engines by searching some of these specialized terms: fertility, fertility center, fertility clinic, infertility, and infertility center. These terms in combination with doctor, fertility doctor, infertility doctor will yield higher results. Since we also specialize in IVF, PGD, CGH, Sex Selection / Gender Selection, patients often search for IVF doctor, PGD specialist, Sex selection procedure, Gender Selection procedure. With all these terms and especially if the search includes Dr. Mazin Abdullah, Dr. Maher Abdallah, ARC, Dr. Abdullah, Dr. Abdallah, Dr. Mazin, Dr. Maher, and fertility doctor will yield more accurate results. If you live in a local city try using your local town to search e.g.: Laguna Niguel, irvine, Dana Point, Orange, Santa Ana, Tustin, Anaheim, Mission Viejo, Whittier, Garden Grove, Villa Park, San Juan Capistrano, San Clemente, Fountain Valley, Huntington, Huntington Beach, Long Beach, Corona, Torrance, Lake Forest, Whittier, Midway, Wesminster, Fullerton, Yorba Linda & Orange.
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