Assisted Hatching

Assisted Hatching with IVF

Video Showing Assisted Embryo Hatching

Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago
In Vitro Fertilization – IVF Specialists

Video of assisted hatching procedure
Click play below to see a 30 second assisted hatching video

Assisted hatching in IVF
An 8-cell embryo in the process of assisted hatching
Holding pipette on left, hatching needle on right
As the shell (or zona pellucida) around the embryo is dissolved,
the needle is advanced to the left until a small opening is made

Assisted Hatching with IVF

  • The most commonly used indications for assisted hatching with an in vitro fertilization case are:

    In our IVF clinic, we use assisted hatching for day 3 embryo transfers on just about all cases – because we think it increases the pregnancy and delivery rates.