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What are test tubes babies?

Updated: 8/17/2019
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  • Test tube babies are babies that are created in a test tube by taking one sperm cell and one egg cell and combining them. So the baby starts to develop in the test tube and is then implanted into the mothers uterus.
  • You were pretty much right. Test tube babies are also called In Vitro babies. I think the spelling is right. It literally means "in glass." A sperm and egg are taken from two separate donors. The protective shell that exists on the surface of the female egg cell. When this shell is removed, the sperm cell is allowed to fertilize the egg. After fertilization happens, the zygote is allowed to grow for a while in a nutrition solution. This concoction is placed in a test tube, hence test tube baby. After the cell cluster has reached a certain maturity, it is implanted into the surrogate mother. This is the most risky part of the process, as the cells have to bond to the Uterus wall. After they have bonded, the process is officially complete. After a nine month gestation period, a baby is born.
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A test tube baby is a child born through artificial insemination, that is, the egg or sperm were collected by a doctor and combined in an artificial manner (not through penis-vagina intercourse)
A test tube baby is a baby created to help people who have trouble conceiving naturally. An egg from the mother or donor is fertilised with a sperm cell from the father or donor and the embryo is allowed to develop until it is several cells large. At this stage modern techniques can be used to screen the embryo for genetic defects but this is not always carried out, most of the time for ethical or religious reasons or due to the expense. The embryo is then embedded into the uterus of the mother or surrogate to gestate as a normal baby would.

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