ASSISTED HATCHING

  It is a complementary technique for IVF treatments. It is a treatment of the zona pellucida to try to improve implantation. For implantation to occur, the embryo must escape from its outer coat ( the zona pellucida) – this is known as “Hatching”. Once the embryo has hatched through the zona pellucida it can make physical contact with the lining of the womb and implantation begins. Failure of implantation may result from an inability of the embryo to hatch and in some women this may be why they don’t get pregnant, even with  IVF.