The attendant reproductive process (ARP) should be understood as the methods of infertility treatment, which involve in-vitro manipulations with reproductive cells, different phases of their preparation, processes of fertilization and cultivation of embryos till the moment of their transfer into a uterine cavity.
In vitro is a manipulation method involving fertilization of male and female genetic matter with the use of special laboratory vessels or under conditions of a controllable medium outside living organisms.
ARP implies the performance of the following operations:
- IVF
- ICSI
- Intrauterine insemination
- Donorship of oocytes
- Donorship of sperm
- Surrogacy services
- PGD
- Cryopreservation of sperm, oocytes, embryos or biological matter collected from a testicle, its epididymis, or ovarian tissue
- Reduction of embryos
Any medical ARP-related assistance should be provided under conditions of absolute confidentiality.
