How in vitro fertilization (IVF) works - Nassim Assefi and Brian A. Levine 

As an animator, I am seriously intrigued and impressed by the animation techniques used in this video.

The animations as well as the narration are smooth... And magical... It feels like a story, beautifully explained

I'm often laughed at by being born through ivf I always reply with "at least I was planned!"

That good thing is all IVF babies are “wanted” babies. There are no unwanted and accidental IVF babies.

I’m 21weeks pregnant with IVF boy/girl twins. Really excited for April 2023 when they arrive. I put off marriage and children for my career as a doctor. IVF is a lifesaver. Helps me have everything I want out of life. I didn’t have to sacrifice motherhood! ❤

This whole video is so calming and beautifully made.

I tried IVF once and I lost him sadly, made it 5 months but had some problems with my health and went into labor early, he survived for 28 minutes. His name was Gabriel after the angel. Nothing wrong with the IVF just me, i had another son at 5 months, daughter after him came at 6 months and my twins came at 7½ months, I just have problems carrying kids.

My mom was 37 when she had my siblings and I -who are triplets-, and we had been frozen for three years, and we were 3 months premature. We are all VERY lucky to be here.

I have PCOS and I remember how I felt when the doctor told me it would be hard for me to conceive I now have 4 children very successful pregnancies. God blessed me!

Got here because of my homework, i dont regret anything. This is beautiful.

I am a proud IVF baby

That was some of the most interesting animations and art directions I have seen in a while.

Without IVF, I couldn't be here writing this comment.

I was born from IVF.... now I feel like an experimented mutant who has superpowers in my genetic code

Me and my older sister were made via in vitro but I was frozen so my nickname is “popsicle Patty” thank you mom, thank you.

I went through I VF 3 times. At 4 th attempt I delivered triplet girls. I am very grateful for the doctors and their team.

As a med student, I ADORE these videos, they are sooo explicative and clear! Im inlove with the work you TED Ed guys are doing, by explaining such complex concepts to society Keep it up!

As a IVF baby this was pretty trippy to watch, either way it is still amazing!

The animation work was outstanding! Very beautiful.

Overwhelming animation. Water color drops, loved it. One of the best I've seen so far from Ted videos.

One of my friends was born via IVF and he has a twin sister. Honestly I think it's pretty cool that he got made in a test tube.

I love Ted-Ed and I hope you guys keep making videos forever. Truly helpful and interesting stuff. You hit all the criteria: making it easy to understand for anyone and everyone and keeping it as interesting as possible. You have no idea how as a student, how much I appreciate your content

This is one of the most beautiful, mesmerizing and enchanting pieces of animation I'll ever see in my life. And I want to work in animation!

In vitro fertilization can be a touchy subject, but when used the right way for the right reasons it can be very useful to people who need it. Ways it can be useful for people is if the husband or wife has infertility or if either of them has a cancer that doesn’t allow them to be able to conceive or for homosexual couples who can’t conceive naturally. Just because someone is unable to make a child doesn’t mean they can never have any ever. This is a way for people to be able to have their own child, with their own genetic makeup. The people who are unable to have their own children shouldn’t be punished. In vitro fertilization is their way out of their sticky situation. Yes, it may not be natural but we have the technology to give people a child even when they may not be able to normally. It is not like the parents are specifically “picking out” their child. They are randomly taking eggs out of the woman’s ovary and fertilizing them with a random sperm from the male and putting the finished product back in the woman’s uterus after about five days to finish its development before birth. Essentially, everything is happening, just not in the body. But, this is what has to happen for some people so they can have a child. No one should be denied the gift of a child, no matter how it came about.

IVF is great. But adoption should easier too. So many kids are already here needing love and care.

My child born this way. Thank GOD and the doctors.

IVF is a very complicated process. But it is a blessing. Many people opt for it. They get their babies via this process. I also opted for IVF. My baby boy was born healthy. He is 2 years old now. I am really happy to choose IVF.

I feel so calm right now. The animation, music and narrator was mesmerizing

Could this video be more, simple, informative and easy to watch ? The best I’ve seen on IVF!

My journey with IVF Mexico just began and I’m very happy to have them be part of my ivf journey…everything is going quite good…impatient to see my baby grow day by day! Thank you!

Again, the animation and lesson itself is beyond amazing. It's Divine.

You have to love a TED-Ed video. They're amazing. My entire class goes crazy when they are told they are going to be watching a TED-Ed video

Thank you for providing this information. Infertility breaks my all dreams of having a baby. My husband supports me in every difficulty. Now we are thinking to go for IVF.

Im so grateful for the video. It has a lot to learn from. I never knew that IVF is more advanced now. The medication advancements are getting better every day now. IVF and surrogacy are truly a blessing for so many infertile people. I wish these treatments get legalized soon all over the world.

The animation graphics were absolutely outstanding! I believe my brain absorbed more knowledge and less distraction because of this, thank you!

This animation was the best of all. It just made everything feel connected. Bravo!

5 years later and this video is still as beautiful as it is educational!

This is just amazing. The way it was all explained. I am so sure that this would help people out with their IVF.

My husband is missing his vas deferens. I have pcos. We’re starting the IVF process and we couldn’t be more excited. People saying “adopt”. It’s not that easy. And other than our issues we’re completely healthy adults. We deserve to create a part of ourselves. Is it expensive? Yes. Is it controversial? Sure. But we plan to have every embryo we create become a loved part of our family. That’s our biggest thing. We won’t let a healthy BABY go unloved. We understand what it entails. And we accept the journey we’re on.

First of all, incredible animation. Secondly, superb statistical analysis. Thirdly, enormously informative, as well. Thank you so much for this video. I'm glad you guys made this. It's going to help so many people. Thank you @garip ay for this animation. It was really, really good!

This was a very informative and beautifully made video. Kudos to everyone involved in the making & thanks a lot. Keep up the good work guys. :D

My mom and step father are having a baby, I’ll be my new little brother, yeah it’s a boy, they made him the normal way, they have friends that for years couldn’t get pregnant, but on my moms wedding day they said that they where having a baby, it was a IVF, I’m happy for them after all this time they are finally gonna have kid, and I’m happy imma have a little brother I pray for people that want kids :)

The sound effects, psychadelic aesthetic of the af the animation and her voice is so relaxing

The lesson was great but man the animation was FANTASTIC! This should be shown in schools. It is simply great

Thank God for IVF!!! That's how I conceived my little princess!!

I'm an IVF baby!! It's so cool to know how it works.

What a gorgeous, GORGEOUS animation and beautiful voice of the narrator!!

This is really great. IVF is really a blessing of science it has helped so many people. I am glad that I support it. I hope people learn from this. It's very informative. Take care.

Aye I'm one of those over 5,000,000 babies

Wow. You've created a true masterpiece there.

The animation is beautiful.thanks for sharing it.i faced infertility problem many years.i had no baby.but the blessing treatment of ivf i become mother.thanks to ivf i am spending a verry happy life with my kids.its the safest treatment.best wishes for all infertility patients

Can I just say that even though this is an instructional video, it is absolutely beautiful? Look at that animation! :)

It's so exciting to see this video because I'm one of those children!♥️

I’m carrying my IVF/ ICSI baby right now, she’s due Early October

Thanks to the team for making the video. It is really helpful for couples like us. I was finding such videos from a long time. At last I found these videos out which are really helpful for me. I can't conceive and someone told me about IVF. I don't know much about this so I decided to search it on internet. Your video really helped me a lot to know what this all is. Thanks for helping me out. I am really happy to see this video. Best of luck!

The animations were incredible. Such an informative video. This easily explained the process of IVF. Very informative for people. It was almost as if this was a story. excellent job.

This video made me feel motivated as I am waiting for 2years to get my owb baby with natural pregnancy. if it can’t happen at least we have hope with this IVF process.

This is one of the most beautiful TED Ed videos yet, both animation-wise and subject-wise =)

It's because of your animation and narration skills that every vedio on your channel feels like a story which can be understood very well!!

The animation and voice-over for this video is brilliant !

Instead of calling it "artificial baby making", how about calling it assisted baby making or assisted egg fertilization...

I’m so grateful for modern medicine! After 4 years of secondary infertility, IVF made me a mom again.

visuals of this video are at a whole different level....... good job TEDeD for pushing boundaries......

"FSH" WHY ARE THERE FISH IN MY OVARIES?!

What a great piece of work it was! I am so impressed. You have explained everything so well. the video is just adorable. I so appreciate what you have done. thanks for making such informative video. Thanks a lot for using your skills for such sensitive procedure. Keep up the good work!

I had 2 ectopic pregnancies by the time I was 25. Spent 5 years saving to do ivf. Had my son. 5 years later just transferred my last 2 frozen embryos. I think I'm pregnant but will take the test tomorrow morning. If I am it will basically be an unimaginable joy that i thought impossible for me. Ivf is so hard. So many variables. Although if it were free I would do it again.

The narrator did an amazing job. The content is fantastic as well

The animations in this video is beautiful and much better than I expected

My favorite part of the animation was when the development of the placenta turned into a mother holding her baby. 3:26 That was really cool

I love the visuals for this video.

WoW most simplest clear, elicit video you'll ever find today on the WorldWide Internet

Cant believe such brilliant animation cud be done. Its not animation its magic like pure magic

they make making a baby sound like... oh I'm bored let's go make a baby

I’m an in vitro baby, and, like they said, I’m living a normal, healthy life!

The visuals of this video are amazing.

Beautiful animation. And a great choice of narrator for a sensitive topic.

This is a very informative video. It does not only show how IVF works but also tell in depth what is going on inside your body when considering natural birth. Great video and Great job. Keep uploading good content like this.

As for the method of injecting one sperm into the egg, may i know how do they choose the best sperm among the millions?

My twin brother and I are IVF babies - neither of us would be here without it.

Very nice explanation and excellent presentation. TedEd never fails to disappoint us.

This video is so good that I became pregnant watching it as a male.

Thanks to this technique I have 2 beautiful, healthy smart lovely daughters, that have been a blessing to our family and life for 12 years.🙏🏻😇

Ted has always been my favorite. It's a great video. So good to watch. It's great to know what actually goes inside oour body. Too bad it didn't work for me. But it is successful for a lot of people. Great work!

Hey! This is such a good video. Thank you for giving us such important information in this beautiful video. A lot of people believe in so many myths about IVF. A lot don't exactly understand what it is. I was one of these people. This video explains everything.

It is really a good thing to see that scientists are making a progress for it. I know people have been doing good for this purpose. I hope everyone should be freed from this curse of infertility.

Please, please, PLEASE upload the making of this video.

i watched this a few years ago and i didn't understand many of the scientific terms. but now, that we studied it, i understand fully.

The animation in this video is stunning!

Hi. I hope things are good at your side. This is one of the most interesting videos I have ever seen. You have presented the information in a beautiful manner. Hats off to you. IVF is truly a blessing for the infertile couples. Much support to all those who are going through this. I hope to see more such unique videos from you. Stay blessed. :))

beautifully animated!

Beautifully animated. The things were explained in quite a detail. I loved watching it. I am suffering from PCOS. We have an appointment with BioTexCom in the coming week. Our IVF journey would start at the end of this month. I feel so nervous. At the same time excited too. Wishing you a good luck to all those going through the process.

All you need to know about IVF is in this Video. Great job.

It feel like dreaming.😊 wonderfull lesson.

This is some really trippy animation.

Well wow, Whoever did this. It's really great. The work is awesome. Information is pretty clear. I could use this in my tuition to help the children know about this process. It really helped them understanding the process better. I am very happy to watch this video. Thanks a lot.

Bravo you explained embryology so well!

WoW... This video was beautiful...

So interesting and cool information!

Our bodies seem so perfectly designed! It’s amazing how science has mastered on mimicking such complex processes.

I also had my baby through an IVF, after a long struggle to get pregnant, I met with Ingenes in Mexico City and they were able to help me make my dream come true. They have the best technology and gave me peace of mind knowing that my baby would come without diseases. Most cases are treatable, do not be afraid and fight for your dream.