A 43-year-old member asked:

Are there differences between ivf and test tube babies?

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Dr. Gerard Honoreanswered

Fertility Medicine 30 years experience

No: 'test tube baby' is a much older non-medical term that used to be used when talking about ivf pregnancies. They are the same thing.

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