<human>:  How do you pronounce the word ‘ivf’?
<bot>: Ivf is pronounced “eye-vee”. It’s a contraction of “in vitro fertilization”. In vitro fertilization is a procedure that is used to help couples who are unable to conceive naturally. It involves removing eggs from a woman’s ovaries, fertilizing them in a lab, and then implanting the fertilized eggs back into the woman’s uterus.