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You will never see the room where your embryos grow. So here it is, described plainly, with what we can show you and what you should ask.
Jananam's embryology lab is a clean-room lab inside our Neelankarai hospital, off ECR. Your eggs are collected, fertilised, grown, transferred and frozen under one roof, by one lab team.
Ask about the lab on WhatsApp6 questions to ask about any IVF lab
Every step below happens in the same building. The lab checks who you are at each one.
Eggs are collected in the theatre next to the lab and passed straight to the embryologist. Your partner's sample is prepared in the same lab that morning. Eggs are collected in the theatre next to the lab and passed straight to the embryologist. Your partner's sample is prepared in the same lab that morning
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Day 0
Eggs and sperm are put together by IVF, or by ICSI where a single sperm is injected into each mature egg. Your doctor explains which, and why, before the day.
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Day 0
Embryos grow in incubators that hold temperature and gas steady and are monitored continuously. [CONFIRM: incubator type, what is monitored, alarm response out of hours, backup power]
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Days 1 to 6
The embryologist checks development at set times and grades each embryo. You are told how many are growing and how they are doing. The embryologist checks development at set times and grades each embryo. You are told how many are growing and how they are doing.
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Daily
Most embryos at Jananam are frozen and transferred in a later cycle. Freezing is by vitrification, a very fast cooling method. [CONFIRM: vitrification; freezing stage]
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Day 5 or 6
Frozen eggs, sperm and embryos are stored on site in liquid nitrogen tanks that are monitored. [CONFIRM: on-site storage, tank monitoring and alarms]
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Stored
Every dish, tube and straw carries your identity, and it is checked before anything is moved. [CONFIRM: labelling method]
Identity is witnessed at each critical step: collection, sperm preparation, fertilisation, transfer and freezing. [CONFIRM: two-person or electronic witnessing]
Lab techniques such as ICSI, extended culture, freezing and embryo testing are used when they are indicated for you, not by default.
If you choose embryo testing (PGT), a few cells are taken from each embryo and sent to a genetics lab for testing. The cells leave the building. The embryo stays here, frozen, until the result comes back. [CONFIRM: genetics lab used]
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WHO RUNS THE LAB
Our lab is led by our chief embryologist, Shajila [CONFIRM surname, qualifications]. The embryology team works with your doctor on every decision the lab makes: how to fertilise, when to transfer, and what to freeze.
Meet the whole team
Real photos of the Jananam embryology lab, Neelankarai, Chennai. No stock.
Replace with real photoReplace with real photoReplace with real photoReplace with real photoReplace with real photoReplace with real photoYou can't see inside an IVF lab, but you can ask how it works. Ask every clinic the same 6 questions and compare the answers.
Yes. Everything happens at Neelankarai.
No embryos leave. If you choose PGT, a few cells go to a genetics lab. [CONFIRM]
Labels at every step, and identity witnessed at each critical step. [CONFIRM: method]
[CONFIRM: backup power and out-of-hours alarm response]
Our chief embryologist leads the lab. [CONFIRM: whether patients can speak with the embryologist]
[CONFIRM: written embryo report and photos]
SHARETEXT
6 questions to ask about any IVF lab: 1. Is the lab in the same building as egg collection and transfer? 2. Are any eggs, sperm or embryos sent elsewhere? 3. How do you make sure the embryos are ours? 4. What happens if the power fails or an incubator alarms at night? 5. Who is the embryologist, and will they talk to us? 6. Will we get a written report on our embryos? From jananamfertility.com/about/our-lab/
The billing section staff, financial counsellor, lab staff, pharmacist all work in splendid coordination avoiding any stress for us.
The entire place is neat and tidy thanks to the housekeeping staff.
Still unsure? Ask us on WhatsApp — a real person replies.
Yes, Jananam Fertility Centre has its own clean-room embryology lab at its Neelankarai hospital in Chennai. Egg collection, fertilisation, embryo culture, transfer and freezing all happen there.
The lab is inside Jananam's main hospital at 22/10, 1st Street, Kazura Garden, Neelankarai, Chennai, off East Coast Road. Patients who start at Thiruporur come to Neelankarai for egg collection and embryo transfer.
No, your embryos stay in the Neelankarai lab. If you choose embryo testing (PGT), a few cells from each embryo are sent to a genetics lab, while the embryo stays frozen here. [CONFIRM]
Embryos are frozen by vitrification, a very fast cooling method that avoids ice forming inside the cells, and stored in liquid nitrogen. [CONFIRM: vitrification and on-site storage]
Every dish, tube and straw is labelled with your identity, and identity is checked by a witness at each critical step. [CONFIRM: labelling and witnessing method]
Jananam is an ART Level 2 centre registered under the ART (Regulation) Act 2021, and the lab is a clean-room lab. [CONFIRM: registration number and any clean-room certificate]
Ask your doctor or the embryologist, and they will explain what your embryos looked like and what the grades mean. [CONFIRM: whether embryo photos or a written embryo report are given]
The lab is part of our Neelankarai hospital, off ECR, with rooms on site for couples travelling from outside Chennai.
A real person from our team replies on WhatsApp, usually within minutes during clinic hours (Mon to Sat, 9am to 5pm. Sunday closed.).
Sex selection is prohibited in India under the PCPNDT Act, 1994 and the ART Act, 2021.