{"id":2101,"date":"2020-10-03T16:09:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-03T16:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theduff.co.uk\/?p=2101"},"modified":"2020-10-03T16:09:08","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T16:09:08","slug":"ivf-glossary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theduff.co.uk\/ivf-glossary\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>FREE IVF glossary<\/strong> and summary of the IVF process"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.elementor-1015 .elementor-element.elementor-element-46c01ba{margin-top:2%;margin-bottom:12%;padding:1% 4% 1% 4%;z-index:2;}.elementor-1015 .elementor-element.elementor-element-c9aebc3 > .elementor-element-populated{margin:0% 5% 0% 5%;--e-column-margin-right:5%;--e-column-margin-left:5%;}.elementor-1015 .elementor-element.elementor-element-29d33d4:not(.elementor-motion-effects-element-type-background), .elementor-1015 .elementor-element.elementor-element-29d33d4 > .elementor-motion-effects-container > 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