When you do IVF, your eggs are extracted and combined with sperm inside of a petri dish ("in vitro" suggests "in glass" in Latin). IVF can be achieved using an egg and sperm from you and your partner, or You need to use donor eggs and/or donor sperm. Encyclopaedia Britannica's https://johsocial.com/story8765286/the-definitive-guide-to-in-vitro-fertilization