Your fertility doctor, assisted by a skilled group of nurses, counselors, and scientists, will oversee your therapy. We know how much starting a family means to you, and we promise to give you the best possible care for infertility.

The stages you can anticipate taking during your IVF journey are outlined here.

1. The first consultation with a professional

Your fertility doctor will analyze your medical history and perform the following tests during your initial session in order to provide you with preliminary treatment recommendations.

• Blood tests: These include prenatal care, Anti Mullerian Hormone (AMH), hormonal profile (pituitary, ovaries, and thyroid), and Karyotype (examining the genetic material, or chromosomes) to ensure that the correct number and order of chromosomes are present.
• Pelvic ultrasound: To gain an understanding of the pelvic structure, the uterus’s appearance, the location of the ovaries, and whether there are any issues that need to be looked at further.
• Semen analysis: To ensure there are enough swimmers of a high caliber, your male partner, if he is present, will have his semen analyzed. They pay close attention to movement, size, form, and count.

2. Consultation before treatment

You will usually schedule a follow-up session with your fertility doctor after your initial visit, at which you will be given your findings. Your doctor will develop a treatment plan that is best suitable for your condition based on these findings.

In most cases, the clinic will also schedule a nurse orientation visit for you to go over the entire procedure and expectations. The medicine you require, a treatment cycle timetable, and instructions on how to self-administer Follicle follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) injections are all provided by your fertility nurse. It is advised that you and your companion show up for this appointment.

3. The start of treatment

Your ovaries can be stimulated in a few different methods for IVF. The most used procedure is antagonist, the time of which is described below.

The first day of your menstrual cycle is regarded as the start day of IVF therapy. You will need to notify the nurses by phone when you get your period. Typically, you will arrive on Day 2 to start the hormone stimulation process.

4. Stimulation of hormones

Using a pen similar to a diabetic, you will give yourself these injections to encourage your ovaries to create more eggs than usual. In order to assess how your body has responded to the injections and prevent under- or overstimulating your ovaries, you will return to the clinic after five days. When we are able to harvest more eggs, our chances of successful fertilization and pregnancy increase.

5. Monitoring of treatment

A follow-up ultrasound scan and blood test will be performed if your FSH injection regimen is on track to ensure your body is stimulating properly for your IVF cycle. This aids in establishing the ideal period for egg harvesting as well. The price of your treatment includes all blood and ultrasound tests, which are performed by our nurses at The Life Fertility Clinic.

6. Injection of trigger

We schedule your egg harvest once you have the ideal quantity and quality of follicles. After receiving an evening hCG (human chorionic gonatrophin) trigger injection, the egg harvest procedure will take place 36 to 38 hours later. The body’s natural luteinizing hormone is replaced with the hCG injection, which also “triggers” ovulation, allowing the eggs to develop and become ready for collection.

7. Gathering eggs

You will have an egg retrieval procedure two days later on the day of surgery (this is the only day you will need to take off work during your IVF cycle). Your fertility specialist will use an inside scan to guide the insertion of a small needle through the vaginal wall to drain the follicles during the 20–30 minute operation, which will leave you fully unconscious. You will be informed of the quantity of eggs taken when the operation has healed.

You will probably require a ride home after spending around four hours in the hospital. The morning of your egg collection is when your spouse will provide the semen sample if he is providing one.

8. fertilization of eggs

Your eggs are collected and then promptly sent to the lab, where they are combined with your partner’s or donor’s sperm in a dish to facilitate fertilization. Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) is the method of fertilization used when sperm quality is an issue. Each egg has one sperm injected at this point.

The laboratory will usually give you a call with an update after evaluating the sperm and eggs.

9. Development of the embryo

Scientists will check the eggs the next day to see if fertilization has taken place. The Blastocyst stage, or Day 5, is when we typically develop embryos in the lab since there is compelling evidence that these embryos have a higher chance of implanting in the uterus. The ideal stage of growth for an embryo is called a blastocyst;  which mean respectively, basically imitate the appearance of this stage of development.

10. Transfer of embryos

Embryo transfers typically occur five days following egg harvest and are straightforward day surgeries. A very thin catheter that is inserted via the cervix transfers the best quality embryo into the uterus; this process is comparable to a cervical screening. We could advise transplanting an embryo sooner under specific circumstances.

11. Test for pregnancy

The nurse will arrange for a blood test for you two weeks after the embryo transfer. Because sometimes pregnant women might still have their period, this blood test will take place even if your period has already started. Because the hormone medicine used during therapy may cause an inaccurate reading, we do not advise utilizing urine pregnancy test kits.

You may often get your pregnancy blood test results by mid-afternoon. About three weeks after the pregnancy test results, we will schedule an ultrasound scan.