When your doctor is happy with the number and size of your egg follicles, you’ll take a final “trigger shot” to mature and release the eggs. A day and a half later, you’ll go into your clinic for an egg retrieval procedure. While you’re under anesthesia, a doctor will collect as many of the eggs as possible, and an embryologist will prepare them in a petri dish to fertilize with sperm.

Once the egg(s) and sperm fertilize into embryos, they will grow in the lab until they are mature enough to transfer to the uterus.

Once the embryos have developed in the lab for 5 days, an embryologist will biopsy them, or take a small number of cells to test. A third party company will test those cells for chromosomal abnormalities and genetic disorders. This testing can help your doctor identify the best quality embryos and reduce the risk of miscarriage or passing down genetic diseases.

Did you know: The price range for PGT testing varies so widely because it depends on the number of embryos being tested and the type of testing ordered (chromosomal abnormality vs genetic disorder). As you can imagine, the more embryos you test, the more it costs.

Before your doctor transfers any embryos, you’ll take medication to prepare your uterus for the implantation. This is usually additional progesterone to help grow the uterine lining.

On average, people do 2 transfers per cycle. We've added 2 transfers to the price here as a ballpark range, but you may need more or fewer transfers.

You and your doctor will discuss which embryo to transfer — typically, they’ll recommend starting with the best quality one. Because the embryo is frozen, an embryologist will thaw and prepare it, and your doctor will transfer it to the uterus.

8–14 days after transfer, your doctor will order a blood test to find out if you’re pregnant.

On average, people do 2 transfers per cycle. We've added 2 transfers to the price here as a ballpark range, but you may need more or fewer transfers.