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Fresh IVFย cycle
Your doctor will prescribe medication that you'll inject daily to stimulate your ovaries and help grow as many egg follicles as possible. In some cases, youโll purchase your medication ahead of treatment so that you have everything you need before you start.
When your doctor is happy with the number and size of your egg follicles, youโll take a final โtrigger shotโ to mature and release the eggs. A day and a half later, youโll go into your clinic for an egg retrieval procedure. While youโre 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.
You and your doctor will discuss which embryo to transfer โ typically, theyโll recommend starting with the best quality one. If the embryo is already frozen, an embryologist will thaw and prepare it, and your doctor will transfer it to the uterus.
8โ14 days after transfer, your doctor will order a blood test to find out if youโre pregnant.
If your transfer isnโt successful, you can thaw and transfer any additional embryos you have stored. You'll take more medication to prepare your uterus for the implantation. This is usually additional progesterone to help grow the uterine lining. You and your doctor will discuss which embryo to transfer โ typically, theyโll 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.
8โ14 days after transfer, your doctor will order a blood test to find out if youโre 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.