IVF protocols

There are two IVF treatment protocols:

• Antagonist "short" cycle takes approximately 4 weeks to complete.
• Long down regulation "long" cycle takes 5 to 8 weeks to complete.

Insemination methods

Eggs are inseminated with sperm in the laboratory using one of two techniques:

• Invitro-fertilisation (IVF) - eggs and sperm are mixed in nutrient media and fertilisation occurs naturally.
• Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) - a single sperm is injected into an egg to assist with fertilisation.  

Fertilisation is assessed the following day to determine if there are two pronuclei (ie the DNA of the female’s egg and male’s sperm).

Outline

IVF treatment starts when your period begins. In brief, a treatment cycle involves:

1. Hormonal injections
2. Egg retrieval
3. Fertilisation of eggs with sperm
4. Embryos cultured in nutrient media
5. Embryo transfer of your best embryo and freeze any suitable embryos for the future
6. Pregnancy test is scheduled approximately 2 weeks later

IVF explained

Eggs are inseminated with sperm

Pregnancy test

A pregnancy test is arranged ​11 to 14 days after embryo transfer. 

If you are pregnant we would love to hear from you! Please arrange to see Dr Fong with your 7 weeks obstetric ultrasound. ​If you are not, please make an appointment with Dr Fong to review the cycle and plan the next step. ​​​

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