Services
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Suppression and stimulation - medication to control your natural cycle, then hormone injections to encourage several eggs to mature at once
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Monitoring - after around five days of injections, an ultrasound scan and blood test confirm how your body is responding, which avoids under- or over-stimulating the ovaries and helps determine the timing of egg collection
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Trigger and egg collection - a final injection to mature the eggs, then collection under light sedation as a day procedure
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Fertilisation - eggs and prepared sperm combined in the laboratory
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Embryo development - embryos grown and assessed over several days in the laboratory
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Transfer - one embryo placed in the uterus in a short outpatient procedure; any others suitable for freezing are stored
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The wait - a blood test around two weeks later confirms whether the cycle has worked
Blood and ultrasound tests are carried out by nursing staff at the clinic as part of your treatment.
Who it's for:
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Blocked or damaged fallopian tubes
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Endometriosis affecting fertility
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Ovulation disorders that haven't responded to simpler treatment
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Unexplained infertility after full investigation
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Same-sex couples and single people using donor sperm or eggs
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Anyone needing genetic testing of embryos before transfer