IVF Process

Before the actual cycle begins, we ensure your body is ready for the best possible outcome.

• Fertility Assessment: For women, we conduct essential blood tests (like the AMH test to check egg reserve) and an ultrasound scan to check the health of the uterus. The male partner undergoes a detailed Semen Analysis.
• Personalized Protocol: Based on your reports, age, and weight, our specialists design a specific “treatment plan” just for you. We decide the exact dose of medication needed to produce the best quality eggs.
• Counselling: Our fertility nurses explain the timeline and teach you how to take the medications safely at home.

• Timeline: Starts on Day 2 or 3 of your period, lasts for 10-12 days.
• The Goal: In a natural cycle, you release only one egg. In IVF, we need multiple eggs to increase your chances of success.
• Injections: You will take daily hormone injections (Gonadotropins) to stimulate your ovaries. These act like “food” for your eggs, helping them grow.
• Is it painful? Most patients are surprised by how easy this is! We use advanced “pen-style” needles that are very thin and cause minimal discomfort, similar to a mosquito bite or a diabetic insulin shot.

You are never doing this alone. During the stimulation phase, you will visit Ferty9 every 2 to 3 days.

• What happens: We perform transvaginal ultrasound scans to measure the size of your growing follicles (fluid sacs containing eggs).
• Why it matters: This helps us adjust your medication dose accurately. We want the follicles to reach the ideal size of 18mm to 20mm.

• Timeline: Exactly 34–36 hours before egg collection.
• The Crucial Step: Once the follicles are ready, you take one final injection called the HCG Trigger Shot.
• Precision: This injection tells the eggs to mature and loosen from the follicle wall. You must take this shot at the exact time instructed by your nurse (usually late at night).

• Timeline: Day 0 (The day of the procedure).
• The Procedure: This is a minor surgical procedure done at our centre.
• Painless Experience: You will be given mild sedation (anaesthesia), so you will sleep through the process and feel no pain.
• How it works: The doctor uses a thin ultrasound-guided needle to gently suction the eggs from the ovaries. The process takes only 15 to 20 minutes.
• Recovery: You can go home after resting for 2-3 hours. No overnight hospital stay is needed.

While the eggs are being collected, the male partner provides a fresh semen sample.

• Sperm Washing: Our lab uses advanced “density gradient” techniques to filter the sample, selecting only the healthiest, fastest-moving sperm.
• Fertilization:
  • Standard IVF: Healthy sperm are placed in a dish with the eggs to fertilize naturally.
  • ICSI (Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection): For male infertility cases, our expert embryologist injects a single healthy sperm directly into each egg to ensure fertilization.

• Timeline: Day 1 to Day 5 after retrieval.
• The Lab Phase: The fertilized eggs (now called embryos) are kept in high-tech incubators that mimic the human womb.
• Blastocyst Culture: At Ferty9, we strive to grow embryos to Day 5 (Blastocyst stage). Day 5 embryos are stronger and have a significantly higher chance of implantation than Day 3 embryos.

• Timeline: Day 5 (Fresh Transfer) or Next Cycle (Frozen Transfer).
• The “Magic” Moment: The best quality embryo is selected for transfer.
• The Procedure: This is a simple, painless step that feels like a Pap smear. The doctor uses a soft, thin tube to gently place the embryo into your uterus.
• No Anaesthesia: You remain awake and can watch the process on the ultrasound screen.
• Freezing: Any extra high-quality embryos are frozen (cryopreserved) for future attempts, saving you the cost of a full cycle later.

• Timeline: 14 Days after transfer.
• Medication: You will take Progesterone support (capsules or gel) to prepare your uterine lining to hold the pregnancy.
• The Result: Two weeks after the transfer, we perform a Beta-hCG blood test to confirm your pregnancy. This is the most accurate way to detect if the procedure was successful.