Fertility Decoded

The journey

In treatment

In a cycle now — appointments, medications, and the wait.

Being in an active cycle is a strange mix of intense and monotonous: injections on a schedule, frequent scans, and long stretches of waiting in between. It's normal to feel both busy and powerless at once, and to have a hundred small questions no one thought to answer.

This stage is the practical companion to your clinic, not a replacement for it. The aim is to make each step less unfamiliar — what the injections and monitoring are for, which symptoms are routine and which mean call the clinic today, and how to get through the two-week wait. Your clinic's instructions always come first; this is orientation for everything in between.

Good places to start

Start hereWhat an IVF cycle looks like, step by stepAn IVF cycle usually runs about four to six weeks of active treatment. You take hormone injections for around 8 to 14 days to grow several…Read more
Embryo grading explained, and what it can't tell youEmbryo grading is the embryologist's visual score of how an embryo looks under the microscope. Day-3 embryos are graded on cell number and…Fertility injections at home, a practical guideMost of an IVF cycle's injections are given at home, under the skin of the lower belly or thigh, usually in the evening at a consistent…OHSS warning signs, and when to call your clinicOvarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) is when the ovaries overreact to fertility injections and fluid shifts out of the blood vessels…Surviving the two-week wait after embryo transferThe two-week wait is the roughly 9 to 14 days between your embryo transfer and the blood test that shows whether a pregnancy has started.…

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