Ovarian Stimulation

This involves stimulating the development and the release of eggs using various infertility medications.

Infertility medications like gonadotropins will be used to stimulate the growth of the follicles/eggs in the ovaries which will be retrieved for IVF procedure.

Your doctor will monitor you frequently during this time to make sure your follicles are developing properly and to identify the right time for egg retrieval. Once your follicles are developed, your doctor will retrieve the mature eggs.

What does it involve?

Your treatment will depend on your specify needs but it generally include following pathway:

Are there any restrictions of using hCG injection?

Sometimes hCG injection may be stopped because:

• A lack of mature eggs for fertilization
• Woman ovulates prematurely and the eggs cannot be retrieved
• Woman develops too many follicles and doctor feels that it would be unsafe to give the hCG injection.

How long is ovarian stimulation?

It can be a lengthy process with a lot of your time devoting to attending appointments with your doctor and taking your medications at the right time. The length of ovarian stimulation will depend on your ovarian response during the treatment.