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Search Search Search. New Patient Appointment. The egg retrieval takes approximately minutes. You will be able to return home after a brief recovery from your procedure.
Because of the powerful narcotics and effects of the anesthesia, you must have someone else drive you home. Most patients continue to rest at home for the remainder of the day.
Soreness, cramping and mild vaginal bleeding is common on the night of retrieval. We will prescribe pain medication before you leave the clinic.
You should feel back to normal by the following day. After the retrieval, your ovaries actually enlarge and remain enlarged for the next several weeks. Therefore, you should avoid heavy lifting, vigorous exertion or intercourse until your pregnancy test.
A semen sample is generally collected on the day of retrieval and processed by the laboratory for the IVF procedure. In some cases, a frozen sample can be used, particularly when a sample from a sperm donor is necessary.
Eggs are then inseminated with the sperm sample. On the day after the retrieval, we will call you and let you know the number of eggs that fertilized. This procedure will happen three to six days after the oocyte retrieval. The timeline is based on what the doctor and embryologist determine will be most successful. A catheter tube will be inserted into your uterine cavity to place the embryos chosen for transfer.
In this case, as well, we will use an abdominal ultrasound to watch and guide what is happening inside. This procedure requires a full bladder.
That permits our staff to best see your uterus, and allow for the best possible placement of the embryo s. Your doctor and embryologist will work with you to decide on the number of embryos to transfer.
A number of factors will be looked at in making this decision:. Embryos that are not chosen for transfer and that meet freeze criteria will be frozen and stored for later use, if you choose. On the day of the transfer, we will give you specific instructions.
The information involves bed rest, medications and other important directions to follow until the day of your pregnancy test. Progesterone a hormone naturally made by the ovary helps to support the uterine lining. Progesterone supplementation increases the chance of success with IVF. For this reason, you will take progesterone after your egg retrieval.
Your package insert will include warnings about progesterone use in early pregnancy. However, progesterone supplementation is used worldwide for IVF and other infertility treatments.
It is the same natural hormone your ovaries produce and is used in a dose that is not excessive. During the scan we are face to face less than a meter from the person having the scan for longer than 15 minutes which increases risks of transmission of Covid — 19 for all. We will be allowing well behaved children to attend but will be continuing with social distancing, mask wearing and a total of 4 people attending including the person having the scan — we need to ensure we remain as Covid secure as possible even with the lifting of restrictions.
We are asking for everyone to attend on time and not early for their scan to reduce time waiting in the reception area. Facemasks must be worn throughout the appointment in the clinic unless you are exempt.
At the end of each scan you will not need to wait around and can leave directly from the scanning room which again reduces time with anyone else waiting in reception. The scanning room is then cleaned before the next patient arrives. Our staff are maintaining a stringent hand washing policy to reduce the risk of transmission.
We will also note the thickness and appearance of your endometrial lining. One of our reproductive ultrasonographers will perform this routine exam and share the results with our Las Vegas fertility doctors. For our patients who live out of state, this exam may occur at your primary gynecologist or a monitoring clinic. The ultrasound is a typically painless exam with very few side effects. It is safe to perform this exam while you are on your period.
This may seem awkward, but is routine for us. However, you may want to bring an extra pad or tampon. You may also note increased discharge after the exam, as we use lubrication.
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