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Stimulation and monitoring

For around ten to twelve days you take medication and attend monitoring appointments.

What happens

Appointments usually involve an ultrasound scan and sometimes a blood test, often early in the morning.
Plan around work or travel: keep mornings flexible and expect the retrieval date to be confirmed only a few days ahead.
Your current instructions are the ones your clinic sends after each scan. Keep them in one place.
Only your care team changes doses or timing, and they tell you how they will communicate changes.

Confirm with your clinic

Where you will find your current instructions
Which visits could happen closer to home
Who to call if instructions change

Who to contact

Your clinic nurse team, through the route your clinic gave you.

Questions to bring to your clinic

Why do I need scans and blood tests during stimulation?How can I plan work or travel?What side effects might I notice?

Get ready for your first injection

Questions people ask

General education from the MYOS patient guide. Every answer is in clinical review and not yet approved by a clinic. Your clinic's own instructions come first.

What about food, alcohol, smoking and exercise?

Ask for guidance for your treatment stage. Discuss smoking, alcohol, cannabis and other substances with the clinic, and check whether any exercise limits apply during stimulation or recovery.

In clinical reviewGeneral educationVersion 1 · effective 2026-11Source: NHS: IVF overview and complications Also in IVF

How can I plan work, travel or childcare?

Keep room for monitoring and a retrieval date that can move. Ask which visits can be remote, how early you will know the procedure date, and what help or transport you should arrange.

In clinical reviewGeneral educationVersion 1 · effective 2026-11Source: HHS Telehealth: Patient guide to hybrid care Also in IVF

What if my period starts or I am ill before starting?

Use the clinic's instructions for reporting cycle day one or illness. Ask the team to confirm when you should start your treatment if the situation differs from the plan.

In clinical reviewYour clinic’s instructions applyVersion 1 · effective 2026-11Source: NHS: IVF overview and complications Also in IVF

Can monitoring be done closer to home?

Some clinics may accept outside scans or blood tests if they can receive and review them on time. Confirm who orders the tests, sends the results and communicates any changes.

In clinical reviewYour clinic’s instructions applyVersion 1 · effective 2026-11Source: HHS Telehealth: Patient guide to hybrid care Also in IVF

Why do I need fertility injections?

Stimulation medicines help several follicles develop. Other medicines may help prevent premature ovulation or trigger final egg maturation. Your clinic specifies which medicines to take and when.

In clinical reviewGeneral educationVersion 1 · effective 2026-11Source: NHS: IVF overview and complications Also in IVF

Why do I need scans and blood tests during stimulation?

The team follows follicle development and, when indicated, hormone levels. These findings can change your medication plan, procedure timing or whether the cycle should continue.

In clinical reviewGeneral educationVersion 1 · effective 2026-11Source: NHS: IVF overview and complications Also in IVF

What if I will run out of medication?

Contact your pharmacy and clinic early. Tell them what remains and when the next dose is due. Any substitution or change should be confirmed by the care team.

In clinical reviewYour clinic’s instructions applyVersion 1 · effective 2026-11Source: NHS: IVF overview and complications Also in IVF

What side effects might I notice during stimulation?

Bloating, pelvic discomfort, headache, mood changes or soreness at injection sites can occur. Contact your clinic promptly for worsening symptoms, especially increasing abdominal swelling, pain or vomiting. See the urgent symptoms page.

In clinical reviewGeneral educationVersion 1 · effective 2026-11Source: HFEA: Risks of fertility treatment Also in IVF

Can a cycle be delayed or cancelled?

Yes. Response to medicines, safety concerns or other clinical factors can change the plan. Ask the clinician what happened, what options remain and which costs apply.

In clinical reviewYour care team decidesVersion 1 · effective 2026-11Source: NHS: IVF overview and complications Also in IVF

Stimulation and monitoring

For around ten to twelve days you take medication and attend monitoring appointments.

What happens

Appointments usually involve an ultrasound scan and sometimes a blood test, often early in the morning.
Plan around work or travel: keep mornings flexible and expect the retrieval date to be confirmed only a few days ahead.
Your current instructions are the ones your clinic sends after each scan. Keep them in one place.
Only your care team changes doses or timing, and they tell you how they will communicate changes.

Confirm with your clinic

Where you will find your current instructions
Which visits could happen closer to home
Who to call if instructions change

Who to contact

Your clinic nurse team, through the route your clinic gave you.

Questions to bring to your clinic

Why do I need scans and blood tests during stimulation?How can I plan work or travel?What side effects might I notice?

Questions people ask

General education from the MYOS patient guide. Every answer is in clinical review and not yet approved by a clinic. Your clinic's own instructions come first.

What about food, alcohol, smoking and exercise?

Ask for guidance for your treatment stage. Discuss smoking, alcohol, cannabis and other substances with the clinic, and check whether any exercise limits apply during stimulation or recovery.

In clinical reviewGeneral educationVersion 1 · effective 2026-11Source: NHS: IVF overview and complications Also in IVF

How can I plan work, travel or childcare?

Keep room for monitoring and a retrieval date that can move. Ask which visits can be remote, how early you will know the procedure date, and what help or transport you should arrange.

In clinical reviewGeneral educationVersion 1 · effective 2026-11Source: HHS Telehealth: Patient guide to hybrid care Also in IVF

What if my period starts or I am ill before starting?

Use the clinic's instructions for reporting cycle day one or illness. Ask the team to confirm when you should start your treatment if the situation differs from the plan.

In clinical reviewYour clinic’s instructions applyVersion 1 · effective 2026-11Source: NHS: IVF overview and complications Also in IVF

Can monitoring be done closer to home?

Some clinics may accept outside scans or blood tests if they can receive and review them on time. Confirm who orders the tests, sends the results and communicates any changes.

In clinical reviewYour clinic’s instructions applyVersion 1 · effective 2026-11Source: HHS Telehealth: Patient guide to hybrid care Also in IVF

Why do I need fertility injections?

Stimulation medicines help several follicles develop. Other medicines may help prevent premature ovulation or trigger final egg maturation. Your clinic specifies which medicines to take and when.

In clinical reviewGeneral educationVersion 1 · effective 2026-11Source: NHS: IVF overview and complications Also in IVF

Why do I need scans and blood tests during stimulation?

The team follows follicle development and, when indicated, hormone levels. These findings can change your medication plan, procedure timing or whether the cycle should continue.

In clinical reviewGeneral educationVersion 1 · effective 2026-11Source: NHS: IVF overview and complications Also in IVF

What if I will run out of medication?

Contact your pharmacy and clinic early. Tell them what remains and when the next dose is due. Any substitution or change should be confirmed by the care team.

In clinical reviewYour clinic’s instructions applyVersion 1 · effective 2026-11Source: NHS: IVF overview and complications Also in IVF

What side effects might I notice during stimulation?

In clinical reviewGeneral educationVersion 1 · effective 2026-11Source: HFEA: Risks of fertility treatment Also in IVF

Can a cycle be delayed or cancelled?

Yes. Response to medicines, safety concerns or other clinical factors can change the plan. Ask the clinician what happened, what options remain and which costs apply.

In clinical reviewYour care team decidesVersion 1 · effective 2026-11Source: NHS: IVF overview and complications Also in IVF