Before starting IVF treatment, you’ll need a thorough medical exam and fertility tests. Your partner will be examined and tested as well. Some of the preparation you’ll go through includes:
- IVF consultation (meet with healthcare providers to discuss the details of the IVF process).
- A uterine exam, up-to-date Pap test and mammogram (if over 40).
- A semen analysis.
- Screening for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and other infectious diseases.
- Ovarian reserve testing, and blood and urine tests.
- Instructions on how to administer fertility medications.
- Genetic carrier screening.
- Sign consent forms.
- Uterine cavity evaluation (hysteroscopy or saline-infused sonography (SIS)).
Your healthcare provider will have you start supplementing with folic acid at least three months before embryo transfer.