What to expect during the ovum pick-up?

What to expect during the ovum pick-up?

To ensure that you don’t experience any pain or discomfort throughout the surgery, you will first be given anesthesia. General anesthetic or local (intravenous) anesthesia is both options for performing the surgery. The procedure will subsequently be performed by the gynecologist surgeon. The process might take 20 to 30 minutes, but it also might go more quickly. Under ultrasound guidance, a long, thin needle is inserted via the vaginal opening during the surgery. Finding the ovaries and follicles is made easier by the ultrasound. A needle is gently pushed into the follicles during the ovum pick-up procedure to collect the follicular fluids, which contains the eggs.               

What to expect during the ovum pick-up?