Fertility journeys

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This section is designed to help you choose the right clinic and to demystify what your fertility journey might look like. We want to give you an idea of what you’ll do and who you’ll meet along the way. There are plenty of links to more information about each stage.

We have put together pathways for the following scenarios. We hope this explains how we can help you try to start or grow your family, be it now or in the future. If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to call the clinic, where someone will be available to talk things over.

IVF journey

A typical IVF journey can also be called a ‘stimulated cycle’. Here, treatment will involve drugs that stimulate your body so we can collect a number of eggs for fertilisation.

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Donor or frozen embryo treatments

You might require treatment using your own frozen or donor frozen embryos. These treatments typically do not require stimulating drugs, so are known as un-stimulated cycles. Whether you are using your own frozen or donor frozen embryos, the treatment journeys are similar.

Other treatment journeys

There are many ways we can help you to start or grow a family. What you need will depend on your individual situation; it could be fertility preservation, egg freezing, support with donor treatments, or help embarking on a natural cycle to try to have a child. Whatever your journey, these are a few key stages that apply to everyone who comes to the clinic for treatment.