Hosted by Dr Raelia Lew 
Dr Raelia Lew Fertility Specialist & Gynaecologist Medical Director of Women's Health Melbourne and Melbourne IVF. President of ANZSREI, the society for fertility specialists in Australia and New Zealand, and host of the Knocked Up podcast.
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About this episode
Starting fertility treatment often takes longer than we would expect, it is not the case that you see your fertility specialist and start the next week.
We talk through step by step, day by day what to expect including:
- Preparing for an IVF cycle
- Pretreatment investigations
- Optimising health of gametes(egg and sperm) for IVF
- Legislative requirements
- Pretreatment clinical preparation and education
- Starting a cycle: with period versus scheduled
- What is the time line of an IVF cycle
- 2 weeks prep, monitoring
- The OPU
- Luteal phase support
- The Embryo Transfer
- The two week wait Related episodes:
- OHSS
- Ectopic Pregnancies
Have questions about your own fertility?
There's no rush and no pressure. When it feels right, book a conversation with Dr Raelia Lew and the Women's Health Melbourne team — we'll take it at your pace.
