Boosting your egg production1, 2
After your natural hormone cycle has been suppressed, you’ll need to take an IVF treatment that encourages your ovaries to produce more eggs than normal
These treatments are called gonadotrophins. They contain a hormone called follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), and possibly luteinising hormone (LH) too.
You’ll usually need to take them as daily injections you give yourself for around two weeks (treatment duration can vary). Giving injections like this can be a little daunting at first, but you’ll be given plenty of support and guidance to learn how to do this.
References:
1. National Institute of Health and Care Excellence. Fertility problems: Assessment and treatment [CG156].
Available: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg156 (last accessed on April 2021).
2. National Health Service (NHS). What happens – IVF (Page last reviewed: 01 August 2019).
Available: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/ivf/what-happens/ (last accessed on April 2021).
UK-RMMH-2100028 | Date of preparation: June 2021
