The transfer itself is relatively easy, much like a pap smear, and requires no anesthesia. The patient’s legs are placed in stirrups and Dr. Springer will spend several minutes cleaning your cervix and assuring that the embryos can be transferred quickly. Once this is accomplished, the embryos will be transferred by placing very small flexible catheter into your cervix and injecting the embryos.

Most people do not feel the actual transfer at all. We have our patients rest in the office for about 30 minutes. It is not necessary to stay in bed or even at home for the rest of the day. We do, however, recommend that our patients avoid heavy exercise or intercourse for the next several days.

Our patients are instructed to return to our office for follow up visits and blood work several times over the next 12 days. During this time they continue to take Progesterone shots, and our office will advise any changes in dosage. A pregnancy test will be done 12 days after the transfer – 9 days after the blastocyst transfer. If the test is positive Progesterone shots are continued as instructed.

We offer one bit of advice to all our patients going through IVF: “When in doubt, call us”. You are not bothering us, and we rest much better if we know that you understand all our directions. In order to maximize your chance of success, it is vital that we work as a team, and the first step in teamwork is communication.