Use this checklist during your call with the fertility specialist. Select YES or NO for each item to reveal tailored guidance. Each new question appears after you answer the current one, and previous answers remain visible.
1. Medical History
Have you shared your full medical history, including any relevant details from your partner?
✔️ Great! Providing a detailed and transparent medical history (past pregnancies, surgeries, fertility challenges) helps your doctor tailor the right treatment plan for you. Don’t forget to include your partner’s info too.
⚠️ Please gather your full medical history including past treatments, conditions, and medications. Omitting important details may lead to delays or ineffective protocols. Involve your partner in sharing their medical background.
2. Pre-IVF Tests
Did you complete all the necessary pre-IVF tests recommended by your clinic?
✔️ Perfect! Tests like AMH, TSH, ultrasound, and semen analysis are essential to customize your care. Being thorough early helps avoid delays.
⚠️ Contact your clinic to confirm which tests are required. Missing key diagnostics (like AMH, infectious disease screening, sperm tests) can halt treatment or cause missteps in your plan.
3. Treatment Timeline
Do you understand your treatment timeline, including number of visits and stages?
✔️ Awesome! Having clarity on your IVF timeline (from stimulation to transfer) lets you plan work leave, travel, and emotional readiness.
⚠️ Ask your doctor to walk you through the IVF calendar — stimulation, retrieval, transfer, test. Knowing this helps avoid surprises and logistical stress.
4. Backup Plans
Do you know what your backup plans are if things don’t go as expected (Plan B or C)?
✔️ Excellent! Being prepared for variations in response, egg development, or embryo growth will help you adapt and stay calm during the cycle.
⚠️ Discuss alternate scenarios with your clinic — what if stimulation response is low? Or no viable embryos? Planning reduces stress and improves decision-making.
5. Personal Success Chances
Have you discussed your personal chances of IVF success with your doctor?
✔️ That’s important! Success depends on age, egg quality, sperm health, past outcomes. Understanding your odds sets realistic expectations.
⚠️ Every patient is unique. Ask your clinic for data based on your specific situation. This helps guide decisions and emotional preparedness.
6. Risks Awareness
Are you aware of the potential short- and long-term risks of IVF treatment?
✔️ Great! Knowing about OHSS, multiple pregnancies, emotional toll, and retrieval risks helps you make informed choices.
⚠️ Ask your doctor to explain potential complications — both medical and emotional. This prepares you mentally and physically for what lies ahead.
7. Embryo Transfer Policy
Do you understand how many embryos will be transferred or frozen?
✔️ Fantastic. This affects success rates and risks. Knowing clinic policies on single vs. multiple transfer helps guide safer choices.
⚠️ Talk to your doctor about embryo transfer policy. Ask how embryos are frozen (in pairs or singles), and the costs/benefits of freezing extras.
8. Future Family Planning
Have you considered family planning beyond this cycle (future siblings or freezing)?
✔️ Smart planning! Discussing long-term goals helps ensure enough embryos are frozen or eggs preserved for future children.
⚠️ Consider your future. Ask about embryo or egg freezing for later use. It may save time, money, and stress in the future.
9. Supplements Review
Have you reviewed your supplements and vitamins with your clinic?
✔️ Excellent! Aligning supplements like folate, CoQ10, or Omega-3 with your protocol avoids interactions and supports fertility.
⚠️ Show your clinic all supplements you're taking. Some may interfere with medications or hormone levels. Better safe than sorry.
10. Cost Transparency
Do you fully understand all costs involved, including potential extras?
✔️ Wonderful. Budgeting ahead for medications, lab work, storage, and travel helps reduce surprises and stress.
⚠️ IVF costs can add up. Ask for an itemized quote: meds, ICSI, PGT-A, embryo freezing, travel — and check for hidden fees.
11. Support Services
Have you explored additional support services like acupuncture or counseling?
✔️ Great idea! Emotional and physical support (nutrition, therapy, acupuncture) can boost your overall IVF experience.
⚠️ Many clinics offer wellness services — ask! Managing stress, diet, and logistics makes treatment more manageable.
12. Final Review
Did you review all info and follow up on unclear points before committing?