Egg Collection

This is carried out under sedation. Ultrasound scanning is used to guide the needle through the side of the vaginal wall into the ovarian follicles. This is a day-case procedure, which takes approximately 20 minutes. You should be well enough to go home approximately 1-2 hours after egg collection.

To optimise the success of each cycle, the following figures need to be considered:

• 80% of follicles will contain an egg
• 80% of eggs collected will be mature
• 60-70% of the mature eggs will fertilise
• 90-95% of the fertilised eggs will cleave and form embryos.