Before egg recovery
- • Before ready for egg recovery. As usual, the nurses will ring to inform about drug doses.
- • An HCG injection must be given under the skin about 34 – 36 hours before egg recovery to complete the egg maturation. Along with the time of egg recovery, the nurses will confirm the date and time of HCG injection. It is very important that one should take the injection in the time stated. The next day the one will not need any injections.
- • From the midnight before the egg recovery, no food or drink is taken.
- • Slippers, dressing gown, toilet bags are recommended to bring. An embryologist will see the one before discharge. She will need somebody to take home and stay with her overnight.
- • After the operation, symptoms like feeling tired, having mild abdominal pain, bloated, and vaginal bleeding for some days. Taking rest for a couple of days is mandatory.
- • It is essential to inform the unit if one is admitted to another hospital after egg recovery.
After egg recovery
- • After the egg recovery being successful, taking rest for a few days is needed. Symptoms like mild period pains, feeling tired are observed. For pain relief, Paracetamol can be used. If one experiences the symptoms (Ovarian hyperstimulation) like vomiting, persistent sickness, thirst, and reduction in the amount of urine, contact the specialists immediately.
- • The team will explain how and when to use cyclogest pessaries. From the day following egg collection, pessaries should be used, by inserting one pessary vaginally first thing in the morning and the last thing at night.
- • But on the day of embryo transfer, usage of pessary should be done after the confirmation of embryologists only. And the usage of pessaries is continued till the date of one go for a pregnancy test. If the test results positive, pessary usage is continued until the scan date. If the test results negative, one should stop using pessaries.
- • In the event of an emergency outside of working hours, please telephone on 8801233333.