Includes the following steps:
1. Fertility assessment (usually includes bloodwork and transvaginal ultrasound and is performed at a fertility doctor's office)
2. Preparation (including information on medications and lifestyle changes)
3. Stimulation (10-12 days of medication injections to stimulate the growth of follicles, future eggs)
4. Egg retrieval (15-minute simple surgical procedure performed under anesthesia)
5. Recovery (up to 7 days without intercourse and extensive exercising)
The whole process, or one cycle, takes around about 2.5 weeks to complete.