IVF Treatment at a Leading San Diego Fertility Center

The initial step in your fertility treatment will involve medications to prepare your body for the ovarian stimulation process. Following this, we administer specialized medications to stimulate your ovaries and promote the production of eggs.

Upon reaching maturity, the eggs will be retrieved in our on-site surgical center. The eggs will then be cared for in our state-of-the-art San Diego laboratory where they will undergo the fertilization process.

In our laboratory, most of the time, we inject each mature egg with a single sperm (ICSI procedure) from your partner or a donor. The day following your egg retrieval, we will let you know how many eggs were successfully fertilized.

We culture the embryos in a controlled environment and closely monitor their development and quality throughout the process.

If you choose to have pre-implantation genetic testing on your embryos to screen for chromosomal abnormalities, we perform biopsy by removing 4 to 6 cells from your embryos. These cells are sent to the genetic laboratory while your embryos are frozen.

Your embryos are frozen at the blastocyst stage (day 5 – day 7) using the vitrification method until you are ready for transfer. Your frozen embryos are securely stored in a liquid nitrogen tank of -196 degrees celsius, with continuous monitoring through an alarm system.

Whether following your normal menstrual cycle or using medications to simulate a menstrual cycle, you will have an appropriate balance of hormones to ensure your body is ready to accept the embryo.

On the day of the transfer, the embryo is thawed (“warmed”), and our skilled physicians carefully transfer the embryo into your uterus under ultrasound guidance.

Eleven days after your embryo transfer, we will perform a pregnancy test to determine if your dream of becoming a parent has come true. We hope to share wonderful news with you!