{"id":364,"date":"2022-03-05T12:10:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T10:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/?page_id=364"},"modified":"2026-05-04T10:49:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T07:49:13","slug":"stages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/en\/stages\/","title":{"rendered":"STAGES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IVF treatment involves the fertilization of an egg (or eggs) outside the body. The treatment can be performed using your own eggs and sperm or using either donated sperm or donated eggs, or both.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stages:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A. Ovarian Stimulation<\/strong><br \/>\nYou will be given a fertility hormone known as gonadotrophin to increase the number of eggs you produce.<br \/>\nYou will usually take this as a daily injection for around 10 \u2013 12 days. Another drug is also added to avoid ovulation.<br \/>\nThe clinic will monitor your progress throughout the drug treatment through vaginal ultrasound scans and blood tests.<\/p>\n<p><strong>B. Collecting and fertilizing the eggs<\/strong><br \/>\nYour eggs are collected using ultrasound guidance while you are sedated.<br \/>\nA hollow needle is attached to the ultrasound probe and is used to collect the eggs from the follicles on each ovary.<br \/>\nAt the same day your husband will be asked to produce a sample of sperm.<br \/>\nYour eggs will be mixed with your partner\u2019s sperm and cultured in the laboratory for 16 \u2013 20 hours after which they are checked for signs of fertilization.<\/p>\n<p><strong>C. Embryo transfer<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you are under the age of 40, one or two embryos may be transferred. If you are 40 or over, a maximum of three may be used.<br \/>\nThis is normally a pain \u2013 free procedure and usually no sedation is necessary<\/p>\n<p><strong>D. Results \u2013 Success Rate<\/strong><br \/>\nA blood test (\u03b2 \u2013 hCG) is done twelve days after embryo transfer.<br \/>\nIn case of a positive result, a vaginal ultrasound is performed in two weeks to confirm the pregnancy.<br \/>\nSuccess rate up to 45% is realistic figure especially in young women under 35 years old.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-367\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/stadia003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/stadia003.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/stadia003-300x276.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/stadia001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/stadia001.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/stadia001-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-711 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/stages04-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Stages\" width=\"387\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/stages04-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/stages04.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IVF treatment involves the fertilization of an egg (or eggs) outside the body. The treatment can be performed using your own eggs and sperm or using either donated sperm or donated eggs, or both. Stages: A. Ovarian Stimulation You will be given a fertility hormone known as gonadotrophin to increase the number of eggs you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":365,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"english-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-364","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":714,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/364\/revisions\/714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}