Antega updates — Canada

• A fuller Medication & Supplement Tracker, with dose reminders

  Choose the type of medicine first — stimulation, antagonist, trigger, progesterone, antibiotic, steroid, blood thinner, supplement and more — then pick the exact medicine from the list for your own country, or type your own. Record the dose your clinic prescribed, how often you take it, the times of day and how many days the course runs for, then tick each dose off as you take it. Switch reminders on and Antega will send a notification to your device at every dose time. Your clinic always decides what you take; Antega only repeats back what you have recorded.

• Compare the fertility medicines used in your country

  The comparison area now has a Medications section. Look up a medicine by brand or by its active ingredient and see, for your own country, which strengths and devices exist, how that exact product says it should be stored, whether it is registered and currently marketed, whether fertility use sits inside its licence, and the official source with the date Antega checked it. Every country has its own register, so a brand is never shown somewhere it has not been verified. There are no doses, no timings and no medicine prices — your clinic prescribes, and each card links to the matching guide, injection video and planning tools.

• Clearer clinic prices and optional clinic matching

  The clinic comparison now shows one like-for-like figure — a standard own-egg IVF or ICSI cycle intended to end in one fresh embryo transfer — alongside the clinic's advertised price, unavoidable extra charges and an estimated medication range where the clinic publishes one. Thirty-five more clinics have been added at home and abroad, multi-cycle and refund programmes are listed, and you can now switch on Antega Match to see which clinics fit what you are looking for, with every reason explained.

• New frozen embryo transfer and double stimulation resources

  Every published Antega country now has a Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET) Cycle Checklist, a guide explaining the difference between natural, modified natural and medicated FET, a guide to the Shanghai Protocol (DuoStim) double ovarian stimulation approach, and a DuoStim journey checklist. Each version is written for its own country, with local spelling, terminology and urgent-care wording, and links to the medication and appointment planners so you can add the instructions your clinic has given you.

• Family Fertility Support wording has been simplified

  Across every published Antega country, Family Fertility Support now states clearly that it may include every Growth package option without repeating each option. It may also include eligible travel and accommodation support, including international travel and accommodation when required. Hope, Growth and Family support may be provided in stages up to the applicable maximum allowance, subject to eligibility, verification, approved costs and the Fertility Support Programme Terms.

• Family Fertility Support now includes every Growth package option

  Historical update — superseded

  Across every published Antega country, Family Fertility Support may now cover all five Growth package options together: Getting Started, Medication, Egg Collection, Embryo and Laboratory. Family continues to provide broader eligible treatment support as well. Support is not guaranteed and remains subject to verification, the member's treatment plan, approved costs, local availability and the Fertility Support Programme Terms. Membership prices, shop benefits, Seeds and payment arrangements are unchanged.

  Family support now references every Growth package option without relisting them and also includes eligible travel and accommodation support where required.

• Growth Fertility Support package details are now consistent

  Every Antega country now describes the same five Growth Fertility Support options wherever Growth support is explained: Getting Started, Medication, Egg Collection, Embryo and Laboratory. A confirmed Growth Fertility Support Recipient receives one package, subject to verification, their treatment plan, approved costs and the Fertility Support Programme Terms. Membership prices, Seeds, shop benefits and payment arrangements are unchanged.

• Growth membership now includes free standard delivery

  Growth and Family members now receive free standard delivery on eligible Antega Shop orders in every published country where Antega can fulfil delivery. Hope members continue to receive their 5% member discount and pay the standard delivery charge. Discover members continue to shop at public prices with no member discount or delivery benefit. Membership prices, Family rewards, Seeds and Fertility Support are unchanged.

• Antega Fertility Support is part of membership in every published country

  The Fertility Support Programme is no longer described as a United Kingdom feature. It now forms part of qualifying Hope, Growth and Family memberships in every published Antega country, each with its own currency and its own approved maximum support values. The country saved on your Antega account decides which values and rules apply to you, and support always remains subject to eligibility, verification and the Fertility Support Programme Terms.

• Every Antega country now has its own joining page

  The United Kingdom joining page is now the shared design for every Antega country. The United States, Canada, Australia, India, Nigeria and South Africa each have their own joining page showing Discover first, then Hope, Growth and Family, always in that country's own currency and prices. Monthly and annual billing applies only to the paid memberships, and choosing Discover still means no card details and no automatic upgrade. Joining links across the site now take you to the page for the country you are browsing.

• Eligible Family members can now request their ancestry kit

  Once your country’s qualifying continuous paid Family period is complete, you can request your one-time DNA Ancestry Kit from your account. Confirm the delivery address, submit the request once, and follow its clear preparing, dispatched and delivered status from the same Family benefits panel. The kit explores ancestry and heritage only; it is not a fertility, medical, carrier or diagnostic test.

• Welcome Shop Credit can now be spent at checkout

  Family members can now apply their available Welcome Shop Credit to eligible Antega Shop products at checkout. Your local credit, member discount and delivery benefit are calculated separately, the amount used appears clearly in your order summary, and any remaining balance stays in your account. Shop prices and payment use your country's currency across the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, India, Nigeria and South Africa. The fixed conversion rates are reviewed every three months; the rate used is recorded with each order. As requested, no tax or VAT is added. Discover, Hope and Growth do not receive Welcome Shop Credit, and Seeds and Fertility Support are unchanged.

• The same shop benefits and Family rewards in every country

  Antega Shop benefits work the same way wherever you are. Hope members save 5%, Growth members save 10% and Family members save 15%, always calculated from your own country's local price and applied automatically when you are signed in — no codes. Growth and Family memberships include free standard delivery on eligible Antega Shop orders where we can deliver to you; Hope pays the standard delivery charge. The free Discover membership includes no shop discount, no free delivery, no Welcome Shop Credit and no DNA Ancestry Kit; Discover members shop at standard public prices. Every country's Family membership gives two separate tangible benefits rather than a choice between them: a one-off Welcome Shop Credit once your first Family payment is confirmed — £15 in the United Kingdom, $22.50 in the United States, C$30 in Canada, A$30 in Australia, ₹1,000 in India, ₦15,000 in Nigeria and R200 in South Africa — and a DNA Ancestry Kit after 6 continuous paid Family months in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and Australia, or 12 continuous paid Family months in India, Nigeria and South Africa. Only successfully paid Family months count; failed, unpaid or refunded periods do not, and a break in Family membership starts the qualifying period again. The credit is one per member ever, has no cash alternative, is non-transferable and cannot be exchanged for Seeds. The ancestry kit explores ancestry and heritage only — it is not a fertility, medical, carrier or diagnostic test. Your credit and your month-by-month progress appear in your account. Membership prices are unchanged, and Seeds and Fertility Support are unaffected.

• Discover: a free Antega membership for everyone

  Antega now has a free membership level called Discover, sitting before Hope, Growth and Family. It is not a trial: there is no payment method, nothing expires, and it never turns into a paid membership on its own. Discover members get a selected part of their own country's Learning Centre — beginner guides, trying-to-conceive and pregnancy recipes, introductory videos — plus starter planning tools such as the cycle calendar, appointment notes, questions for your doctor and test results, and the ability to save whatever helps. Everything follows your registered country, so you see the guidance, wording and prices that actually apply to you; reading another country's pages is now clearly marked as information only and never shows prices or joining options. Support Seeds, Fertility Support eligibility, live webinars, member discounts and the full library remain part of Hope, Growth and Family. If you upgrade later, or a paid membership ends, your saved items, notes, tracker entries, journals and country all stay with you.

• More Canadian fertility videos added

  The Canada video library now also covers fresh versus frozen embryo transfer, blastocysts, cycle monitoring, male-factor infertility and sperm health, the safety of IUI, an introduction to genetic testing of embryos, egg freezing compared with embryo freezing, donor conception and gestational carriers, emotional support and coping with difficult days, recurrent pregnancy loss and the tests used after repeated loss, metabolic health, GLP-1 medicines such as Ozempic before pregnancy, insurance and coverage, tax credits and planning treatment costs, plus three specialist question-and-answer sessions. The videos come from Canadian educational sources and clinic teaching material; including a clinic is not an endorsement, and promotional framing has been removed. Where an older recording differs from current Canadian guidance from CFAS, SOGC or Health Canada, we say so in the summary — particularly around immune testing and add-on treatments after recurrent loss, and around funding, tax and cost figures, which change. Nothing here tells you to start, stop or change a prescribed medicine; that is a conversation with the clinician who prescribes it. Videos about pregnancy loss carry a content note, and each video links to the related Canadian guides.

• New Canadian fertility video library

  We've expanded the Canada Learning Centre with a new collection of Canadian fertility videos covering IVF, IUI, egg freezing, fertility preservation before cancer treatment, genetic testing of embryos, endometriosis, ovarian reserve, age and lifestyle, emotional wellbeing and practical fertility-medication demonstrations. The videos come from Canadian sources: the MUHC Reproductive Centre and SickKids for fertility preservation, and educational material from TRIO Fertility, Olive Fertility Centre and the Montreal Fertility Centre. Including a clinic's video is not an endorsement of that clinic, and we have removed promotional framing from every summary. Medication and injection videos are grouped separately and carry a safety note: devices, formulations and prescribed doses differ, so use them as technique demonstrations only and follow the instructions from your own clinic or pharmacist. Each video links to the related Canadian guides.

• New Canada guides on IVF law, donor conception, surrogacy and travel

  The Canada Learning Centre now covers the federal side of fertility care properly. New guides explain the Assisted Human Reproduction Act in plain language, using donor eggs and donor sperm with Health Canada's screening and quarantine requirements, the Canadian difference between prohibited payment and receipt-based reimbursement of donor and surrogacy expenditures, how altruistic surrogacy works and why parentage steps differ by province and territory, preimplantation genetic testing including where Quebec's programme may cover it, and how to plan travel between provinces for monitoring, retrieval and transfer including Northern and winter considerations. Each guide uses Health Canada, provincial programme pages, CFAS and the SOGC, and carries the date it was last reviewed.

• The Canada A–Z fertility glossary is now complete

  The Canadian glossary has grown from 13 entries to 325, written in Canadian terminology and covering investigations, ovulation, hormones, IVF, ICSI, IUI, embryo development, PGT and genetics, male fertility, uterine and tubal conditions, endometriosis, pregnancy loss, early pregnancy, fertility preservation, donor conception, surrogacy, LGBTQ+ family building, medicines, the laboratory, provincial funding programmes and Canada's federal assisted reproduction law. Every entry carries plain-language wording, common alternative names so search finds the term you actually typed, links to related terms and to the Canadian guides that explain the topic in depth, its sources and the date it was last reviewed. You can search the glossary, filter it by subject and jump straight to any letter.

• Canadian recipe collection expanded to 80 recipes

  The Canada Learning Centre now has 80 Canadian recipes across trying to conceive and pregnancy, covering breakfasts, lunches, evening meals, soups, snacks, smoothies, desserts and batch cooking, with vegetarian, plant-based, fish, poultry, meat, quick and freezer-friendly options. Ingredients are metric, each recipe lists allergens, substitutions, storage, freezing and reheating advice, and safety notes follow Health Canada guidance on food safety in pregnancy, lower-mercury fish and safe internal cooking temperatures. Every recipe has its own photograph and works with the shopping list and saved recipes.

• New Canadian fertility checklists added

  We've expanded the Canada Learning Centre with practical checklists covering fertility testing, semen analysis, choosing a clinic, treatment costs, provincial and territorial funding, IVF preparation, medication and injection safety, monitoring visits, the trigger injection, egg retrieval and recovery, OHSS symptoms, embryo transfer and frozen transfer, the two-week wait, IUI and ovulation induction, male fertility and azoospermia, fertility preservation and egg freezing, donor sperm and donor egg treatment, 2SLGBTQ+ family building, recurrent pregnancy loss, unsuccessful cycles and pregnancy loss support — developed around current Canadian guidance from CFAS, the SOGC, Health Canada and provincial programmes. Each one is interactive, saves your progress and links to the matching Canadian guides.

• New Canada guides on genetic, testicular, congenital and complex ovarian conditions

  The Canada Learning Centre now covers specialised diagnoses that general fertility sites usually skip. New male guides explain Klinefelter syndrome, Y chromosome microdeletions, CFTR variants and absent vas deferens, hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, testosterone treatment and sperm production, a history of undescended testes, fertility after testicular torsion, orchitis and epididymitis, obstructive azoospermia and fertility with one testicle. New female guides cover Turner syndrome, MRKH syndrome, uterus didelphys and septate uterus, unicornuate uterus, fertility with one ovary, ovarian cyst surgery and ovarian reserve, ovarian torsion, deep and repeat endometriosis surgery, uterine artery embolisation, family building after hysterectomy, and cervical treatment such as LEEP. Sources are Canadian first, no guide gives doses or promises that sperm retrieval or surgery will succeed, and urgent symptoms are flagged clearly.

• New Canada guides on fertility surgery, IVF laboratory results and early pregnancy

  The Canada Learning Centre now covers the surgical and laboratory side of treatment in far more depth. New guides explain trying to conceive after an ectopic pregnancy, fertility after removal of one or both fallopian tubes, tubal surgery versus IVF, proximal tubal blockage, pelvic adhesions, myomectomy and hysteroscopic fibroid removal, septate uterus and recovery after hysteroscopy. On the laboratory side there is new guidance on mature and immature eggs, abnormal fertilisation, when assisted oocyte activation is genuinely considered, what to do when a cycle ends with no embryo to transfer, and what it means when PGT-A finds no euploid embryos. New early pregnancy guides cover single versus double embryo transfer, twin pregnancy care, pregnancy of unknown location, slow-rising or falling hCG, early pregnancy loss after treatment, and moving from the fertility clinic into maternity care across the provinces. Sources are Canadian first, and no guide promises that surgery or testing will improve your chance of a baby.

• New guides on ovulation, medical conditions and fertility planning

  We've expanded the Canada Learning Centre with new guidance on irregular and absent periods, functional hypothalamic amenorrhea, how ovulation is actually confirmed, what a mid-luteal progesterone test can and cannot tell you, and what the evidence shows about the luteal phase. There is new material on antiphospholipid syndrome in recurrent pregnancy loss and on who genuinely needs thrombophilia testing, on fertility alongside inflammatory bowel disease, epilepsy, high blood pressure, kidney disease and mental-health medicines, and on reviewing prescribed medicines before pregnancy. We've also added guides on family building after cancer treatment, after stopping contraception, after tubal sterilisation or vasectomy, after pelvic surgery, and on cervical factors in fertility treatment. Sources are Canadian first, and no guide advises stopping a prescribed medicine on your own.

• New guides on health conditions, age and fertility

  We've expanded the Canada Learning Centre with deeper guidance on trying to conceive and treatment after 40, high prolactin, diabetes and preparing for pregnancy, autoimmune conditions, and how body weight is discussed in fertility care — written carefully, as one clinical factor among many. There is new material on PCOS ovulation induction and letrozole, fibroids and IVF, ovarian endometrioma, endometriosis surgery before IVF and ovarian cysts, on pelvic inflammatory disease, chlamydia and gonorrhoea, erectile difficulties and painful sex, and on the lifestyle questions people actually ask: smoking and vaping, cannabis, alcohol and caffeine, exercise during treatment, and what the evidence really shows about fertility supplements. Sources are Canadian first — the Public Health Agency of Canada, Health Canada, the SOGC, CFAS and Diabetes Canada — and infection guidance links to current Canadian clinical guidance rather than repeating antibiotic regimens.

• New guides on genetics, fertility preservation and family-building

  We've expanded the Canada Learning Centre with new guidance on genetic testing and counselling — carrier screening, genetic counselling, balanced translocations, PGT-M and PGT-SR — fertility preservation before cancer or other medical treatment, including sperm, egg and embryo freezing, and the decisions people face about embryos in storage: embryo donation, remaining stored embryos, consent, separation and use after a partner's death. There is also new material on LGBTQ+ and solo family-building, reciprocal IVF, fertility preservation for transgender and non-binary people, talking with children about donor conception, pregnancy after loss and biochemical pregnancy after IVF. Every guide uses Health Canada, CFAS and SOGC sources, and is clear that federal law regulates assisted reproduction while parentage and birth registration are provincial or territorial.

• New guides on male fertility, IVF medications and treatment challenges

  We've expanded the Canada Learning Centre with deeper guidance on male-factor infertility — azoospermia, surgical sperm retrieval, sperm DNA fragmentation, ejaculation problems and which male fertility tests are genuinely useful — alongside IVF medications, injections, stimulation protocols and the trigger injection, and step-by-step guides to egg retrieval, embryo transfer and progesterone support. There is also new material on what can happen when things do not go to plan: a lower-than-expected response, a cancelled cycle, few or no eggs fertilising, embryos that stop developing, a thin uterine lining, chronic endometritis and congenital uterine differences, plus early pregnancy blood tests and the first scan after IVF. Every guide uses Canadian sources from CFAS, the SOGC and Health Canada, explains Canadian medication coverage, and is clear about where evidence for add-on treatments is weak.

• New guides on fertility testing, embryo transfer and IVF complications

  We've expanded the Canada Learning Centre with deeper guides covering ovarian reserve and fertility testing, uterine and tubal conditions, embryo development, frozen embryo transfer, recurrent loss, IVF add-ons and treatment complications including OHSS and ectopic pregnancy. New guides explain AMH and antral follicle count, tubal testing and hydrosalpinx, uterine cavity assessment, endometrial polyps, adenomyosis, intrauterine adhesions, premature ovarian insufficiency, repeated unsuccessful embryo transfers, fresh versus frozen transfer, frozen transfer cycle types, and which IVF add-ons actually have evidence. Each one uses Canadian sources from CFAS, the SOGC and Health Canada, shows how your province can affect access and funding, and sets out clearly when to seek urgent care.

• Seeds are earned through activities, not membership

  Antega no longer gives Seeds for holding a membership. The monthly membership Seed allocation has been withdrawn, and starting, renewing, upgrading or downgrading a membership no longer creates any Seed credit. Every Seed is now earned by completing the published Seed-earning activities, which are open to Hope, Growth and Family members on identical terms, so no membership level can produce more Seeds or a better Fertility Support position. Membership levels continue to differ in features, access, resources and the level of Fertility Support you may be eligible for. Seeds credited under the previous rule stay in your Seed history and your balances are unchanged.

• Support Seeds and Lifetime Seeds

  Antega now shows two clear Seed figures. Support Seeds are the Seeds you have available during the current three-month Support Period — you can earn them, use them and, where Antega permits, transfer them, and they reset when the Support Period ends. Lifetime Seeds are a permanent record of every Seed you have personally earned during your Antega journey; they are not spendable and never go down when you use or transfer Seeds. All Seeds remain a single type of Seed, with the source of each transaction recorded in your Seed history. Your garden, Seed page, planting and checkout now show your current Support Seed balance and what it will be after a transaction.

• Fertility Support is now explained by what it may cover

  Hope, Growth and Family are now the only Fertility Support levels — the old Foundation, Enhanced and Complete names have gone. Each membership page and the Hope Garden now set out the types of eligible support each level may provide, from consultations, investigations and testing through to approved medication, IUI, IVF and ICSI contributions, egg collection, embryology, embryo transfer and, at Family level, donor-related treatment and fertility preservation where eligible. A new Fertility Support comparison is built from Antega's central benefit configuration for your country. Support is never guaranteed and depends on your treatment plan, approved costs and verification. Financial limits and full eligibility conditions remain published in the Fertility Support Programme Terms.

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