Fertility Checklists

What to carry, what both partners should ask, and how to leave with a clear next step.

21 checklist items

• • Avoid repeating and paying for tests you have already had
• • Make sure the male partner is assessed in the same visit

The registration, laboratory, staffing and record-keeping checks to make before you commit to a clinic.

16 checklist items

• • Confirm the clinic is legally registered before you pay
• • Understand who will actually perform each part of your treatment

A record of the common investigations for both partners, when they are done and where the report is.

16 checklist items

• • See at a glance which tests are done and which are pending
• • Keep cycle-day timing straight

Questions about your diagnosis, the plan offered, the evidence for it and what happens next.

14 checklist items

• • Understand why this treatment is being recommended for you
• • Separate core treatment from optional extras

What to gather so a second clinic can advise properly without repeating everything.

13 checklist items

• • Give the second doctor the full picture at the first visit
• • Avoid repeating valid tests unnecessarily

Practical steps to take before treatment or while trying, based on Indian public health advice.

15 checklist items

• • Cover the basics both partners are often asked about
• • Raise long-term conditions with your doctor in good time

Everything to settle in the weeks before stimulation starts: consents, tests, medicines, leave and logistics.

17 checklist items

• • Start the cycle with consents and tests already complete
• • Know your visit pattern before you book leave

What to take and what to record at each stimulation scan and blood test.

15 checklist items

• • Keep a clear record of follicle numbers and instructions
• • Avoid missing changed timings given verbally

Fasting, consent, what to carry, and what to check before you leave the clinic.

15 checklist items

• • Arrive prepared so the procedure is not delayed
• • Know the trigger timing matters and is recorded

What to confirm about the embryo, the procedure and the fortnight that follows.

16 checklist items

• • Be clear how many embryos are being transferred, and why
• • Understand what happens to the remaining embryos

Cycle type, monitoring, thaw arrangements and the questions to settle beforehand.

11 checklist items

• • Understand whether your cycle is natural or medicated
• • Know how the thaw will be reported to you

Preparing for intrauterine insemination: tests, timing, the sample and the follow-up.

14 checklist items

• • Confirm tubal and semen assessment are done first
• • Understand the monitoring and timing

The symptoms that need same-day clinical attention, and how to get help quickly where you live.

16 checklist items

• • Recognise symptoms that should not be waited out
• • Have emergency numbers and hospital details ready before you need them

The checks to make at the pharmacy counter: names, strengths, batch, expiry, cold chain and bill.

15 checklist items

• • Check what you were given matches your prescription
• • Confirm the cold chain was maintained

A backup plan for refrigerated medicines during outages, heatwaves and long journeys.

14 checklist items

• • Know each medicine's own storage requirement
• • Have a written plan before the power goes off

Setting up a clean space at home and disposing of needles safely and legally.

17 checklist items

• • Have every supply ready before the first injection
• • Keep a clean, well-lit routine

Planning trains, flights and road travel around scans, collection and transfer, with medicines in tow.

16 checklist items

• • Fit travel around a monitoring schedule that can change
• • Carry medicines safely and legally

The paperwork a registered ART clinic must complete with you, and the copies you should keep.

16 checklist items

• • Know which consents you are signing and why
• • Keep your own complete record set

Abstinence, collection, transport and the report details to check when it comes back.

18 checklist items

• • Give a sample under the conditions the laboratory needs
• • Avoid an unusable or misleading result

What to prepare so the male assessment is as thorough as the female one, from the start.

18 checklist items

• • Make sure male assessment happens early, not last
• • Raise sensitive issues in a structured way

Planning ahead so sample production on the day is not left to chance, including a frozen backup.

13 checklist items

• • Remove the pressure of producing on demand
• • Have a backup arranged in advance

The line items to ask for so the quoted figure is close to what you actually pay.

19 checklist items

• • See what the headline package does and does not include
• • Identify the costs that usually appear later

Questions for your insurer, TPA and employer about what fertility care, if any, is covered.

15 checklist items

• • Get the position in writing before you commit
• • Know which parts may be covered even when IVF is not

What to ask a registered ART bank and clinic about donor eggs or sperm, screening, records and consent.

14 checklist items

• • Understand how donors are sourced and screened under Indian law
• • Know what information about the donor is recorded

The eligibility certificates, approvals and records involved in altruistic surrogacy under Indian law.

16 checklist items

• • Know which certificates the law requires before treatment
• • Keep every approval and record together

The urgent conversations, referrals and consents needed when treatment cannot wait long.

15 checklist items

• • Raise fertility immediately rather than after treatment starts
• • Know which options may be possible in the time available

How to prepare for the review appointment and decide what, if anything, happens next.

16 checklist items

• • Get a proper review rather than an immediate rebooking
• • Understand what the cycle actually showed

Practical, medical and emotional follow-up after early pregnancy loss, including when to seek urgent care.

16 checklist items

• • Know the symptoms that need urgent hospital care
• • Understand the follow-up you are entitled to ask for

The first weeks after a positive test: medicines, scans, handover to antenatal care and warning signs.

13 checklist items

• • Know which medicines continue and for how long
• • Get the early scans booked

Practical supports to put in place while you are in treatment, and when to ask for more help.

15 checklist items

• • Set up support before you are exhausted
• • Protect work, sleep and relationships where you can

Deciding what to share, handling questions from relatives, and protecting your privacy.

12 checklist items

• • Decide together what is shared and with whom
• • Have prepared answers for repeated questions

Keep track of the important stages of your frozen embryo transfer, from cycle preparation to pregnancy testing.

108 checklist items

• • Organise appointments, scans and medication timings in one place
• • Understand the stages of natural, modified natural and medicated cycles

An organisational checklist for two stimulations and two egg collections within one cycle, from first prescription to follow-up.

47 checklist items

• • Keep two stimulations and two collections clearly separated
• • Track monitoring appointments and trigger instructions