Fertility Checklists

A calm, structured first-90-days plan when you decide to start trying.

14 checklist items

• • Set healthy foundations early
• • Understand your fertile window

Evidence-informed steps to improve sperm quality over the next 3 months.

11 checklist items

• • Improve sperm count, motility and morphology
• • Reduce lifestyle risk factors

Assess and prepare your reproductive health before or during trying.

10 checklist items

• • Understand your hormone profile
• • Address underlying conditions early

Everything to organise in the weeks before starting IVF stimulation.

11 checklist items

• • Feel confident and informed on day 1
• • Avoid last-minute admin stress

Get ready for an intrauterine insemination cycle.

9 checklist items

• • Understand the timeline
• • Prepare physically and emotionally

Navigate the NHS pathway from GP to fertility clinic.

9 checklist items

• • Know what your ICB funds
• • Prepare for the GP appointment

Vet an overseas fertility clinic thoroughly before you commit.

9 checklist items

• • Reduce risk of poor-quality care
• • Compare like-for-like costs

Support your mental health through the ups and downs of trying to conceive.

9 checklist items

• • Feel less alone
• • Build practical coping strategies

Understand and plan the true cost of your fertility journey.

10 checklist items

• • Avoid surprise bills
• • Compare finance options

Compare and choose a private or NHS fertility clinic in the UK.

8 checklist items

• • Make a confident, informed choice
• • Understand success rates properly

A 12-week reset covering food, movement, sleep and stress.

9 checklist items

• • Improve egg and sperm quality
• • Build sustainable habits

Care for yourself and your pregnancy in the first trimester.

8 checklist items

• • Know what tests and scans to expect
• • Continue medications safely

Keep every letter, invoice and test result in one place.

9 checklist items

• • Fast access when clinics ask for records
• • Fewer repeated tests

A printable list to take to your clinic before agreeing to any optional extra on top of standard IVF.

13 checklist items

• • Separate evidence from marketing
• • Understand the true total cost

Everything to have in place before your first fertility injection — prescription, delivery checks, storage, equipment, sharps bin, training and your written schedule.

22 checklist items

• • Start treatment organised rather than rushed
• • Catch delivery and storage problems before your first dose

A short routine to run through each time you give a fertility injection at home, from checking the medicine to updating your planner.

14 checklist items

• • Follow the same safe routine every day
• • Reduce mistakes caused by rushing

The one injection where the exact hour matters. Confirm the medicine, the prescribed time, the equipment and the egg collection appointment — and know what to do if anything goes wrong.

16 checklist items

• • Confirm the exact prescribed time in writing
• • Prepare the night before rather than in a rush

Check that every fertility medicine in your home is stored the way its own leaflet requires, with a plan for fridge failure and power cuts.

14 checklist items

• • Confirm each product's own storage requirement
• • Avoid heat, freezing and light damage

What to arrange before travelling with fertility medicines — supply, documentation, packaging, sharps, cool storage, security rules and a clinic-agreed timing plan.

17 checklist items

• • Travel with the right documentation
• • Keep temperature-sensitive medicines safe

The medication questions worth asking at your training appointment, covering purpose, timing, storage, missed doses, side effects, trigger, supply and out-of-hours help.

25 checklist items

• • Leave the appointment knowing what each medicine is for
• • Understand exactly how precise your timings need to be

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