Lived experience · not a clinic brochure
Understand your IVF cycle before it starts.
- 73 pages, written in plain English
- Replaces three hundred browser tabs
- Twelve sections, in cycle order
- Eleven worksheets you can print
- Written by parents who had a child via IVF
73-page PDF · 11 printable worksheets · instant download · 14-day money back · About the authors
Inside the guide
The pages you won't find on a blog.
The trigger shot, the OHSS warning signs, what to tell work, and the worksheets you fill in before the consultation rather than during it.
Section 03
The add-on question
The one question to ask when a clinic offers you an extra, plus what each add-on tends to cost.
Real page 1 of 10 shown here, out of 73 in the guide.
73
pages, no filler
12
sections in plain English
11
fill-in worksheets
2
cycles of lived experience
Written by parents. Built for your cycle.
Everything we wish someone had handed us.
One guide, read in an evening, covering the whole cycle in the order it happens, including the parts clinics rarely put in writing.
The whole cycle, in order
Twelve sections that follow a real cycle from first appointment to test day, with no jargon and no filler.
Two cycles, written down
Written by parents who paid for it themselves, including the transfer that did not work and what we learned from it.
Know what you are paying for
What sits inside the headline price, what appears later, and the question to ask about any add-on you are offered.
Take it into the room
Eleven printable pages: clinic comparison, budget planner, add-on decisions and the questions to ask.
Where this came from
Not scraped from Google. Not written by a robot. Paid for in full.
We are a couple who went through this ourselves. Over £7,000 of our own money, one transfer that failed, six weeks in Turkey sitting with clinics and asking every question we could think of, and two children at home now, one of them through IVF. Every page in the guide comes out of that, not out of a search engine.
£7,000+
of our own money spent on treatment, tests and travel
1
failed transfer, and everything we learned the hard way from it
6 weeks
in Turkey, in clinics, asking the questions nobody answers online
2
children at home now, one of them through IVF
What this is not
- Not an article rewritten by AI from ten other articles
- Not a clinic brochure that avoids the awkward numbers
- Not a forum thread where nobody agrees and nobody is accountable
- Not generic advice that stops the moment your cycle gets complicated
What it actually is
- Written by two parents who paid for this cycle by cycle and wrote it down as it happened
- Honest about the costs, the add-ons and the transfer that did not work
- Includes the questions we only learned to ask after six weeks with clinics abroad
- Checked against published UK guidance so nothing in it is invented
We spent thousands and a year of our lives learning this. You get it for $19.99.
Why should you trust us?
We did not just research IVF. We lived it.
We are Zayn Miah and R Khanom, parents of two, with one child born through IVF. We spent more than £7,000 of our own money and went through two cycles, including a transfer that did not work.
Six weeks in Turkey, clinic appointments and late-night searches taught us how much people are expected to piece together alone. So we wrote down the full cycle in the order it happens, including the money, injections, waiting and questions we learned to ask too late.
This is not medical advice or a clinic brochure. It is the clear, honest companion we wish someone had handed us at the beginning.
Zayn Miah & R Khanom
Who it's for
The guide reads differently depending on where you're standing. Pick your side of it.
For the woman going through it
You are the one taking the injections, counting the days and holding the hope. This is the document you wish the clinic had handed you at the first appointment.
Read it once and stop searching every night.
Get The Guide Now ($19.99)- The whole cycle laid out in order, so you always know what comes next
- The injections explained honestly: timing, sting, bruising, what helps
- What your body is actually doing at each stage, in plain English
- A two-week-wait plan for the days that stretch the longest
- Worksheets you fill in and take into the room, so no question gets forgotten
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- 73-page PDF, formatted for phone, tablet and print
- Twelve sections in plain language: basics, injections, body, lifestyle and more
- Eleven fill-in worksheets you can print and reuse every cycle
- Sixty-plus pieces of IVF jargon translated into plain English
- Four real family stories, each with one hard-won lesson
- Honest guidance on costs, add-ons and treatment abroad
- Free updates whenever the guide is revised
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Some quick answers until you get the guide
Written in the same voice as the guide, one question at a time.
How do you choose an IVF clinic in the UK?
Compare clinics on HFEA-published live birth rates for your age band rather than their own marketing, then weigh their inspection rating, how they handle add-ons, whether you see the same consultant throughout, how far you can realistically travel for early-morning scans, and a written all-in quote. Travel time and communication matter more than most people expect.
How do you tell your employer you're having IVF?
There is no legal obligation to tell a UK employer you are having IVF, and no statutory right to fertility treatment leave. In practice, telling one trusted person, usually your line manager or HR, makes short-notice appointments far easier, and once you are pregnant after a transfer you gain full pregnancy-related protection under the Equality Act.
When can you test after embryo transfer?
Your clinic will book a beta hCG blood test around nine to twelve days after a day-5 blastocyst transfer, or twelve to fourteen days after a day-3 transfer. Home tests can pick up a pregnancy from about six days after a blastocyst transfer, but early results are unreliable and the trigger injection can still be in your system for up to two weeks.
What are IVF success rates by age?
Using a woman's own eggs, the chance of a live birth per embryo transfer in the UK is roughly 30-35% under 35, around 25% at 35-37, around 18% at 38-39, around 10% at 40-42, and under 5% over 42. Donor egg cycles sit around 30-35% regardless of the recipient's age, because the odds follow the age of the eggs rather than the person carrying them.
Before you buy
Common questions
- What exactly do I get when I buy?
- A single PDF of 73 pages: twelve sections plus eleven printable worksheets, delivered instantly after checkout and emailed to you as a backup. It reads well on a phone, and prints cleanly if you prefer paper.
- Is this medical advice?
- No. It explains how IVF works and what to expect so you can have better conversations with your clinic. Every treatment decision belongs to you and your clinical team.
- Is it UK-specific?
- The clinical process is the same worldwide, so the cycle chapters apply anywhere. The funding, regulation and cost sections are written for the UK and reference the HFEA and NHS criteria.
- I'm doing ICSI / a frozen transfer / donor eggs. Is it still relevant?
- Yes. The guide covers standard IVF and ICSI, fresh and frozen transfers, and explains where donor and surrogacy routes differ.
- Can my partner read it too?
- Please do. One purchase is for you and the people going through it with you.
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