Where the pregnancy itself is covered
Everything from the positive test onward is in Parts 2 and 3, and it is worth reading.
This part ends at the positive pregnancy test. What follows it is the subject of the rest of this guide, and there are two reasons to read on rather than stop here.
An IVF pregnancy is managed differently from the start. More early scans, closer attention to the placenta, a higher chance of being offered induction, and a higher chance of a cesarean delivery. Some of that is justified by the outcome data in this stage. Some of it is habit. Part 2 covers what each of those tests and interventions is actually for, and Part 3 covers cesarean delivery in detail.
A pregnancy that was hard to achieve is not automatically a pregnancy where you have less say. This is worth saying plainly, because it is a pattern women describe: after years of treatment, having finally conceived, they feel they have used up their right to ask questions or decline things. Nothing about how a pregnancy started changes what you are owed during it.
They applied to the fertility clinic. They apply to the labor ward too.
The part switcher at the top of the page moves you between the three parts at any time, and the search box reaches all of them at once. The rest of this part covers the add-ons sold alongside IVF, donor conception, freezing eggs for later, and the money.