Every single patient will have a different fertility journey. Some patients need intrauterine insemination, others need IVF. This also means that when the program says it will cover one full IVF cycle, the services that make up that cycle will vary from person to person. A physician at a participating clinic will determine an appropriate treatment plan for you.
Let’s go over what is covered by government funding (and what is not):
Physician/nurse assessments and counselling
Certain blood and urine tests
Certain Ultrasounds
Any drugs or medications
Storage or shipping
of eggs/sperm/embryos
Counselling by a
psychologist or social worker
Various optional tests
Cycle monitoring
Insemination procedure (excluding sperm washing)
Sperm washing/preparation before insemination
Purchase, shipping, or storage of donor sperm
You must meet all of the following criteria:
Up to two attempts at cycle monitoring
One attempt at egg retrieval
Freezing of one batch/sample of eggs or sperm
Sperm collection or, if required, one attempt at surgical sperm retrieval using certain techniques
Preservation of additional batches/samples of eggs or sperm
You must meet all of the following criteria:
Up to two attempts at cycle monitoring
Embryo freezing, thawing and culture
One attempt at surgical sperm retrieval using certain techniques (if required).
Fertilization and embryology services, including intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), assisted hatching and blastocyst culture
One-at-a-time transfer of all embryos (fresh/frozen)
Purchase of donor sperm or eggs
Storage or shipping of eggs/sperm/embryos
Any services performed on other people participating in the patient’s funded IVF cycle, if they do not also hold a valid Ontario health card.
You must meet all of the following criteria:
...if everyone’s cycle looks different, how do I know when my funded cycle starts and ends?
Undergo an egg retrieval
Have a donor undergo an egg retrieval for you
Use previously-retrieved eggs (own or donor)
Use previously-created embryos (own or donor)
Two cycle monitoring attempts with no egg retrieval
One failed egg retrieval
One failed surgical sperm retrieval and no alternate sperm source is chosen
Fertilization and culture of all eggs from cycle start resulted in no viable embryos to transfer
Thawing / culture of all frozen embryos from cycle start resulted in no viable embryos to transfer
Transfers of all viable embryos (fresh & frozen) from cycle start were performed or are no longer available
For more information on these services and treatments, visit triofertility.com. When you’re ready to get started with your fertility journey, you can find the referral forms on the website as well.