diagnosis and treatment of infertility, first/second/third generation IVF (including
egg/sperm donation), microsperm retrieval, embryo freezing and resuscitation, artificial
insemination (including husband's sperm and sperm donation), paternity testing, chromosomal
disease
diagnosis, high-throughput gene sequencing, endometrial receptivity gene testing and other
clinical
technology applications. Many of these technologies are at the leading level both domestically
and
internationally.
For most people who are going to make test tubes, there is actually only one core question: how long will it take from the beginning to the end?
If you disassemble the essence, this problem contains three key variables:
Medical cycle (physiological process)
Travel cycle (time spent abroad)
Decision cycle (pre-preparation time)
Take it apart layer by layer.

I. Core conclusions
A complete test tube cycle: about 25-30 days (local residence time)
Preliminary preparation: about 2-4 weeks (completed in China)
Overall time span:
About 1.5 months to 2 months.
This is an interval based on the current mainstream process model.
Second, the process disassembly
1 Pre-evaluation stage (completed in China)
Time: 7–14 days
Mainly do three things:
Hormone test (female)
AMH+follicle number evaluation
Semen analysis (male)
It was decided at this stage that:
Are you suitable for making test tubes, and what is the solution?
2 reservation+trip preparation
Time: 5–10 days
Including:
Hospital remote evaluation
Issue a preliminary plan
Visa/air ticket arrangement
Essence:
Not "registration", but "medical plan confirmation"
3 Enter the cycle (core stage)
(1) ovulation induction stage
Time: 10–12 days
Take medicine every day
Monitoring follicular development
Maximum stage of variable (individual difference)
(2) Egg retrieval+fertilization
Time: 1–2 days
Anesthetic egg retrieval
Synchronous sperm extraction
ICSI/IVF fertilization
(3) embryo culture
Time: 3-5 days
Blastocyst culture
Optional PGT test (add about 3–7 days)
(4) transplant stage
Time: 1 day
Fresh or frozen embryo transplantation
(5) Waiting period for pregnancy test
Time: 10–14 days
Medical essence:
Waiting for embryo implantation+HCG change
3. Why is the cycle usually 25–30 days?
From the first principle, time is determined by two things:
① follicular growth rate (incompressible)
Human physiological cycle determination
Cannot be artificially accelerated.
② Embryo development cycle (fixed)
Day 3 embryo → Day 5 blastocyst
Basically inextensible
So:
The cycle is not determined by the hospital, but by the biological law.
Fourth, the cost structure (2026 reference)
Overall cost range:
Conventional test tube: about $25,000-$40,000
Including PGT: increase by $3,000–$5,000.
Living expenses (1 month): 3000-5000 USD.
Overall logic:
Project proportion
60-70% of medical expenses
15-25% of drug cost
Life translation 10-15%
V. High frequency problem
Q1: Can you shorten the time?
Can't shorten the essence, but can optimize the process.
Optimizable:
Advance domestic inspection
Determine the plan in advance
Not optimizable:
Exhaustion promoting cycle
Embryo culture cycle
Confidence: high (determined by physiological mechanism)
Q2: Do I have to stay for 30 days?
Not necessarily, there are two situations:
Fresh transplantation: it takes 25-30 days.
Frozen embryo transplantation: you can travel twice.
Selection logic:
Situation suggestion
Time-tight frozen embryo
Want to reduce the round-trip fresh transplant
Q3: Who might have a longer cycle?
The following people:
Poor ovarian response (slow ovulation)
PGT detection is required.
Hormone instability (need conditioning)
Extension: about+5–10 days.
Q4: How long will it take to know whether it is successful or not?
Blood test confirmed 10-14 days after transplantation.
note:
Not immediately.
Sixth, suitable for crowd disassembly
According to the search behavior in recent years, the people who pay attention to this area mainly focus on:
People who have failed in vitro for many times
Pregnancy in advanced age (35+)
I have a limited budget but want to try overseas.
Have special reproductive needs (need policy support)
VII. Advantages and Risks
superiority
The cost is lower than that in Europe and America (about 1/3–1/2).
Cycle standardization (mature process)
The policy is relatively clear.
risk
The information channel is opaque (the intermediary is very different)
Differences in medical quality (uneven institutions)
Individual success rate varies greatly (determined by age/ovary)
Confidence: medium-high
(Common problems in the industry)
VIII. Summary
Core conclusion:
A complete cycle: about 25–30 days.
Total preparation time: about 1.5–2 months.
Time is incompressible, and its essence is determined by human physiology.
Decision key:
Not "where to do it"
But "self-condition+scheme matching"
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