On your eIVF patient portal you will find requisitions for blood tests including:
For the woman (or partner who intends to carry the pregnancy and/or provide eggs):
- Anti-Mullerian Hormone (AMH)
*please note that labs will charge $70 for this test in British Columbia
*results will take longer if the test is drawn in a hospital. We recommend visiting an outside lab (e.g. Lifelabs in BC or DynaLIFE in Alberta)
- Follicle-stimulating hormone (to be done on day 3 of the menstrual cycle, or any day if your cycles are very irregular, or absent)
- Estradiol
- Immunity testing for rubella and varicella zoster virus (chickenpox)
- Complete blood count (CBC) and thalassemia testing
*If applicable to your ancestry (Not applicable to Japanese, Korean, Northern European and First Nations ethnicities) - Cytomegalovirus immunity (if using donor sperm)
For the male (or patient who intends to provide sperm)
- Semen analysis
- British Columbia (Lifelabs)
- Alberta (Royal Alexandra Hospital)
All patients (male and female) will also be required to do:
- Infectious diseases testing: Hepatitis B & C, HIV and Syphilis