IVF date planner

Enter your egg collection date to see the transfer day, test day and the due date if it works, to sit alongside your clinic's own plan.

Your details

If transfer goes ahead on day 5

Mon 2 November 2026

embryo transfer

Egg collection28 Oct
Pregnancy test, about13 Nov
Due date if pregnant21 Jul
Pregnancy weeks counted from14 Oct
If you have a frozen transfer on 20 Dec (day 5 embryo)test about 31 Dec, due 7 Sept (weeks counted from 1 Dec)

Always follow your clinic's own dates; they can change with how embryos develop. Dates from a frozen transfer count from the embryo's age, not from egg collection. The two week wait can be hard, and your clinic can offer support.

Tummy pain, swelling, feeling sick or breathless after egg collection can be ovarian hyperstimulation: call your clinic's emergency line, or 111. Severe symptoms: 999.

The working

From collection day

With egg collection on 1 November, a day 5 transfer is 6 November. A pregnancy test is usually about 2 weeks after collection, around 17 November. If pregnant, the due date would be 25 July 2027, 266 days after collection.

How weeks are counted

The 2 week head start

Pregnancy weeks count from 2 weeks before egg collection, the date a natural last period would have been. So on transfer day you are already about 2 weeks 5 days pregnant by the usual count, if it works.

The two week wait

Getting through it

Testing early can give a false result
Keep busy with gentle plans
Normal activity is fine unless told otherwise
Fertility Network UK has a support line

Frozen transfers

Counting from the embryo

With a frozen embryo, egg collection might have been months ago, so dates count from the transfer and the embryo's age. A day 5 embryo transferred on 10 January gives a due date 261 days later, 28 September, and a test about 11 days after transfer, around 21 January. A day 3 embryo adds 2 days to each. Add your transfer date and the planner shows both.

Read with care

What this cannot tell you

Natural cycle timingFor a frozen transfer, your clinic sets the day from scans or hormones.
Your clinic's planAlways follow their instructions.
OutcomesIt cannot predict success.

Questions

Common questions

When is embryo transfer after egg collection?

Usually 3 or 5 days after.

When can I test after IVF?

Usually about 2 weeks after egg collection; your clinic will say.

How is an IVF due date calculated?

266 days after egg collection, or 261 days after a day 5 transfer.

Sources

Last checked 21 October 2026. Spotted something wrong? Tell us and we will fix it.

Support when you need it

Contact your midwife or GP any time you are worried, and call NHS 111 if you cannot reach them. If a date or a result brings up difficult feelings, Tommy's and the Miscarriage Association offer kind, free support.