OVUNET FAQs

When a woman is not ovulating, it is usually due to an imbalance of the hormones from the pituitary, which stimulate the ovary to release eggs. PCOS is a very common reason for hormone imbalance, as well as thyroid, or weight problems. Your initial OVUNET blood and ultrasound investigations will help to identify any causes for you not ovulating. Sometimes ovulation is happening, but not all that often.

Please discuss this with your Specialist, as not everyone is suitable to use OVUNET.  Your Specialist may already be an Authorised OVUNET Voucher provider. In that case, if you are suitable, they will  provide you with a treatment voucher, (there will be a fee to you for this).

OVUNET is a convenient, safe, and effective way of you starting fertility treatment when you wish to start. When you use OVUNET, Real Fertility Specialists assess your information, review your investigations, and advise you about the best Ovulation induction plan through Telehealth. With Ovunet, you take control of your fertility care.

It is up to you when you start using OVUNET.  If you are under 32 years of age, with patience you may achieve a pregnancy with no help at all. If you have been trying for a pregnancy for a couple of months, and have irregular periods, you may not be ovulating and should consider using OVUNET.

OVUNET is safe, convenient and effective. It is suitable for most women to use. During your sign up session, OVUNET will ask you important questions to help assess if OVUNET is for you. 

Some people, who have complex health issues are better off seeing a fertility Specialist face to face.

Your partner should avoid smoking and excessive alcohol, maintain a healthy bodyweight, and ensure a healthy diet, including eating seafood once or twice per week. Having sex 2-3 times per week is important, and good for a healthy relationship.

Ovulation requires a delicate balance of hormones from the pituitary gland. OVUNET may be required to achieve this. Trying to optimise BMI, having a healthy diet, and reducing stress are good ways to increase the effectiveness of OVUNET, or leading to ovulation without treatment.

With OVUNET, you take control of your fertility! If you’ve been trying just a couple of months, OVUNET can ensure you are ovulating, tell you when to try to conceive, and increase your chances of getting pregnant

Ovulation induction works by using medications to stimulate the release of hormones in the correct balance to cause ovulation. For more information, watch this video.

The success of ovulation induction depends on a woman’s age, and the cause of not ovulating in the first place. When Ovulation occurs, the likelihood of conceiving can be as high as 25% per cycle. This is the general, background, natural pregnancy rate per cycle in a healthy couple. The likelihood of conceiving using OVUNET is under 20% per cycle.. You may require up to 4 OVUNET cycles to really know if Ovulation induction is going to work for you.

If you have been trying to conceive for some time without success, there are a number of fertility treatment options. If you use OVUNET for 4-5 treatment cycles, and have no success, OVUNET will suggest a consultation with your own, or one of our Specialists to discuss the next step, which may be IVF.

Absolutely! In general, we suggest having donor insemination through a registered fertility clinic, such as Ballarat IVF, but for many people this is not their preferred option.

OVUNET is a perfect addition for people doing home insemination to increase their chances of ovulation, and timing of insemination episodes.

The medications which OVUNET Fertility specialists prescribe to provide ovulation induction have been used extensively in Australia and across the world. They are perfectly safe to use, and there is no evidence  that, except for rare cases of allergy, they cause any harm. If you think you may have an allergy to any of the drugs prescribed, don’t take them, and request a telemedicine consultation with an OVUNET specialist.

Provera (medroxyprogesterone) is a safe form of progestogen, or artificial progesterone. During ovulation induction, it is used to induce a menstrual cycle, so that you can start taking letrozole. If you have long menstrual cycles we may ask you,  via OVUNET to commence taking Provera.

Only use Provera when directly instructed by us through OVUNET. Most people wont need to use Provera during Ovulation induction.

If you have menstrual cycle lengths of up 35 days, you may wish to save money, and just hold on to your Provera script. You may, however be asked to start Provera, and that will be required on the same day. So ask if your pharmacist has it in stock, (most do).

Letrozole is an aromatase inhibitor, and works by reducing oestrogen levels for a short period of time. This causes an increase in gonadotrophins, hormones released from the pituitary gland. These hormones then stimulate the ovary to release an egg.

The trigger injection is a hormone, chorionic gonadotrophin. Using a trigger injection during ovulation induction stimulates the final stage of egg (oocyte) development, and causes ovulation (release of the egg). The trigger injection also stimulates the ovary to release progesterone, which supports the implanting embryo.

It is crucial for OVUNET staff to know how you have responded to treatment. Ultrasound is the only way to do this. Ultrasound monitoring of your response to treatment will allow OVUNET staff to give you advice about the risks of multiple pregnancy, and the steps to avoid, or accept this risk.

Don’t worry, just email your Ovunet Nurse , ovunet@ovunetfertility.com, and they will guide you.

When you test your urine in the morning, the test will tell us if you have had a surge of the LH hormone overnight. LH is removed from the body through the kidneys, and it is detected in the urine. A positive test tells us that you will produce an egg in the next 36 to 48 hours. LH starts off the ovulatory process.

After an egg is released from your ovary, the progesterone in your blood increases over the next week. OVUNET will ask you to have a blood test to assess your progesterone level. This level will confirm if ovulation has occurred, and will be used by OVUNET to determine any changes in the treatment in the next cycle, if needed.

The results of your progesterone test will be entered into OVUNET by our nurses. The results will be used to plan any further OVUNET treatment cycles you may need.

There is no need to call for the results. We will let you know at the end of the cycle.

If you think you might be pregnant, do a pregnancy test. If you are not having an OVUNET treatment cycle, please contact your GP, request an OVUNET fertility Specialist Telehealth consultation or see your  own Obstetrician.  We will ask you to perform a pregnancy test at various stages during your OVUNET treatment cycle, so please follow those instructions.

If you have a voucher, this means you can use the voucher to avoid further payments for your OVUNET treatment cycle. Enter your voucher code whenever you are asked to pay
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If this is your first treatment cycle, you need to add your voucher code to bypass initial investigations, (as you’ve already had them), and to access the treatment cycle for no additional payment. So, in your first OVUNET cycle, you need to add the voucher code twice. 

If this is your second, or subsequent cycle, you only add your new voucher code once, at the start of the treatment. It’s  simple, so give it a go!

You can pay for your OVUNET treatment cycle directly from your OVUNET App home page via Stripe, or by using a voucher that you have purchased from a fertility Specialist. 

If you have a voucher, whenever you are asked to pay, select the voucher option and enter the code. Vouchers are NOT free , and cover one treatment cycle only.

If you have your own fertility specialist, and are trying for a baby, you should speak to them.

If you want to plan a consultation with an OVUNET Fertility specialist, click here.

If you wish to contact a fertility nurse, just email, ovunet@ovunetfertility.com, otherwise, choose “Contact Us” through the App home page.

Information provided from OVUNET  fertility nurses via this contact option is not a substitute for a face to face or telehealth consultation with a doctor. It is not designed to provide an emergency advice. If you feel unwell, please contact 000, attend an emergency department , or see you family doctor.

Emails may take up to 48 hours for a response, especially on weekends.

Congratulations! If you are in an OVUNET treatment cycle, go to the Ovunet home page, and choose My pregnancy test is positive. OVUNET fertility specialists will then send you a request form for a blood pregnancy test. If you are not in an OVUNET treatment cycle, please contact your GP, request an OVUNET fertility Specialist Telehealth consultation, or see your  own Obstetrician  

Nausea can happen sometimes and not be related to Ovulation induction. You may be pregnant, so please perform a pregnancy test.

Have a light diet, and avoid alcohol, fatty and spicy foods. If it continues you may need to use some Medication. Please see your GP for further advice.

Side effect from using letrozole and Provera can occur occasionally, but are usually mild.

If you think you are having side effects, please stop taking the medications, speak to your GP, or go to contact us, and request a Telehealth consultation.

If you are bleeding whilst taking letrozole, Perform a pregnancy test. If the test is negative, ignore the bleeding, keep taking letrozole, and follow the OVUNET instructions.

If it is positive, please see your specialist or GP for review.

If you are bleeding lightly and awaiting a pregnancy test, don’t worry, ignore it, and perform a pregnancy test when prompted.

If you commence bleeding whilst taking Provera, confirm that this is your period, and notify OVUNET on your home page.

If the bleeding is light, ignore it, keep taking Provera and follow your Ovunet instructions.

Having mild pain during ovulation induction is common, because your ovaries may be developing a follicle in preparation for ovulation.

If you think you may be pregnant, perform a pregnancy test and if it is positive, please see your specialist or GP.

If your pain is severe, there may be a number of causes, so seek medical care through your emergency department or call OOO.

You may have PCOS if you have weight issues, skin problems, irregular periods and Ultrasound changes in your ovaries. The diagnosis of PCOS often involves a number of consultations. If you have PCOS, and acceptable investigations when planning pregnancy, it is perfectly safe to use OVUNET.

Before you start your first OVUNET treatment cycle, we will ask you a series of questions about your health, and ask you to have investigations performed. This information is assessed within a couple of days. Once you start treatment, an OVUNET ovulation induction cycle takes just a month. It is common to need a couple of treatment cycles.

Yes, you can exercise as much as you wish during ovulation induction. When you get pregnant, you can maintain your current levels of exercise, but shouldn’t increase intensity or frequency of exercise.

No. You need to have a working internet connection to you OVUNET. If you go off line during treatment, you will receive catch up notifications when you reconnect with the Internet.

You can have sex whenever you wish before your Ultrasound.   OVUNET will tell you when you are likely to ovulate. When this happens, you should have sex each day for 4-5 days.  However, if your scan indicates you are at risk of multiple pregnancy, you will receive a warning to avoid sex.  

It is essential to have ultrasound monitoring during Ovulation Induction to minimise the risk of having twins or triplets. Having a multiple pregnancy carries and increased risk in premature birth, high blood pressure, bleeding, diabetes, caesarean section, or in some cases, losing the babies.

If you have used OVUNET, and not had success in conceiving, you should see your personal fertility specialist, or make a telemedicine appointment with an OVUNET fertility specialist. You may require up to 4 OVUNET cycles to really know if Ovulation induction is going to work for you.

The older a woman gets, the less likely it is that she will become pregnant, and the same applies for those using OVUNET. As long as you produce an egg with ovulation induction, there is a chance of conceiving. As a person ages, there is an increased incidence of health issues occurring, so it is important to have your overall health assessed by your GP if you are considering using OVUNET at an older age.

Your personal information is heavily protected. We will never share your information with a third party, unless it is required to provide you with medical treatment. When request forms are provided, they will be emailed to you, and you can choose which health Provider you wish to use.