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The time line depends on what type of treatment one will start with.

Time intercourse with meds, no waiting. IUI and IVFs depended on how busy the clinic was. I'm lucky, I never waited, I called in cd1 and always got a "calendar" for that cycle (calendar= u/s schedule, meds etc). Good luck :)

It was about 4 months from the time I first met with my RE to the start of an actual monitored cycle. It took a couple months to go through all the blood work, ultrasounds, hsg and more testing for me and my dh. I did 6 rounds of clomid at my regular ob but the RE wanted to try 1 more with an ultrasound follicle study so that was month 4. 5 months after the first consult I got into my first iui. A little over a year after my first appt I started ivf after 4 failed iui's. It took about 2 months to get all the paperwork, pre-req testing and payments all situated for ivf. Really depends on what you are doing but I would say you are looking at a 2-4 month wait before actually being able to start.