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Long protocol: use of down regging (see below) then stimming and everything that follows.
DR = Down Reg/Regging/Regulating: Drugs to shut down your ovaries and thin your womble lining. Taken via injections or sniffer dogs. Taken for 2-3 weeks from about day 21 of cycle. Usually causes a period-like withdrawal bleed.
Short protocol: no DR, just stimming and everything that follows.
Stim/stimming: Drug taken via injection for 10-14 days to stimulate your ovaries to produce egg-containing follicles
Second injection (cetrotide in some cases, can't remember the name of the drug in other cases) starts on day 5 of stimming to prevent early ovulation and release into the wild of all those lovely eggs that are brewing.
Trigger shot: drug (eg pregnyl) that is synthetic hCG (the pregnancy hormone) that is injected to force the body to get ready for ovulation.
EC/Egg Collection: Must take place 36 hours after the trigger shot has been administered.
ET/Embryo Transfer: Once the sperm and egg have met, dated and fertilised, the resulting embryos are monitored and the most likely looking candidate(s) are put back in. Usually happens between 2 and 5 days after egg collection.
If embies make it to day 5 before being put back in, they are usually referred to as Blasts/Blastos/Blastocysts because of their shape (an expanded ball of cells)
There's probably loads more, but that'll do for a start :)