Hi May, I had the short protocol done last month which is the quicker protocol so I can tell you about that.
Firstly you have you information appointment where you sign the millions of forms, have a scan, both you and your partner have lots of blood tests including things like HIV. You also get the prescription for your medication and shown how to do the injections.
Day 1 of your period, call the clinic and tell them you've started, they will then give you a date to come in for your first scan, for my clinic that was day 6.
Day 2 start your injections.
Day 5 add in a second injection so you are now doing one in the morning and one at night (this was my protocol, may vary).
Day 6 first scan and blood test to see how you are responding.
After that I had to go for a scan and blood test every other day.
When they think you are ready you are given a very specific time to do your trigger injection (for me it was 7.35pm), approximately 36 hours later you have egg collection.
Egg collection is done under sedation (I didn't know a thing until they were waking me up), you stay at the clinic long enough to have a cup of tea and a biscuit (or two), you haven't been allowed to eat since the night before so you are starving! After an hour or two, and once you have managed to go to the toilet on your own, you are free to go home but you have to be with someone for the next 24 hours as you have been under sedation. I felt a bit uncomfortable and sleepy for the rest of the day and basically lay on my friends couch watching tv. By the next day I felt fine.
You are told as soon as you come round after egg collection how many eggs are collected, for me it was 10.
You get a call the next morning to say how many have fertilised and they tell you then if they are aiming for 3 or 5 (or even 2) day transfer. Most clinics try to get to day 5 by which time the embryo should have become a blastocyst (you will see it referred to as a blast). I got a call to say 5 of mine were doing well so they were aiming for day 5 transfer.
I think I then got a call on day 3 to tell me what time to come in on day 5.
The embryo transfer is not done under any sedation, they put a very slim catheter into the cervix and then transfer the embroy/s. They discuss with you immediately beforehand what state your embryos are in and how many they recommend you transfer. I had two transferred. You are then immediately free to leave the clinic. The embryo transfer is mildly uncomfortable, nothing more. You are told later that day or the next day if any remaining embryos are suitable for freezing.
It is widely thought that you should NOT have bed rest after embryo transfer but should just carry on more or less as normal (although taking it slightly easy ie no strenuous exercise, also no baths and a few other things). Studies show that there are better outcomes if people stay lightly active after transfer as this promotes blood flow to the womb.
You then have to do a pregnancy test a certain number of days later, in the UK this usually seems to be a urine test you do yourself at home whereas in the US it seems to mostly be blood tests done by your clinic.
There are lots of variations on all of the above. The medication type and dosage differs, some people have quite bad side effects, some (like me) have none. Some people feel extremely uncomfortable or are in pain after egg collection and this can apparently go on for several days (more if you develop OHSS). A lot of the time this seems to be related to how many eggs are collected. I had 10 which was very good for my age but there are lots of people that have 15, 20 or even 30+ so I think it is far more uncomfortable for them after the procedure. Then there's long protocol which adds another two weeks or more to the whole process and involves basically shutting your ovaries and everything down before then starting to stimulate them.
Also, people stim (take the stimulation drugs) for different lengths of time. I stimmed for 9 days, triggered on day 10 and had egg collection on day 12. This seems to be more or less average although I've seen people only stim for 7 or 8 days and others stim for 15 or 16 days or even more. It just depends on how your body responds.
You mention oral medication, all of my medication was injections. My understanding (but I may be wrong) is that the stimulation medication is always injections but if you have the long protocol then you have to "down regulate" before starting the stimms and that is usually oral medication or a drug that you sniff.
You have to take progesterone supplements (usually a pessary in the UK) plus medication to help maintain your womb lining after egg collection up until the day you test. If you test positive you have to keep taking that medication for a certain period of time.
Let me know if you have any questions about any of that, I don't know anything much about long protocol but can try and answer anything you need to know about short protocol. I honestly found IVF "easy" despite the fact it didn't work, I found it less stressful than trying naturally and I didn't have any bad reactions to the drugs other than headaches for a couple of days. I also had no difficulty at all injecting myself.
Good luck.
I'll be on long. Starting on CD21 of next cycle so roughly just less than 4 weeks. I'll take a picture of my checklist and pop it on here and see what you all think. I'll be on 225 of the gonal F! I'm feeling really positive about trying ICSI alongside it, I feel like it's giving us a better chance. When she said it my hubby was like what's that? Are they bumping us? 
had to explain they were actually giving us a better deal. I went to see my grampa who's 95 and knows some of our struggles and he gave me £500 towards our treatment. I could have cried, he was so adamant we take it! If it works and we have a boy it was always going to be his name as a middle name but that's sealed the deal now xx
it's gonna be a repeat of cycle one I think 
