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IVF Success Rates IVF Pricing Options In Vitro Fertilization Egg Donation General Infertility Site Index Become a Patient
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IVF Success Rates - Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago
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We believe that when it comes to fertility treatment, bigger is not better
We don’t brag that we are
the biggest fertility clinic, or that we have the most babies born. |
The best way to increase the success of IVF is by having the procedures done at a high quality program. There are important differences in IVF success rates between centers. For example, if you follow this link to the CDC website for 2005 IVF success rates for Illinois clinics, you will find IVF live birth rates per egg retrieval procedure ranging from 10% to 49% per egg retrieval for women under age 35. Some IVF programs, including ours, are focused on absolute quality control throughout their systems, while others put their primary focus into other areas. Quality control maintenance throughout the IVF program - both on the clinical side (nurse and doctor stuff) and in the IVF lab - is critical for getting an increase in the IVF success rate.
Do your research before you do IVF
What to do if the first IVF cycle fails
There are large differences in success rates between IVF centers
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The graph shows live birth rates per egg retrieval: Age under 35 |
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Our 2007 and 2008 IVF
Pregnancy Success Rates
IVF Statistics for January 1, 2007 through
June 30, 2008
| Age | Cycles Started |
Egg Retrievals |
Clinical Pregnancy Rate Per Egg Retrieval (Sac in uterus on ultrasound) |
Live Birth Rate Per Egg Retrieval |
| < 35 | 251 | 242 | 64.0% | Not yet available |
| 35-37 | 85 | 83 | 59.0% | Not yet available |
| 38-40 | 59 | 54 | 48.1% | Not yet available |
| 41-42 | 23 | 18 | 44.4% | Not yet available |
Our IVF Pregnancy and Live Birth Success Rates for 2003-2006
| Age | Cycles Started |
Egg Retrievals |
Clinical Pregnancy Rate Per Egg Retrieval (Sac in uterus on ultrasound) |
Live Birth Rate Per Egg Retrieval |
| < 35 | 666 | 644 | 62.6% | 54.7% |
| 35-37 | 252 | 233 | 51.9% | 38.9% |
| 38-40 | 128 | 113 | 48.7% | 35.4% |
| 41-42 | 60 | 52 | 28.8% | 19.2% |
We are proud that our IVF success rates (live births per egg retrieval) have consistently been one of the highest in the Midwest every year.
However, don't take our word for it.
Follow the links below to the CDC (US government) site
to compare IVF live birth rates for all reputable IVF
centers
| Check your fertility doctor's IVF success rates |
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Links to the CDC (Center for
Disease Control, U.S. Government agency) site with 2005 IVF success rates for all reputable fertility clinics 2005 is the most recent CDC IVF success report available |
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Go
to the CDC (US government) site to view 2005 success rates for individual IVF
clinics in Illinois |
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Go to the CDC site to view any US IVF program's success rates for 2005 |
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Go to the CDC site to view our IVF program's success rate report for 2005 |
Recently, several Chicago area IVF centers have advertised that their IVF
success rates are "higher than the national average".
Unfortunately, some centers are being "less than truthful" (or, they
need some elementary math lessons).
The government (CDC) reports for some of these centers show
numbers consistently below the
national average.
Be sure to ask your doctor for their recent IVF success rate statistics in writing - then
check their numbers on the CDC report.
The table below allows consumers of infertility services to check IVF live birth success rates for any IL center. The links in the table are to the 2005 CDC report for each specific clinic (2005 is the most recent report available).
Milwaukee and Wisconsin IVF clinic success rate links
We are not bragging if we back it up! We do.
We put our money where our mouth is by offering 2 money back
guarantee IVF pricing options for couples that qualify:
The 100% refund IVF plan and the
Shared Risk IVF Plan
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This page has details regarding in vitro fertilization success rate statistics. Our IVF success rates have consistently been well above the national average. However, don't take our word for it! Check out our IVF success rates (live birth rates) and those of all other reputable IVF centers on the CDC (US government) web site (see the links above). The most recent IVF success rate (live birth) data available from the government is for cycles done in 2005. If you look on the CDC site for an IVF clinic and can't find it - check the 2004 CDC Non-reporting ART Clinics By State - and go to your state to see if the program is listed there. Unbelievably, some in vitro fertilization clinics are willing to break federal law by not reporting their IVF success results. This does not say much for their integrity - or their success rates. Our goal is to have the highest delivery rates possible, while minimizing the risks of multiple pregnancy - particularly high-order multiples (more than twins). This is best accomplished by utilizing the best laboratory and embryo culture systems available, and by being prudent when deciding the number of embryos for transfer (usually no more than 2 embryos transferred). No couple needs to take a risk for more than twins from in vitro fertilization. They can insist that no more than 1 or 2 embryos be transferred. Blastocyst embryo transfer is a technique that can allow us to greatly reduce multiple pregnancy risks, while maintaining very high overall pregnancy rates. See our pregnancy rates with blastocyst transfer. The ultimate goal with IVF should be a 100% pregnancy rate - with all singleton pregnancies. That is not currently possible, but we continue to move in that direction. |
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Couples considering IVF can best evaluate the best clinic for them when they have a thorough understanding of the outcome results of the programs that they are considering. |
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You should ask
for data similar to that presented above regarding IVF pregnancy rates, delivery
rates and multiple pregnancy rates from any program that you are considering for
IVF services. These issues are critical, and you have a right to the
information. Any IVF program can provide this very important information - in
writing. If they refuse, or make excuses about why they can't provide the
details in writing, you should seriously consider going to another clinic - they probably have low
success rates.
There is absolutely no excuse for not being able to provide accurate and up to date
information on IVF
pregnancy rates and live birth rates for couples that request it. In fact, if
the IVF center has a website, there is no excuse for not posting pregnancy and
live birth success statistics on it. |
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Further discussion about differences in IVF pregnancy success rates between clinics |
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IVF Costs: Our IVF
cycle price includes everything except medications for $8800 (cash
discounted price). The average charge at other centers is higher than this. Many centers charge $12,000 to $15,000. It is important not
to equate price with quality when it comes to IVF. Some centers are very
expensive and have very low success rates. |
A comparison of clinic success rates may not be meaningful because patient medical characteristics and treatment approaches vary from clinic to clinic
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