Melbourne IVF has success rates amongst the best in Australia. As one of the largest clinics in Melbourne, and part of the largest group of fertility clinics in Australia, we have the technology, resources and expertise to provide patients with the very best opportunity to conceive a baby.
Melbourne IVF’s model of care is based on a ‘Day 2’ embryo freezing program that is one of the best in the world. This program aims to minimise the number of stimulated IVF treatment cycle attempts needed to achieve a pregnancy.
As a result, more than 1,200 Melbourne IVF patients have successfully completed their families from just the one stimulated IVF cycle.
What is my chance of conceiving?
Explaining the chance of an IVF pregnancy for individuals is far more complex than it seems. IVF providers across Australia report success rates in a variety of ways, and this makes it almost impossible – without careful consideration of the figures - to compare success rate graphs published on IVF provider websites.
The only realistic way to understand your individual chance of pregnancy, is through consultation with your fertility specialist, who will take into consideration you and your partner’s individual circumstances, including:
- both partner’s age;
- how long you have been trying to conceive;
- whether either partner has been a parent previously;
- how well the eggs and sperm are likely to fertilise and develop into good quality embryos.
To talk to a Melbourne IVF Fertility Specialist about a treatment plan to suit your needs, email us or call our Patient Liaison Administration team on (03) 9473 4444.
What is Melbourne IVF’s Model of Care?
Melbourne IVF’s model of care aims to provide multiple attempts at a pregnancy from the one stimulated IVF treatment cycle through creating the opportunity for additional embryos to be stored (frozen) for future use. This involves transferring day 2 embryos, and freezing the remaining good quality embryos for future use.
Melbourne IVF has developed a world-class embryo freezing programs. As such:
- of the women who gave birth with us in 2006 following a stimulation treatment cycle, 78% had additional embryos frozen; and
- just over 40% of all successful pregnancies come from embryos obtained from frozen/thaw cycles.
What is blastocyst?
An alternative embryo development technique is known as blastocyst. With the blastocyst procedure, the embryo is cultured in the laboratory for five days to observe its development before being transferred.
A number of research studies have demonstrated that many embryos stop developing in the laboratory after the first few days. Culturing embryos to day 5 allows identification of those embryos that will not continue to develop, and avoids their transfer. This means that when embryos are grown to day 5 in the laboratory, there may be fewer suitable embryos for transferring or freezing.
Melbourne IVF’s approach to transfer embryos before they reach the blastocyst stage maximses the number of suitable embryos available to transfer or freeze, thereby creating more opportunities for a pregnancy.
It should be noted that while growing embryos until day 2 in the laboratory is standard practice at Melbourne IVF, we are performing the blastocyst procedure in increasing numbers to suit the needs of some patients. Your Fertility Specialist will discuss with you if a blastocyst transfer is appropriate for you.
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