1) 41 y/o arrived at New Hope Fertility with a history of 3 tubal pregnancies.  After one unsuccessful Mini-IVF™ cycle, she tried another minimal stimulation cycle with a frozen embryo transfer and got pregnant with twins.  Congratulations!

2) 31 y/o came to New Hope with a history of secondary infertility.  She completed 1 Mini -IVF™ cycle with a frozen (single) embryo transfer and recently returned a positive pregnancy test.  Congrats!

1) 41 y/o arrived at New Hope with a history of primary infertility. She tried getting pregnant naturally for 5 months through timed intercourse without success.  After one unsuccessful cycle, she got pregnant through our Ultra Mini-IVF™ protocol (no injections) and a frozen (single) embryo transfer on her 2nd try.  Congratulations!

2) 28 y/o came to NHFC struggling with primary infertility.  She completed 1 Mini-IVF™ cycle and had an unsuccessful frozen embryo transfer, but recently got pregnant from another frozen embryo transfer from the same cycle!  Congrats!

1) 35 y/o secondary infertility due to oligoovulation (irregular ovulation) came to New Hope for her second child.  She was able to get pregnant from a single embryo transfer from Mini-IVF™.  Congratulations on your second pregnancy!

New Hope doctors wanted to take extra precautions to reduce the chance of multiple pregnancy since this patient’s first pregnancy led to the premature birth of her twins (possibly due to conventional IVF protocols), and left her and her babies in the hospital for a good length of time.  By committing to Mini-IVF™ and single embryo transfer protocols, New Hope doctors greatly reduced the risk of this happening again.

2) 39 y/o primary infertility arrived at New Hope also suffering from oligoovulation.  She created several embryos through our Mini-IVF™ protocol and got pregnant with twins from a Natural Cycle frozen embryo transfer.  As with the previous success story, the infertility was due to the inability to ovulate properly, and this patient would have definitely been overstimulated with conventional IVF.  New Hope doctors understood in both aforementioned cases that there was no need for more than a single embryo transfer to reach success since both women had otherwise healthy uterine environments.  Congrats!

3) 39 y/o came to NHFC with a history of primary infertility.  She completed a few Mini-IVF™ cycles with frozen embryo transfers that were unsuccessful.  She had a frozen embryo transfer more recently and came back with a positive pregnancy test.  Congrats!

We’re excited to announce that the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology has recently posted its  2010 IVF Success Rate National Summary online.

The IVF success report compiles information submitted from all of its member clinics in the United States to create a comprehensive look at the number of healthy live births created through assisted reproductive technology techniques.  The ART techniques considered for the report include IVF (both fresh and frozen embryo transfers), ICSI, Gestational Carrier using patient’s eggs, and donor egg IVF cases.  According to the SART report, 146,693 treatment cycles led to the birth of 58,727 babies in 2010.

Details in the latest SART IVF success rate summary represent the positive trends and changes being made within the self-regulated fertility industry.  As with New Hope Fertility Center, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and SART support the practice of single embryo transfers to decrease high-risk multiple births, which is directly reflected in the most recent summary.

We’re excited to see the trend towards safer and more affordable IVF care continue to grow as more SART member clinics practice single embryo transfers, one of our main practices here at New Hope Fertility.

ASRM, SART, and its member clinics continue to make the fertility care sector safer by creating guidelines aimed towards ensuring IVF practices are safe across the board.  That being said, it can only go uphill from here!