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- View the National Success Rates for IVF and Donor Egg at SART.org
- View Success Rates by Fertility Center
What Are the Chances of Achieving a Pregnancy and Delivery?
Success rates can be broken into various categories including age. Success is defined in two ways, clinical pregnancy and live birth. A clinical pregnancy rate is determined when a blood test and ultrasound show a pregnancy. Live birth rate is slightly lower due to a small percentage of miscarriages.
Success Rates Using Frozen Embryos Give Patients Additional Hope
Fortunately, over the past few years, advances in laboratory technologies have allowed us to provide an additional highly successful treatment option as part of the IVF process. Now, patients with quality embryo(s) remaining at the time of the fresh embryo transfer, have the option to freeze those embryos for future use. FET cycles, or Frozen Embryo Transfer cycles are much easier because they require less time, less medication, no surgery or anesthesia, and they are a fraction of the cost of a fresh IVF cycle. The pregnancy and live birth rates for FETs are very comparable to fresh IVF pregnancy rates. It is not uncommon for patients to have enough frozen embryos from their first fresh cycle to give them the opportunity to try again if they were unsuccessful, or if successful, to use the frozen embryos later for a second or even third baby.
Our Goal is To Help Patients Have One Healthy Baby at a Time
Shady Grove Fertility continues to lower the incidence of multiple pregnancies while maintaining strong pregnancy and live birth rates. Since 2002, Shady Grove Fertility physicians have encouraged patients to transfer a single embryo (eSET) to lower the risk associated with multiple pregnancies. These patients now have the best of both worlds: an uncompromised chance of pregnancy combined with a very low risk of twins or triplets.
Insights into How Treatment Success is Calculated
Shady Grove Fertility continues to lead in the field of reproductive medicine with IVF success rates remaining higher than the national average. Success can take more than one treatment cycle. The for every fertility center is reported in a uniform format through SART. While comparisons among centers are difficult to make, the data can offer insight into how treatment success is calculated.
If you have questions about fertility treatment or to schedule an appointment call 877-971-7755. We are here to help.
