Is IVF for you?
If you are infertile, the first thing you need to find out is why you are unable to conceive. The following diagnoses are usually the justification for IVF:
Endometriosis
Low sperm counts
Uterus and fallopian tube problems
Ovulation problems
Antibodies that harm sperm or eggs
Sperm can’t penetrate or survive in the cervical mucus
Some infertility goes unexplained
Your doctor may recommend that you try other things first such as fertility drugs, surgery, and artificial insemination before looking into IVF.
The age of a woman plays a role in IVF success. Women under 35 have a 39.6% chance of pregnancy and a healthy baby while women over 40 have only an 11.5% chance. The CDC has some good news: they say that the success rate is increasing in all age ranges. This is because doctors are getting more and more experience, and they are honing their techniques.
If you’ve decided that you want to try IVF, you should ask the doctors a lot of questions. For example:
Pregnancy rate per embryo transfer
Rate for couples your age with the same problems you have
Overall live birth rate for IVF couples per year
Rate of multiple births
Cost
Does it include cost of hormone treatments?
Information regarding storage of embryos
Participant in egg donation
