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My IVF Cost

After much research and deliberation. Lots of umming and ahing. At last we have actually made the positive move towards our own IVF treatment.

If you would like to follow our journey and see how the IVF cost adds up as we go along then click below.

MY IVF COST JOURNEY


Welcome to Everybody Who is Looking for IVF Cost Information

Welcome to ivfcost.net. This site was born out of my husband and I being told that we have “unexplained” infertility after 10 years of trying! With finances being tight, and me being 43 and hence not eligible for IVF on the NHS, we were unable to just select the most convenient IVF clinic and pay the price. So we decided to look across the world to see where the best place was that offered good IVF success rates and low IVF cost!

What a job! If you have been trying then you’ve probably struggled as much as we have! So I decided that as I gather information I will share it with others, like yourself.

The first thing I did was try to get an overview of the IVF cost across the globe. The results of this can be found here.

After this I found the contact details for as many IVF clinics as I could and I am in the process of sending them an email (which can be seen here) requesting the IVF cost, IVF success rate and information on the IVF process. I am posting the responses as I get them on this site and have tagged them with the country name. To date I have responses on:

IVF Cost in Argentina

IVF Cost in Australia

IVF Cost in Austria

IVF Cost in Belgium

IVF Cost in Brazil

IVF Cost in Bulgaria

IVF Cost in Costa Rica

IVF Cost in Croatia

IVF Cost in Cyprus

IVF Cost in Czech Republic

IVF Cost in Denmark

IVF Cost in Georgia

IVF Cost in Greece

IVF Cost in Hong Kong

IVF Cost in Hungary

IVF Cost in India

IVF Cost in Iran

IVF Cost in Ireland

IVF Cost in Kenya

IVF Cost in Latvia

IVF Cost in Malaysia

IVF Cost in Mexico

IVF Cost in Panama

IVF Cost in Poland

IVF Cost in the Slovak Republic

IVF Cost in Slovenia

IVF Cost in South Africa

IVF Cost in Spain

IVF Cost in Sweden

IVF Cost in Switzerland

IVF Cost in Taiwan

IVF Cost in Thailand

IVF Cost in Turkey

IVF Cost in the Ukraine

IVF Cost in the USA

IVF Cost in the U.K.

IVF Cost in United Arab Emirates

I have also tagged the responses that I found particularly useful and put them in the tag My IVF Shortlist.

When we started this journey I must admit that it was all very overwhelming. We knew very little about what our options were and what to expect. We scoured the book stores for something that would help us get to grips with the jargon and understand what our test results really meant. The one book that stands out above the others is What to Do When You Can’t Get Pregnant: The Complete Guide to All the Technologies for Couples Facing Fertility Problems by Daniel A Potter and Jennifer S Hanin. This has been our bible to knowing what is going on, what questions to ask and how to make good decisions – we can highly recommend it.

I hope that the information on this site is useful to you. If you have experience with any of the clinics please do leave a comment so that others can benefit from it too.

Sue


 


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A Comparison of the IVF Cost Worldwide

 

Are you trying to get pregnant but have been told you need IVF? Do you have to bear the IVF cost yourselves? Have you been searching for a quick resource that compares the IVF cost around the world? Well now it’s here! Finding a list of the IVF costs worldwide for informed decisions on where you can get cost effective treatment is very difficult – I know I’ve been trying and failed! So I decided to compile one for you. Here are the results – the only up-to-date list of worldwide IVF costs on the internet. This article addresses three areas:

  1. The costs that are incurred for any one IVF cycle
  2. A comparison of the basic IVF treatment cost across the globe.
  3. An estimate of the total basic IVF cost to get pregnant according to age and country based on average success rates.

The first thing you need to understand is how the total cost of an IVF cycle is made up. During any particular cycle the costs will include:

  • Initial consultation (can be 6% to 10% of the basic IVF treatment cost).
  • Basic IVF Treatment (varies by country as outlined in Table 1) Usually includes doctor’s fees for egg collection and embryo transfer, embryologist’s fees for intro fertilisation, anaesthetics, ultrasound scans, theatre charges.
  • Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (can be 28% to 40% of the basic IVF treatment cost) Creation of embryos by direct injection of sperm into egg, procedure used for male infertility but increasingly common in standard IVF.
  • Hormonal drugs (can be 20% to 80% of the basic IVF treatment cost) Precise cost will depend on which drugs are prescribed for stimulating the ovaries. A Times Body & Soul survey also found high variation in prices charged by pharmacists.
  • Embryo freezing Sometimes included in the basic IVF cost. Other clinics can charge up to 20% of the basic IVF treatment cost, plus around 10% of the basic IVF cost per year for storage and between 20% and 100% of the basic IVF treatment cost for later thawing and transfer.
  • Other investigations Immunological therapies: can be upto 50% of the basic IVF treatment cost. Preimplantation genetic screening, to pick the best embryos: can be 55% to 120% of the basic IVF treatment cost. Both procedures are offered by a few clinics, though there is little published evidence that they are effective.
  • Regulatory fee (dependant on the country) can be 4% to 5% of the basic IVF treatment cost. Charged separately by some clinics and rolled into the general cost by others.

This IVF cost information was according to The Times, January 10, 2008 – to give an indication of how these will affect the total IVF cost around the world the figures, which originally were for UK clinics, have been converted into percentages of the basic IVF treatment cost, and it has been assumed that the percentages will be similar across the globe. Please note that if you, for example, purchase your homonal drugs in a different country to where you have your IVF treatment then the percentage will not be an accurate reflection of costs. The major extra cost on top of the basic IVF treatment cost that everybody has to bear is the hormonal drugs. The amount of hormonal drugs that are required depend upon your:

  • age;
  • length of infertility, and
  • physical condition of your uterus and endometrium (uterine lining)

Understanding what makes up the IVF cost is important, and a great resource for this, and how to select a clinic can be found here. Bearing in mind what makes up the IVF cost we can now look at the basic IVF treatment cost across the world. It was very difficult to find comparative IVF cost figures from around the world. After much searching I realised that such a resource did not exist. As a start I took some figures from an article in Human Reproductive Update, Vol.8 No.3, 2002, An international survey of the health economics of IVF and ICSI by John A. Collins. The article had determined IVF costs for 26 countries for 2002. Taking an average inflation rate in healthcare expenditure of 3.5% I have used their figures to project these IVF costs forward and give estimates for 2008 and 2009 – these can be seen in Table 1 – all costs have been converted to US$. I then searched the internet and made some personal enquiries to find actual IVF costs now – August 2008. It was not possible to find costs for all 26 countries (although I am still trying!) on the original list from John A. Collins, however I did find the costs for countries that were not on the list. All these costs can be seen on Table 1 - all costs have been converted to US$. To understand the costs that I found there are a few notes that you should bear in mind:

  • Some of the costs include medication (hormonal drugs) whilst others do not. If the comments column does not indicate whether medication is included or not then I was unable to ascertain if it was included – I will need to make more enquiries.
  • If there is no figure in the “upper cost” column then the results are only based on one clinic. I had no way of knowing if this would be a cheap or an expensive clinic for that country, but it is a cost that can be achieved there.
  • If both an upper and lower cost is given then prices for at least two clinics were obtained – again this does not reflect the cheapest and most expensive clinic for that country but the lowest and highest IVF cost that I found.
  • Even when the cost of medication is given in the comment column, or included in the cost, it must be noted that this can vary according to age and the infertility problem that you have.

Although currently there are still a lot of gaps in the table please keep checking my IVF cost blog as I intend to continue with this research.

 

TABLE 1: IVF Cost per cycle Worldwide

All costs have been converted to US$.

Country

Projected Cost per Cycle

Actual figures found in August 2008

Comments

2008

2009

Lower cost

Upper cost

Argentina

$4,160

excluding medication

Australia

$5,200

$7,000

including medication

Austria

$3,600

Canada

$5,571

$5,766

$4,300

+2900 medication

China

$2,345

$2,428

$2,400

Czech Republic

$2,500

$3,000

Denmark

$4,613

$4,775

$4,000

$9,000

Dominican Republic

$8,300

Finland

$3,157

$3,267

-

-

Greece

$4,300

excluding medication

Hong Kong

$7,819

$8,093

$10,000

including medication

Hungary

$2,200

+ $1,500 medication

Iceland

$4,856

$5,026

-

-

India

$3,128

$3,238

$690

$1,800

Indonesia

$4,692

$4,856

-

-

Iran

$1,564

$1,618

$5,200

Israel

$4,692

$4,856

-

-

Italy

$5,318

$5,504

$3,150

Japan

$3,910

$4,047

-

-

Jordan

$2,345

$2,428

-

-

Kenya

$5,000

Korea

$1,721

$1,781

$1,600

$3,600

Latvia

$2,500

excluding medication

Lebanon

$6,256

$6,475

-

-

Lithuania

$3,500

Malaysia

$7,037

$7,284

$3,400

$4,600

Netherlands

$2,510

$2,598

-

-

Not possible privately

Norway

$4,370

$4,523

$3,200

Pakistan

$1,564

$1,618

-

-

Portugal

$4,000

excluding medication

Qatar

$2,800

Russia

$3,400

excluding medication

Saudi Arabia

$6,256

$6,475

-

-

Singapore

$7,037

$7,284

$6,300

$10,000

South Africa

$3,000

including medication

Spain

$5,600

Sweden

$5,099

$5,277

$8,000

Switzerland

$3,700

$4,900

excluding medication

Taiwan

$4,692

$4,856

-

-

Thialand

$3,910

$4,047

$3,000

$5,000

Turkey

$3,000

+$1,600 medication

UK

$3,632

$3,760

$7,500

$15,000

Range given by HFEA

Ukraine

$6,500

excluding medication

USA

$11,736

$12,146

$10,000

$15,000

including medication

Having found the basic IVF cost you have to realise that this will not be the total cost that you will pay in order to have a successful pregnancy through IVF. IVF success rates depend on a number of factors including:

  • age;
  • number of embryos replaced, and
  • cause of infertility.

The HFEA (Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority) gives the average success rates from 2005 for each age group as:

  • 29.6% for women under 35 years old;
  • 23.6% for women aged 35 – 37 years old;
  • 18.2% for women aged 38 – 39 years old;
  • 10.0% for women aged 40 – 42 years old;
  • 3.2% for women aged 43 – 44 years old;
  • 0.8% for women aged over 44 years.

Using these figures I have calculated the average total IVF cost for each age group in each country. These can be seen in Table 2.

TABLE 2: Average Total IVF Cost Worldwide

All costs have been converted to US$.

Age of the woman

Under 35

35 – 37

38 – 39

40 – 42

43 – 44

Over 44

Average IVF success rate

29.6%

23.6%

18.2%

10.0%

3.2%

0.8%

Average no. of cycles required to pregnancy

3.4

4.2

5.5

10.0

31.3

125.0

Argentina

$14,054

$17,627

$22,857

$41,600

$130,000

$520,000

Based on actual lower cost

Australia

$17,568

$22,034

$28,571

$52,000

$162,500

$650,000

Based on actual lower cost

Austria

$12,162

$15,254

$19,780

$36,000

$112,500

$450,000

Based on actual lower cost

Canada

$14,527

$18,220

$23,626

$43,000

$134,375

$537,500

Based on actual lower cost

China

$8,108

$10,169

$13,187

$24,000

$75,000

$300,000

Based on actual lower cost

Czech Republic

$8,446

$10,593

$13,736

$25,000

$78,125

$312,500

Based on actual lower cost

Denmark

$13,514

$16,949

$21,978

$40,000

$125,000

$500,000

Based on actual lower cost

Dominican Republic

$28,041

$35,169

$45,604

$83,000

$259,375

$1,037,500

Based on actual lower cost

Finland

$10,665

$13,376

$17,345

$31,567

$98,648

$394,591

Based on 2008 projected cost

Greece

$14,527

$18,220

$23,626

$43,000

$134,375

$537,500

Based on actual lower cost

Hong Kong

$33,784

$42,373

$54,945

$100,000

$312,500

$1,250,000

Based on actual lower cost

Hungary

$7,432

$9,322

$12,088

$22,000

$68,750

$275,000

Based on actual lower cost

Iceland

$16,404

$20,574

$26,679

$48,556

$151,736

$606,945

Based on 2008 projected cost

India

$2,331

$2,924

$3,791

$6,900

$21,563

$86,250

Based on actual lower cost

Indonesia

$15,852

$19,882

$25,781

$46,921

$146,627

$586,508

Based on 2008 projected cost

Iran

$17,568

$22,034

$28,571

$52,000

$162,500

$650,000

Based on actual lower cost

Israel

$15,852

$19,882

$25,781

$46,921

$146,627

$586,508

Based on 2008 projected cost

Italy

$10,642

$13,347

$17,308

$31,500

$98,438

$393,750

Based on actual lower cost

Japan

$13,210

$16,569

$21,485

$39,103

$122,196

$488,783

Based on 2008 projected cost

Jordan

$7,924

$9,938

$12,887

$23,454

$73,294

$293,177

Based on 2008 projected cost

Kenya

$16,892

$21,186

$27,473

$50,000

$156,250

$625,000

Based on actual lower cost

Korea

$5,405

$6,780

$8,791

$16,000

$50,000

$200,000

Based on actual lower cost

Latvia

$8,446

$10,593

$13,736

$25,000

$78,125

$312,500

Based on actual lower cost

Lebanon

$21,134

$26,507

$34,372

$62,557

$195,490

$781,960

Based on 2008 projected cost

Lithuania

$11,824

$14,831

$19,231

$35,000

$109,375

$437,500

Based on actual lower cost

Malaysia

$11,486

$14,407

$18,681

$34,000

$106,250

$425,000

Based on actual lower cost

Netherlands

$8,480

$10,636

$13,792

$25,101

$78,442

$313,767

Based on 2008 projected cost

Norway

$10,811

$13,559

$17,582

$32,000

$100,000

$400,000

Based on actual lower cost

Pakistan

$5,282

$6,625

$8,591

$15,636

$48,863

$195,452

Based on 2008 projected cost

Portugal

$13,514

$16,949

$21,978

$40,000

$125,000

$500,000

Based on actual lower cost

Qatar

$9,459

$11,864

$15,385

$28,000

$87,500

$350,000

Based on actual lower cost

Russia

$11,486

$14,407

$18,681

$34,000

$106,250

$425,000

Based on actual lower cost

Saudi Arabia

$21,134

$26,507

$34,372

$62,557

$195,490

$781,960

Based on 2008 projected cost

Singapore

$21,284

$26,695

$34,615

$63,000

$196,875

$787,500

Based on actual lower cost

South Africa

$10,135

$12,712

$16,484

$30,000

$93,750

$375,000

Based on actual lower cost

Spain

$18,919

$23,729

$30,769

$56,000

$175,000

$700,000

Based on actual lower cost

Sweden

$27,027

$33,898

$43,956

$80,000

$250,000

$1,000,000

Based on actual lower cost

Switzerland

$12,500

$15,678

$20,330

$37,000

$115,625

$462,500

Based on actual lower cost

Taiwan

$15,852

$19,882

$25,781

$46,921

$146,627

$586,508

Based on 2008 projected cost

Thialand

$10,135

$12,712

$16,484

$30,000

$93,750

$375,000

Based on actual lower cost

Turkey

$10,135

$12,712

$16,484

$30,000

$93,750

$375,000

Based on actual lower cost

UK

$25,338

$31,780

$41,209

$75,000

$234,375

$937,500

Based on actual lower cost

Ukraine

$ 21,959

$27,542

$35,714

$65,000

$203,125

$812,500

Based on actual lower cost

USA

$33,784

$42,373

$54,945

$100,000

$312,500

$1,250,000

Based on actual lower cost

The chance of a pregnancy through IVF is increased if more embryos are replaced. The more embryos that are replaced the greater the chances of a multiple birth, since each embryo has a chance of developing to full term. Since multiple births is the single greatest risk to health in IVF the HFEA in the UK have imposed restrictions on the number of embryos that can be transferred in IVF to a maximum of two for women under the age of 40 and a maximum of three for women aged 40 or over who are using their own eggs (if you are using donated eggs the maximum is two). In India, however, these restrictions do not apply and six or seven embryos can be replaced at any one cycle, hence increasing the chances of pregnancy but also increasing the risks. To date I do not have details of the legal limits in all of the countries, however if you keep checking my IVF Cost blog I do intend to continue with this research. The cause of infertility is very specific to you. It is not an area which I will address at the moment. Having an estimate of the total IVF cost in each country now puts you in a position to be able to make an informed decision on the best country to focus on for your IVF treatment. India clearly comes out as the cheapest country on IVF cost. India also has the benefit of a vast amount of experience – they were the second country in the world to have a successful pregnancy with IVF, only a couple of month after the UK in 1978. In India many of the doctors have been trained and have practised in the West and are fluent in English. However, if you are from Europe and want to stay closer to home, Hungary (a beautiful country, and so clean. I have had personal contact with one of the clinics there and their communication was excellent) and Latvia (I have never been so I cannot comment) appear very good options. For a truely excellent, must-read book for helping you with the issue of infertility click here.

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IVF Cost at Fakih IVF, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Here is the information given to me on the cost of IVF, the procedure and the success rates from Fakih IVF in Dubai, United Arab Emitates. They have given good, comprehensive replies to the questions asked.

 

Hi Sue,

The answers to your queries are as follows:

The questions I have regarding treatment at your clinic are:

1. What is the current success rate for your clinic? (preferably by age as I know that the success rate will be much lower for somebody of my age) Our clinical success rates of both clinics in Dubai and Abu Dhabi (i.e. we can see the pregnancy by ultrasound) are updated on our Success Rates page by age group. Here’s the snapshot.
Patient age           Success Rate
<35                               63.4%
35-37                           59.2%
38-40                          43.3%
41-42                           32.0%
≥43                              12.5%

2. How many cycles do you perform per year at the clinic? We had done 780 cycles in Dubai in 2012 and growing steadily.

3. What is the maximum age that you treat? 45

4. Are there any fertility conditions that you will not treat? Women with no uterus, or women with no eggs.

5. What is your embryo transfer policy? How many embryos will you replace at one time? 1 or 2 or 3, depending on the case.

6. What is the basic cost of the IVF treatment? AED 30,000 inclusive of all consultations from Day 2/3 of the period, ultrasounds, hormone injections, egg retrieval, ICSI, embryo transfer, up till the 2nd pregnancy test.

7. What additional costs would / could be incurred? Maybe a semen analysis is required or maybe a vaginal swab is needed. Sometimes antibiotics are also prescribed.

8. What happens to the costs if the cycle has to be abandoned? We refund the balance of the treatment.

9. How long would I need to be in Dubai for? The treatment lasts for 3-4 weeks.

10. Who deals with the logistics of flights and accommodation? We have a page on our website to help international patients find a hotel. We don’t take care of flights, but we can issue a letter of invitation if it helps.

11. How is the pre-treatment carried out? Depending on the case, we sometimes start stimulation outside the UAE. Usually we do that for couples who prefer to remain in their country and who don’t have major fertility problems, or couples with a male infertility problem and the wife is healthy). All tests and stimulation will be liaised between our clinic and an obstetrician/gynecologist in their country. Also, some men who need to come to us for Micro-TESE operation and who send us their hormone results may need to take some supplements or medication to help them produce sperm so that when we perform the operation there is a higher chance of finding sperm.

12. How do I get medication? Through your doctor, and based on our recommended doses which are based on the results of blood tests and ultrasounds.

13. How will I be monitored? Through regular blood tests and ultrasounds.

14. How will I know that I am not being under / over stimulated? We closely monitor your hormone levels by regular blood tests and ultrasounds.

15. If I have a problem whilst in the UK who would I go to? You can get in touch with our Patient Advisor by email, or you can call us.

16. Is the clinic registered with any regulatory body? It is registered by the Ministry of Health and HAAD (Health Authority of Abu Dhabi) and soon by international bodies.

Let me know if you need any clarification for any of the above.

Kind regards,

Randa
Brand Communications Director

Fakih IVF
P.O. Box 72960 Dubai, UAE
Tel +971 4 349 7600
Fax +971 4 349 7668
www.fakihivf.com

 

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The New Face of Surrogacy in Mexico

By SurrogacyMexico.com | Wednesday, April 10, 2013

 

While family-building options for many intended parents is restricted by financial burdens and steep legalities, the overwhelming aspiration to become intended parents via surrogacy has remained constant.

Where can one be greeted with support and a breath of fresh air? Who can you trust and wholeheartedly commit to when proceeding with family building options?

Backed by affordable and unswerving dedicated team members, CARE Surrogacy Center in Mexico has drawn a growing number of intended heterosexual singles and couples, as well as gay intended parents, to share in their passionate and dedicated surrogacy program.

Let’s explore a few of your options with CARE Surrogacy Center — Gestational Surrogacy in which the intended parent’s egg and sperm are fertilized and implanted into a gestational surrogate mother via in vitro fertilization (IVF), Gestational Surrogacy in which one partner’s sperm is used to fertilize a donor egg, and then implanted into a gestational carrier via in vitro fertilization (IVF), or Gestational Surrogacy in which the female intended parent’s egg is fertilized with donor sperm, and then implanted into a surrogate mother via in vitro fertilization (IVF), and gender selection options, as well as embryo freezing.

CARE Surrogacy Center is honored to recognize lesbian and gay male couples considering biological parenthood, and is readily available to connect the LGBT community with same-sex donor-assisted reproductive options.

Today, many infertile couples or individuals are pursuing fertility treatment, or family building through adoption, and surrogacy may not be the path they choose — nor one they truthfully consider.

It is significant for ALL intended parents to be entirely aware of the full spectrum of family building options — and never give up hope.

Every intended parent, no matter what challenges you are facing, are encouraged to explore the benefits of surrogacy in Mexico:

COST: The affordable surrogacy programs available with CARE Surrogacy Center are offered at nearly 60 percent less then the United States.

SAFE & LEGAL: The dedicated support of journey coordinators, surrogacy lawyers, and fertility medical professionals are available to offer their unwavering advocacy with your surrogacy journey to Tabasco, Mexico. It’s our pleasure to assist you in brining your baby home.

CONVENIENT TRAVEL DESTINATION: Mexico is by far an easier travel location then Ukraine, Russia, India, or Thailand for Surrogacy.  Americans and Canadians can easily cross the boarder to Mexico, and travel times and cost are considerably less then other aboard locations.

HIGH PREGNANCY SUCCESS RATES: The surrogate birth rates range from 50%- 70% success.

CARE Surrogacy Center Mexico continues to be at the forefront inside the evolution surrounding surrogacy by offering you options.

Let us empower you — and be your breath of fresh air.

SurrogacyMexico.com
Ivan Davydov, Surrogacy & Reproductive Lawyer
CARE Surrogacy Center Mexico

USA: +1 213-784-1013
MEXICO: +52 1 33 1417 6044
Skype: surrogacymexico
Email: ivan@surrogacymexico.com
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Gender Selection Cyprus for Affordable Family Balancing

by IVFCyprus.net | October 22, 2012

Advanced technology and scientific research gave rise to many assisted reproductive treatments which have allowed many patients to not only have a baby, but can also choose its gender otherwise known as baby sex selection.

Although it is a highly controversial practice, gender selection is employed to help couples choose the sex of their baby for personal, religious and/or social reasons.

With the use of PGD (pre-implantation genetic diagnosis), also known as embryo screening, gender selection technique can prevent the inheritance of genetic diseases. It is designed to reduce the possibility of transmitting sex-linked genetic diseases to an offspring for at risk couples.

There are limited locations in the world where gender selection is considered legal, however on the small island of Cyprus it is legal and practiced through methods of PGD in Cyprus, and MicroSort in Cyprus. Many couples that undergo gender selection in Cyprus wish to experience the joy of raising a child of desired sex.

Cyprus is the island of choice for many BritishArabic, and Turkish patients seeking gender selection. Many couples build their hopes for a desired baby gender and on the island of Cyprus they achieve their dreams with world-class fertility clinics with astounding track record of pregnancy success.

The island is home to Europe’s most cutting-edge IVF clinics serving patients from the UK and the rest of Europe with unsurpassed level of expertise.

As a pioneering destination for infertility treatments, Cyprus welcomes throngs of couples to take advantage of the unprecedented pregnancy success rates, egg donation programs Cyprus and affordable quality fertility care.

North Cyprus IVF Clinic is the only fertility clinic in Europe to provide MicroSort gender selection technique.  The clinic provides peace of mind care with an airport pick up, hotel accommodations, and a dedicated English speaking patient care facilitator.

MicroSort North Cyprus 

Gender Selection is offered in a few alternative methods at North Cyprus IVF:

1) MicroSort IUI for Gender Selection

This treatment method is very much like conventional IUI apart from the fact that male partner’s sperm is sorted into X and Y bearing cells through the MicroSort procedure. The MicroSorted sperm is then used for artificial insemination where it is injected intra-uterine.

MicroSort for gender selection with IUI treatment has 90% accuracy for gender selection for a girl and 75% accuracy for gender selection for a boy. Regarding success rates, MicroSort IUI has similar success rates to IUI treatment success rates, which is about 20-25% for women younger than 35 years of age, and about 8-10% for women older than 35 years of age. It should be kept in mind that MicroSort IUI may need several attempts before pregnancy can be achieved.

2) MicroSort IVF for Gender Selection

This treatment option is more like regular IVF-ICSI treatment. The male partner’s sperm is sorted into X and Y bearing cells for gender selection, just like in the IUI option. However, as opposed to injecting the sorted sperm trans-uterine, female partner’s eggs are taken out and the sperm is injected directly into the nucleus of the egg for fertilization. In other words, IVF+ICSI does not let nature take its course, but rather, does the job in the lab environment.

IVF treatment requires that the female partner uses stimulation medication in order to produce a higher count and quality of eggs in a given menstrual cycle. It is through this medication protocol that we are able to obtain a higher count of eggs in order to increase your chances of pregnancy.

Accuracy for gender selection is still around 75% for a boy and 90% for a girl. However, pregnancy rates are considerably higher than IUI since IVF procedures allow for multiple eggs to be fertilized and transferred back into the uterus.

3) IVF with PGD for Gender Selection

Alternatively, there is PGD which is a genetic testing procedure done once the embryos are created. It allows us to identify the gender with 99.9% accuracy as well as screening for most common genetic disorders, making sure your baby does not possess a serious genetic condition. This method is a bit more expensive compared to MicroSort IVF but is more accurate. Gender selection through PGD works just like conventional IVF, where eggs and sperm are fertilized in the laboratory environment. Then, embryos are placed in an incubator for optimal growth. Once the embryos reach the 8-cell growth stage (usually day 3 after fertilization), biopsy is performed where a single cell is retrieved from each embryo for diagnosis. This biopsy allows us to test for certain genetic conditions and determine the sex. Apart from the sex of the baby, we test chromosomes X, Y, 13, 18 and 21, which are the causes of almost 90% of all genetic-linked abnormalities. However, in this option, the specimen is used without MicroSort.

4) MicroSort IVF with PGD for Gender Selection

Combining MicroSort and PGD is the best gender selection method there is, and is only offered at our clinic in Northern Cyprus. This method combines the benefits of both MicroSort and PGD technologies in an optimal manner. MicroSorting makes sure that majority of the sperm is sorted into the cells that will produce appropriate gender. PGD will further provide increased accuracy for gender selection and provide a gender selection accuracy of 99.9% while also allowing us to screen your embryos for majority of genetic diseases. This option is best for patients above the age of 35 and those who have diminished ovarian reserves.

North Cyprus IVF Success Rates:

The below figures summarize the success rates for gender selection at North Cyprus IVF. It should be taken into account that success probability is based on test results and history of infertility.

Women aged between 21- 29:  84 percent

Women aged between 30-34: 64 percent

Women aged between 35-39: 58 percent

Women aged between 40-44: 16 percent

Getting to North Cyprus:

North Cyprus can only be accessed through Turkey. From major cities in Turkey- Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir- you can book a direct flight to North Cyprus. There are regular scheduled and chartered flights out of UK and other European countries to North Cyprus. More than 90 flights per week arrive at North Cyprus airport Ercan during the summer.

If you seek gender selection options consider Cyprus as your family balancing solution, we can help.

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Egg Donation Success in Cyprus

by IVFCyprus.net | October 19, 2012

An Island of hope and dreams holds untold success stories of young couples who’ve endured emotional journey’s to build a family and were blissfully rewarded with the gift of a child in Cyprus.

Infertility affects nearly 12 percent of couples that are of childbearing ages. For those who have experienced this heartache you know it’s a struggle that not only effects your body, but your life, your finances, and sometimes the relationship with your partner.

Couples who’ve exhausted their finances are looking for options to build their families with fertility tourism. Fertility tourism is traveling to an abroad destination for health care, in this case infertility treatments.

Seeking fertility treatment should not have to be costly nor complicated. With many IVF treatment options available in destinations like Cyprus, infertility patients can safely undergo an IVF procedure for an affordable price.

This has become an appealing option for British, Turkish, Arabic and European patients that seek in vitro fertilization and other fertility treatments like gender selection for family balancing and MicroSort for selecting the sex of the baby.http://www.ivfcyprus.net/microsort-cyprus

Many couples have walked down the path to parenthood along the calming coastlines of Cyprus and experienced a fulfilling and life-changing journey.

One of the most common causes of female infertility is the inability to ovulate.  Without ovulation, conception cannot happen naturally.

Symptoms of ovulation problems generally include an irregular cycle or an absence of menstruation. Fortunately, with the use of advanced fertility technology, Cyprus fertility clinics can make it possible with controlled ovarian stimulation.

If a couple cannot be treated by traditional fertility procedure such as in vitro fertilization (IVF), they may consider using donor eggs.

Donor eggs are just as it seems.  A young woman donates her healthy eggs in order for a deserving family to have a baby. Often the clinics maintain their own egg donor databases of young healthy women who have offered to donate their eggs.  The donors under go rigorous health examinations and screenings in order to quality as a donor.

For the clinic it’s important to have a variety of egg donors from different cultures, race, religions and physical appearance. Fertility doctors will help match prospective parents with high quality egg donors. They strive to make the process of selection an egg donor in Cyprus as easy and hassle-free as possible.

Egg donation in Cyprus allows an infertile woman to carry a pregnancy and give birth. Even though she is no the biological mother of the baby her male partner can donate his sperm so the baby has a biological connection to one parent.

Cyprus egg donation programs are designed for females with premature failure condition. Premature failure is an infertility issue in which menopause started at an earlier age than normal (typically before the age of 40).

There are a variety of other reasons for employing egg donation procedures, including low quality eggs caused by age; genetically transmitted diseases (STD) that could be passed on to the offspring; and previous history of failure with IVF.

Egg donation programs in Cyprus enjoy the highest pregnancy success rate of all fertility procedures. Women ages 21-29 with a 98% success rate with egg donation to women ages 35-39 with a 78% egg donation.

Fertility clinics in North Cyprus maintain the highest ethical standards and provide both intended parents and donors with professional, personalized and compassionate care.

While physical characteristics such as height, eye, hair color and IQ scores are important to many couples, IVF Cyprus clinics provide a sense of egg donor’s unique qualities in the egg donor profiles.

This psychographic information on egg donors is derived from screening interviews conducted by well-trained psychologists.

Patients traveling for egg donation in Cyprus have the peace of mind that administrative staff of IVF clinics in Nicosia will coordinate all the logistical details of egg donor selection including interviewing, matching, legal documenting and medical and psychological screening.

Cyprus is one of the most cost friendly destinations for egg donation offering patients multiple payment plans to facilitate financing the procedure. The lower cost of living, cheap overhead charges on the island gave rise to affordable fertility practice in Cyprus while sustaining world-class medical service.

The island’s appealing geographic location sprawling three regions including Asia, Europe and the Middle East allow patients to easily access Cyprus from world main cities and save on travel expenses.

North Cyprus IVF Center vows to provide patients with seamlessly comfortable journey of family building. And in commitment to that vow, North Cyprus IVF clinic leave nothing unplanned- from the moment of your arrival to Cyprus to the moment you welcome your baby to life.

You will be picked up at the airport taken to your hotel and to the clinic in maximal convenience and comfort.

Getting to island is an easy affair. Chartered flights are available from major cities in UK such as London, and Manchester on low cost airlines (Monarch, Flythomascook and Easyjet).

If you are having a finding it difficult to conceive and cannot afford fertility treatments in Europe or the US, travel to Cyprus for egg donation and become your own egg donation success story.

 

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UK: 020 8816-7668
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Surrogate Births Up, Surrogate Costs Down

by FindSurrogateMother.com | October 15th, 2012

Today, a greater acceptance of infertility procedures and worldly advances in IVF treatments has increased the amount of surrogate births.

IVF Surrogacy clinical labs are using the newest and latest advances in embryology techniques such as Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI), Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD), Blastocyst Transfer and cryopreservation techniques.

While the high cost for intended parents, including medical and legal fees, has forced many couples to stop chasing their dreams of parenthood, the demand for affordable IVF Surrogacy costs is on the rise.

FindSurrogateMother.com  is helping connect intended parents, surrogates, and egg donors, in an effort to educate intended parents on the complex issues of surrogacy and help guide intended parents to clinics that offer low IVF Surrogacy costs and IVF treatments for singles and couples, regardless of sexual orientation.

Today, IVF Surrogacy clinics around the globe are offering low cost exclusive IVF treatments that give intended parents reduced costs for medications, screenings, IVF fees, egg donor fees and surrogate mother fees.

With gestational surrogacy arrangements, the surrogate mother becomes pregnant using in vitro fertilization (IVF) and is not genetically related to the child.

Traditional surrogates, in contrast, are genetically connected to the child. With traditional surrogacy, the surrogate’s egg is fertilized with the partner’s sperm of the intended mother, or donor sperm, through IVF.

In vitro fertilization (IVF) comprises of complex procedures, including the administration and monitoring of medications to stimulate the ovaries, fertilization and the growth and transfer of embryos into the uterus. IVF creates an environment to maximize the interaction between the eggs and sperm. FindSurrogateMother.com enables you to compare the costs of international IVF Surrogacy clinics using these advanced processes across the globe.

Why do women choose to be Surrogate Mothers? Voiced by numerous surrogate mothers, the journey is a pure shower of empowerment and joyfulness in helping another couple build a family.

With more and more fertility clinics offering programs that help make the cost of IVF treatment more practicable, fertility tourism is on the rise. Traveling abroad for IVF surrogacy treatments can save you up to 60% off your surrogacy arrangement.

Affordable, exclusive IVF Surrogacy programs not only cushion your finances but also reduce your stress incurred by infertility and the overall surrogacy experience.

Committed IVF Surrogacy clinics are dedicated to finding treatment resolutions that expressively increases your chance of success and help keep your surrogacy costs down.

The first steps can be overwhelming and behold an outrageous amount of planning and trust, FindSurrogateMother.com will guide you at every step of the way.

We completely realize the emotional and financial impact of surrogacy arrangements and we are here to help.

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IVF in Mexico Offers Substantial Cost Savings

by IVFinMexico.com | October 11th, 2012

 

Fertility treatments can be a costly wager for many couples but certainly a stake that has seen an increasing number of patients betting on in 2012. Today, a multitude of infertility treatment options are available at exclusive IVF clinics across the globe.

The exorbitant IVF cost which most couples endure is combating against attorney and agency fees, medical and insurance costs, and may include surrogacy fees.

During in vitro fertilization (IVF), sperm and eggs are taken from the partners, combined in the lab, and grown there for three to five days before being transferred into the woman’s uterus.

In vitro fertilization may be an option for patients with blocked fallopian tubes, diminished ovarian reserve, male-factor infertility, endometriosis, or unexplained infertility.

Infertility treatments are more successful and reachable than ever before, resultant in the major growth of patients seeking IVF in Mexico.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 6.1 million women in the United States have trouble getting or staying pregnant. The American Society for Reproductive Medicine lists the average cost of an IVF cycle alone in the US to be $12,400.

A compelling argument for IVF and Surrogacy costs today brings us to the compassionate tendencies of many IVF clinics and IVF specialists in Mexico.

Compassion for Childless Couples Raising Eyebrows

Mexico’s fertility tourism promotes the venture of an inexpensive and stress-free way to explore another country, relax, and involve your IVF journey to parenthood in high-quality IVF treatments and surrogacy options for less, when compared with US fertility treatment costs.

And with same-sex couples flirting with the idea of surrogacy arrangement more and more, the demand for IVF surrogacy options is growing abroad.

IREGA Cancun is offering an exclusive IVF Warranty— if your first attempt is unsuccessful; a second IVF attempt is provided free of cost. Backed by an elite and astounding IVF team IREGA Cancun is increasingly seeing patients due to this remarkable inspirational doing.

IREGA Cancun hopes their efforts not only reduce the stresses that an ineffective cycle can produce, but further lower the burden of costs.

Shrinking the Cost of IVF in Mexico

Traveling for IVF in Mexico allows couples to shrink the high costs of IVF treatment by more than 60%. Attributing factors to the lower costs when compared to the US and UK include lower infrastructure costs, wage costs, and costs of living in Mexico which ultimately drives down the towering cost of IVF treatments.

With low-cost, direct flights and inexpensive accommodations, many IVF patients find that fertility treatment in Mexico is a bet they can win.

Fertility clinics in Mexico are also lowering IVF costs by implicating IVF treatments such as egg donation and PGD.

Family is the overall motivation behind IVF clinics in Mexico as they are committed to providing you consistent quality care. Find your future today with IVFinMexico.com.

 

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IVF Cost at Medicana International Hospital IVF Center – Istanbul, Turkey – Great Information

I have had a very thorough reply to my IVF Cost Letter from Medicana International Hospital IVF Center – Istanbul, Turkey. Their prices certainly seem reasonable.

The contact details for the clinic are:

Address: Beylikduzu Street No 3, Beylikduzu, Istanbul, Turkey

Phone: +90 212 867 79 18

Website: http://www.turkey-ivf.com

Here is their response:

The questions I have regarding treatment at your clinic are:

1.What is the current success rate for your clinic? (preferably by age as I know that the success rate will be much lower for somebody of my age)

 Here are our cumulative pregnancy rates in the following format.

 

Woman’s Age Pregnancy test (B-hcg +) Clinical Pregnancy
30 or younger 65 % 52 %
30 – 35 57 % 44 %
35 – 40 40 % 32%
41 - 43 27 % 14%
43 – 45 11 % 6 %

 2. How many cycles do you perform per year at the clinic?

 

Between 900-1000 patients

3. What is the maximum age that you treat?

We do not accept patients older than 45 years of age for ivf treatment.

4. Are there any fertility conditions that you will not treat?

If  woman’s  FSH is higher  than 20 mIU/ml at day 3, or male  has been undergone micro TESE operation before and sperms not found, we do not start IVF treatment. Besides, we do not try tubal re-anastomosis operation in tubal blockage cases since our IVF success rates are quite high.

5. What is your embryo transfer policy? How many embryos will you replace at one time?

We do not transfer more than two embryos, since we believe that transferring more than two embryos only increases multiple pregnancy rate.  Also we offer to transfer only one good quality blastocyst in first trial to young patients (<35 years of age) , but it is the decision of the couple.

6. What is the basic cost of the IVF treatment?

Our Package Prices are as follows;

Option 1 £ 1500

IVF / ICSI  Package
Including all exams, ultrasound, blood tests
Assisted Hatching ( With Laser) Included
IMSI ( In severe male factor cases) Included 

Freezing Excess Embryos ( With Vitrification )           £ 250

All cycle costs are package costs and include all the ultrasound scans, anaesthetic charges, doctor’s fees and post-op recovery where applicable.
At the time of egg collection, if there are no eggs or failed fertilisation, we refund £ 300 for cancellation of embryo  transfer.
Pregnancy scans are charged separately.
Medication costs are charged separately and can vary from patient to patient. Patients are requested to buy the drugs from the pharmacy themselves

Option 2 £ 2350 

Option 1 + all drugs and medications until embryo transfer

Option 3 £ 3250

Option 2 +  freezing the extra embryos and also a 20 night accommodation in a flat and airport transfers. Flat is fully furnished and very near to our Hospital (in walking distance).

7. What additional costs would / could be incurred?

If you have embryo(s) frozen, the cost of storage after one year is 120  £ annually

 TESA  280 £

Sperm freezing 150 £

 Micro TESE 550 £

8. What happens to the costs if the cycle has to be abandoned?

If the stimulation protocol is cancelled due to failure of follicular growth, we charge only examinations and blood tests. If embryo transfer is cancelled due to fertilization failure or embryonic development  arrest, we refund £ 350 for cancellation of embryo transfer.

9. How long would I need to be in Turkey  for?

If we will start the treatment at second or third day of the mensturation, it will probably last in 15-20 days with the embryo transfer.

10. Who deals with the logistics of flights and accommodation?

You will arrange  the flight tickets yourself but we can pick you up from airport for transfer to Hotel. Also we can help you for accommodation (hotel or residence near to our Hospital)  

Coordinator for patient relations in our IVF centre will help you.

11. How is the pre-treatment carried out?

You can send us the copies of all your medical records before you start. 

For woman; fT4 (free thyroxine),TSH, Prolactine  levels are required and also HBSAg, Anti-HCV , Anti-HIV is required

For man: HBSAg, Anti-HCV , Anti-HIV, sperm analysis are required. 

All the details of previous treatments will be helpful to understand the medical condition also. 

 12. How do I get medication?

As we start the treatment we provide the drugs in the package program or you can buy from pharmacy yourself.

13. How will I be monitored?

We will start the treatment at second or third day of the mensturation. The treatment will begin with daily injections and after three days you will be controlled again by ultrasound and blood levels of hormones to adjust the drug dosage. In every other day, you should be examined again and at about 9th or 10th day of treatment, you will have the final injection and in 36 hours your eggs will be collected under general anaesthesia. After that, your embryo transfer will be performed between 2 – 5 days .

14. How will I know that I am not being under / over stimulated?

In ovarian hyper stimulation syndrome, you may feel swelling and discomfort in the abdomen, sometimes nausea and vomiting, bowel problems and changes in urine colour and consistency. We will observe your stimulation closely to prevent hyperstimulation. If your ovaries are polycyctic type ( that means more sensitive for hyperstimulation), you should have daily monitoring with ultrasound and blood levels of oestradiol. 

Understimulation is easily diagnosed by ultrasound and blood levels and managed by modulating the drug dosage. 

15. If I have a problem whilst in the UK who would I go to?

Couples are free to return UK next day after embryo transfer. Sometimes problems like ectopic pregnancy, missed abortion, threatened abortion can occur just as after spontaneous pregnancy. In these circumstances, your local consultant will help you. We are always willing to give medical advice and direct you by phone or mail.

16. Is the clinic registered with any regulatory body?

Our IVF centre is located in Medicana International Hospitals Group which is one of the largest and pioneer of private Hospitals in Turkey. It is approved by our Ministry of Health and also Our Hospital is accredited by ISO and JCI (Joint Commission International) regularly. You can observe the Medicana group by visiting our site   (http://www.medicana.com.tr/intPatients/default.aspx )

 

 

Our Contact Informations

Medicana International Hospital IVF Center – Istanbul, Turkey

Turkey IVF, a fertility clinic in Istanbul, Turkey, offers several low cost IVF options.

An IVF cycle is 1,500 GBP without medications and 2,250 GBP with medications. For patients traveling to Turkey for treatment they offer a special package for 3,250 GBP which includes IVF, medications, airport transfers, and a 20 night stay in a flat within walking distance of the clinic. All their IVF prices include ICSI.

Phone: +90 212 867 79 18
Website: http://www.turkey-ivf.com

Call the above number for more information or to make an appointment.

Turkey IVF has English speaking staff and no wait for treatment.

Address: Beylikduzu Street No 3, Beylikduzu, Istanbul, Turkey

 

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