IVF Cost

Two weeks after I sent my letter requesting information on the IVF cost, IVF success rate and IVF procedure at Krishna IVF Clinic in India I received the reply below.

Although this clinic will not treat me due to my age they have still replied in full and directly to my questions and there is an informative diagram which was sent to me by Dr. Raju shown after the answers. The IVF cost appears very reasonable given that there are no additions other than flights and accomodation (Dr. Raju has kindly put these into US$ for us).

thank you for mail. we regret for delay in sending the reply.

Considering your age we are not offering the treatment for such age group.

please check the attachment for our response to your questions, treatment plan and new patient form.

regards

Dr. Rama Raju

Director

Krishna IVF Clinic

Z.P. Junction

Visakhapatnam

Andhra Pradesh

India

Phone: 91-891-2538194, 195, 2706164, 2706722.

Fax: 91-891-2706712

E-mail: krishnaivf@hotmail.com

Web: www.krishnaivf.com

 

1.      What is the current success rate for your clinic?

Clinic Success rates (Clinical Pregnancy Rate) for the period- January 2008 to August 2008: < 30 years: 46.12%, 30-35 years: 37.14 % and > 35 years: 25.0% 

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

We usually perform 400 cycles per year in our clinic.

 

3.      What is the maximum age that you treat?

We treat women up to 41/42 years of age.

 

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

Oocyte donation and professional surrogacy are not provided at our clinic.

 

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

We do day 4 compacted embryo transfer, maximum 3 embryos will be transferred for younger age groups, and more than 3 embryos will be transferred for older age group.

 

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

US $ 3000-3500/- (excluding transport and accommodation)

 

7.      What additional costs would be/could be incurred?

No additional costs

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

Cost for the ultrasound services and consultation will be charged and rest of the amount

(that may be upto 100-200$) will be returned if the cycle is abandoned.

 

9.      How long would I need to be in India for?                                                                                 17 days                                                                                   

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

Krishna IVF’S clinical coordinator along with couple who wish to go for IVF treatment at our clinic will jointly deal with these matters (http://krishnaivf.com/category/location/).

 

11.  How is the pre- treatment carried out?

Couple willing to under go IVF treatment is advised to attend our clinic for preliminary investigations during 18^th to 21^st day of their cycle. Couple needs to plan for 2 days stay (http://krishnaivf.com/category/ivf-process/).

            Investigations like

1)      Basic preliminary blood investigations needed for IVF treatment.

2)      Ultrasound scanning for the woman to check uterus and ovaries are done.

Sperm freezing and counseling are carried out at the same sitting, after preliminary investigation down regulation injection (Decapeptyl) is given.

            2 weeks later woman is asked to come to the clinic to check E2 and LH hormone levels. If levels are satisfactory stimulation for ovulation will be started. Woman need to plan for 17 days stay for stimulation, Oocyte recovery and embryo transfer. Rarely she may need to stay further 2 more weeks if she develops hyper stimulation.

12.  How do I get medication?

 

13.  How will I be monitored?

 

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

 

15.  If I have a problem while in the U.K who would I go to?

            For Q nos. 12, 13, 14 & 15

We prefer stimulation and monitoring under one roof (i.e at our clinic).

            During stimulation with hormonal injections woman is monitored by transvaginal ultrasonography and blood hormone levels regularly to see the progressive growth of the follicles. Woman is also prevented from under/over stimulation by this.  

 

16.  Is the clinic registered with any regulatory body?

We are registered with the Indian Society for Assisted Reproduction (ISAR) and ESHRE PGD Consortium (European society of human reproduction Pre implantation genetic diagnosis) (Center code: “103”).

   

 

 

 

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