Many couples who can’t manage to conceive by themselves often turn to fertility clinics to help them to have a child. One of the most common ways that fertility clinics help is by performing in vitro fertilization (IVF). Since the first baby born by IVF – Louise Brown – came into the world in 1978, there have been enormous advances in the field, but the technique still isn’t always successful. In fact, a study done in the UK showed that only about 24% of women who have an IVF embryo implanted actually give birth to a live baby. This type of rate is not specific to the UK – if you are looking for a reproductive endocrinologist Kansas City success rates are likely to be quite similar.

 

However, it looks like there may be some new hope on the horizon – and again, it is coming from the UK. The use of IVF is very widespread there, with about 60,000 couples having the treatment each year. Because of this, there is a lot of research carried out in the UK on IVF, including at a number of UK fertility clinics. One of those, CARE Fertility Group, now seems to have made a breakthrough that may raise the success rate for IVF to as high as 78%. [Read more…]

Originally posted on January 16, 2014 @ 7:12 pm