 No success in having a baby?
It could be due to Endometriosis. Painful periods, painful sex or simply not getting pregnant without a cause can all be symptoms of Endometriosis. At Ballarat IVF and SouthWest Fertility, our fertility Specialists will never advise you to have Assisted Reproduction Treatments before being carefully assessed for endometriosis. The assessment involves an examination along with a specialized ultrasound. If Endometriosis is suspected, we will discuss the treatment options with you, which may include a laparoscopy. Irrespective of the way you are trying to conceive, be it naturally or with IVF, it is much more likely to be successful if endometriosis is detected, and treated. #swfchangeyourlife For most couples, following an IVF treatment cycle, a number of high quality embryos develop, and are frozen. These frozen (or vitrified) embryos are your potential future family, suspended in time.
When thawed in 2, 3, or even 5 years time, it still grows and functions in the same way as when it was first formed. This gives you the same chance of your frozen embryo leading to the birth of a healthy baby, as it would have at the time the eggs were collected. Ballarat IVF has a very good pregnancy rate using thawed embryos. In the year to June 2018, our patients under the age of 38, achieved a live pregnancy in 46% of embryo transfers, which is outstanding. In the early days of IVF it was common practice to transfer multiple embryos with the belief that this would lead to higher success rates. However, over time many fertility experts now recognise that the transfer of a single embryo can result in high success rates while minimising the risks associated with multiple births. At Ballarat IVF we have moved towards single embryo transfers for the majority of our patients. This has led to greatly reduced multiple pregnancies while maintaining high pregnancy rates. Over the years, we have witnessed a steady decline in multiple pregnancy rates from 23% in 2006 to 0% in 2018 for Fresh Embryo transfers. This has been achieved by reducing the number of double embryo transfers. In the under 38 years group, this has dropped from 50% in 2006 down to 5% in 2018 (as shown in the graph). Similar trends have been seen across all age groups and within both Fresh and Frozen embryo transfers. At the same time we have seen an increase in pregnancy success rates with a confirmed fetal heart in 38% of our fresh cycles and 46% for Frozen Embryo transfers in 2018. These success rates have been achieved by ideal embryo culture conditions, careful embryo selection and preparation of the uterine lining for implantation.  Figure 1. Fetal heart pregnancies per fresh embryo transfer versus percentage of double embryo transfers for patients less than 38 years from 2006 to 2018 at Ballarat IVF.
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