Success Rates
Success Rates
IRH has helped thousands of couple to succeed in achieving their dream of parenting over the years. Many factors affect success rates. The two major factors are the severity of the disease process and the quality of the treatment.
Some treatments offer modest results. These include Clomid and insemination with conception rates of 10-15% per cycle. Injectable medications such as Gonal F or Follistim coupled with insemination offer superior treatment. In Vitro Fertilization offers the highest conception rates. Individual success rates for IVF vary depending on age of the egg and severity of the disease process. A 32 year old woman would be expected to have a higher conception rate than and 42 year old individual. Conception using a donated egg for the 42 year old individual would give her the same conception rate as the 32 year old individual. The Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) advises against comparing clinics on a purely statistical basis since some clinics may treat more difficult cases and others treat easier cases to improve the appearence of their statistics. One common technique to eliminate difficult cases is to screen based on FSH and reject patients with FSH levels that are poor. IRH does not discriminate against patients based on FSH levels.
IRH reports its data yearly to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) as is required by law. Years of data are available on the CDC web site.
