The Truth About IVF Live Birth Rates. Keeping expectations right!

 In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a medical procedure that involves fertilizing a woman's egg outside of her body. This procedure is often used to help women who are struggling with infertility.

The success rate of IVF varies depending on a number of factors, including the woman's age, the cause of her infertility, and the quality of her eggs and embryos.

According to the Indian Society of Assisted Reproduction (ISAR), the overall live birth rate for IVF in India is 32%. This means that for every 100 women who undergo IVF, 32 will give birth.

The live birth rate can also vary depending on the cause of infertility. A good resource to help you understand these numbers better is the IVF Success Rate Estimator provided by the centers of disease control in the US. The estimator takes in a few inputs such as your age, weight, height, cause of infertility, if you are going use your eggs or donor eggs to provide you with an estimate of live birth rates in the specific patient group. Here is an example for a woman who is 130 pounds, 5 feet in height, trying IVF for the first time using her own eggs across various causes of infertility.



Its quite evident that the best live birth rates are seen in young women with a diagnosis of PCOS or ovarian dysfunction, male factor infertility, unexplained infertility and tubal factor. The success rates for women with diminished ovarian reserve is quite poor when compared to the other groups.

If you are considering IVF, it is important to talk to your doctor about your individual chances of success. Its also important to identify the cause of infertility so that you maintain realistic expectations on the success rates for your procedure. Your doctor can help you understand the factors that may affect your success rate and can help you make an informed decision about whether or not IVF is right for you. Knowing about free tools such as the IVF Success Rate Estimator helps you to make better informed decisions.

If you are struggling with infertility, it is important to remember that you are not alone. There are many resources available to help you, including your doctor, support groups, and online forums. Make sure that you understand your chances well before you take the plunge.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

IVF Success Rates and Age: What You Need to Know

Image
Fertility declines with age, and this is especially true for women. The CDC IVF success estimator can help you evaluate the impact of age on live birth rates through IVF cycles. Most fertility clinics in Bengaluru counsel patients and project success rates in-terms of clinical pregnancies achieved. However patients must realize that its not a clinical pregnancy that matters but the birth of a child. A sizeable fraction of pregnancies through assisted reproduction (about 10-20%) are lost during the first or second trimester as miscarriages. In order to understand the impact that age of the female partner has on live birth rates, we ran a small data experiment using the IVF success rate estimator by CDC. We assumed a woman who weighs about 130 pounds and 5 feet tall, who has had no past pregnancies and estimated the chances of live births across one IVF cycle and 3 transfers between the ages of 27 and 45. We selected male factor infertility as the initial diagnosis as this suggests a he...
Read more

A comparison of the number of allopathic clinics and traditional medicine clinics in Karnataka

Image
  In Karnataka, a southern state in India, healthcare services are available across various systems, including modern scientific approach's such as allopathy and traditional systems such as Ayurveda, homeopathy, and Unani. It is generally believed that allopathy is the most common form of healthcare in Karnataka, traditional systems of medicine such as Ayurveda, homeopathy, and Unani are also widely used. In this article, we'll compare the number of allopathic clinics and traditional medicine clinics in Karnataka and explore the reasons for any disparities. With over 55,000 beds available in the public healthcare system Karnataka has over 13000 registered healthcare establishments (source: Karnataka Private Medical Establishments List, May 2023). As the list looks at bot traditional and modern systems of medicine I worked on this data set to determine the proportions and distribution across different systems. The results are as follows:
Read more