The Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago has set itself apart as one of the leaders in IVF success rates. Our statistics have been above the national average for 15 years in a row. See our IVF success statistics below.

Why Are Our Success Rates So High?

The ultimate goal is to help couples have children.
To work toward this end, our highly skilled team works diligently to stay on top of quality control. We make every effort to continually improve our knowledge base and methods.

Some reasons we are so successful:

Use of the latest technologies
Maintenance of stringent quality control
Hiring and training the best people
Commitment to ongoing learning

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Video - check success rates online

Our donor egg success rates

Blastocyst day 5 transfer

IVF pricing plans and options

Links to CDC and SART reports

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Our IVF success rate for 2011 for age < 35 was 60% National average was 42.9%	Our egg donation success rate for 2011 was 80% National average was 54.9%

The tables below show our clinical and live birth success rates for 2010-2012 Fresh IVF cycles and cycles using frozen-thawed embryos are shown separately A "clinical pregnancy" has a pregnancy sac seen in the uterus on ultrasound exam
Our 2012 IVF Clinical Pregnancy Rates - Using Fresh Eggs & Embryos IVF statistics for January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012
Age	Cycles Started	Egg Retrievals	Clinical Pregnancy Rate Per Egg Retrieval	Live Birth Rate Per Egg Retrieval
< 35	240	232	64.7%	Not yet available for 2012
35-37	78	74	60.8%
38-40	61	55	52.7%
41-42	18	12	58.3%
43-45	9	9	22.2%
Egg Donation Donor success rates	93 embryo transfers		88.2% Per embryo transfer

2012 Frozen Embryo Transfer Statistics - Clinical Pregnancy Rates FET Statistics for January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012
Age	Frozen Transfers	Clinical Pregnancy Rate Per Transfer	Live Birth Rate Per Embryo Transfer
< 35	61	70.5%	Not yet available for 2012
35-37	13	92.3%
38-40	16	68.8%
41-42	3	66.7%
Egg Donation Donor success rates	34	61.8%

Our 2011 IVF Pregnancy and Live Birth Success Rates - Fresh Cycles IVF statistics for January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011
Age	Cycles Started	Egg Retrievals	Clinical Pregnancy Rate Per Egg Retrieval	Live Birth Rate Per Egg Retrieval
< 35	208	200	66.5%	60.0%
35-37	83	75	52.0%	45.3%
38-40	60	53	50.0%	33.3%
41-42	10	9	11.1%	11.1%
Egg Donation Donor success rates	75 embryo transfers		81.3% Per embryo transfer	80.0% Per embryo transfer

2011 Frozen Embryo Transfer Statistics FET Statistics for January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011
Age	Frozen Transfers	Clinical Pregnancy Rate Per Transfer	Live Birth Rate Per Embryo Transfer
< 35	45	73.3%	66.7%
35-37	20	55.0%	55.0%
38-40	11	54.5%	45.5%
41-44	2	50.0%	50.0%
Egg Donation Donor success rates	30	76.7%	53.3%

See a copy of our official SART report for 2011

Our 2010 IVF Pregnancy and Live Birth Success Rates - Fresh Cycles IVF statistics for January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010
Age	Cycles Started	Egg Retrievals	Clinical Pregnancy Rate Per Egg Retrieval	Live Birth Rate Per Egg Retrieval
< 35	213	204	64.7%	60.3%
35-37	76	70	57.1%	41.4%
38-40	48	42	66.7%	50.0%
41-42	15	13	23.1%	15.4%
Egg Donation Donor success rates	76 embryo transfers		89.5% Per embryo transfer	81.6% Per embryo transfer

2010 Frozen Embryo Transfer Statistics FET Statistics for January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010
Age	Frozen Transfers	Clinical Pregnancy Rate Per Transfer	Live Birth Rate Per Embryo Transfer
< 35	25	56.0%	52.0%
35-37	20	50.0%	40.0%
38-40	9	44.4%	22.2%
41-42	4	50.0%	25.0%
Donor eggs Donor success rates	10	70.0%	70.0%

See a copy of our official 2010 SART report

Check any clinic's success rate - links to 2011 SART and CDC Success Rate Reports

What Other Factors Affect IVF Success Rates?

In addition to the quality of the IVF program itself, other factors contribute to IVF success rates.

Age of the female partner
Cause of infertility
Did the couple have a baby from a previous IVF, or did they have a failed IVF cycle?
Quality and number of eggs

We Publish Our Success Rates - Some Clinics Do Not

If you go through in vitro fertilization, you need assurance that you have the highest chance of achieving your goal of bringing a new life into your family.

Why would so many clinics not show their success rates? Do they have something to hide? Maybe they don't have the proven track record that we do. Do some research and see if you can find a clinic that matches our:

High IVF Live Birth Success Rates
IVF Pricing and Money Back Guarantees

How to increase your chance for having a successful IVF outcome

The best way to increase the success of IVF is by having the procedures done at a high quality IVF program. There are important differences in success rates between clinics. For example, if you go to the CDC (or SART) site, you will find clinics with IVF live birth success rates ranging from below 10% to over 60% per egg retrieval procedure for women under age 35.

Do your research before you do IVF.

We are proud of our IVF live birth success rates that have consistently been one of the highest in the Midwest every year.

However, don't take our word for it. Follow the links below to go to either the SART or CDC websites to compare IVF live birth rates for reputable IVF centers.

Check any clinic's success rate - links to 2011 SART and 2010 CDC Success Rate Reports

Recently, some Chicago area IVF centers have advertised that their IVF success rates are "higher than the national average". Unfortunately, some centers are being less than truthful (or they need math lessons). The CDC and SART reports for some of these IVF centers show success numbers consistently below the national average.

Ask your doctor for their recent IVF success rate statistics in writing - then check their numbers on the CDC and/or SART reports.
If you look for a specific IVF clinic on the CDC site and can't find it - check the "CDC Non-reporting ART Clinics By State". Look under your state to see if the program is listed as "non-reporting".
Some in vitro fertilization clinics break federal law by not reporting their IVF success results. That doesn't say much for their integrity or their success rates.

Our goal is to have the highest live birth success rates possible, while minimizing risks of multiple pregnancy - particularly high-order multiples (more than twins).

This is best accomplished by optimizing all laboratory and embryo culture systems, and by being cautious with the number of embryos transferred.
Blastocyst embryo transfer is a technique that allows us to reduce multiple pregnancy risks, while maintaining high success rates.
Our pregnancy rates with blastocyst transfer

Couples considering IVF can best evaluate the best clinic for them when they have a thorough understanding of the outcome results of any programs that they are considering.

You should ask for data like that presented above regarding IVF pregnancy success rates, live birth rates and multiple pregnancy rates from any clinic you are considering for IVF. These issues are critical, and you have a right to know the outcome information.

Any IVF program can provide this information in writing. If they refuse, or make excuses about why they can't give you details in writing - consider going to another clinic. They probably have low success rates.

More about differences in IVF pregnancy success rates between clinics

We are not bragging if we back it up. We do.

We put our money where our mouth is with 2 money back guarantee IVF pricing options for qualifying couples:

Shared Risk IVF Plan pricing option
100% money-back guarantee option

IVF Costs:

Our IVF cycle price includes everything except medications for $9,500 (cash discounted price). The average charge at other centers is higher than this.

Many IVF clinics charge $12,000 or more. It is important not to equate price with quality when it comes to IVF. Some centers are expensive with low success rates.

Watch a video showing how to research IVF success rates online for any US clinic

A comparison of clinic success rates may not be meaningful because patient medical characteristics, treatment approaches and entrance criteria for ART may vary from clinic to clinic.

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