Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago Blog

Do IVF frozen embryo transfer (FET) cycles have increased success rates or other benefits as compared to fresh transfers? Over the past several years there have been several studies published that investigated whether fresh or frozen transfers result in higher IVF pregnancy success rates and also which type of transfer is associated with healthier outcomes for mothers and

IVF patients often focus attention on the grading of their embryos at the time of transfer. We do the morphological grading on IVF embryos to assess the rate of development, the number of cells and how healthy the cells look. However the underlying chromosomal competence or lack of chromosomal competence is far more important than the morphological grade of an

The 2013 SART report was released in early March 2015 by the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology. It reports clinic-specific pregnancy outcome results from in vitro fertilization cycles done by SART member clinics in 2013. The SART report is a useful resource for couples considering in vitro fertilization treatment using their own eggs or donor eggs. Most IVF clinics in the US are SART members and

The 2012 SART report was recently released by the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART). This annual report details IVF success rates and egg donation success rates for individual clinics that are members of the SART organization. The large majority of US IVF programs are SART member

Egg freezing has been used in reproductive medicine for many years for fertility preservation as well as for banking of donor eggs.  In the last several years egg freezing technology has improved significantly. Therefore, in the fall of 2012 the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) removed the “experimental” designation for egg freezing.