IVF charges are Rs.70,000 ( US$ 2000 ) and ICSI Charges are Rs.80,000 (US$ 2300 ) .It includes all ,like drugs ,disposables and tests and sonography examinations. Special discounts are given if female partner is less than 27 yrs and with good antral follicle count ( discretion depends on the physician ).These costs are for one attempt and this information is updated in March 2007. Compromise in quality during IVF treatment never gives success.

Once the basic tests have been run and interpreted by your GP, you'll be in a better position to discuss with him or her where to go next. It might be a case of trying for a further few months and timing sex more carefully around ovulation, or you may feel the time is right to be referred on to a specialist fertility centre.

Complication called Ovarian Hyper Stimulation Syndrome is always feared during this treatment .It is more in younger females and esp. females with Polycystic Ovaries. To avoid that, treating physician always keeps a check on growing follicles and titrates the doses of Gonadotropins. If it is still imminent ,then we do not transfer the embryos in that particular cycle and Freeze them to transfer later on. Chances of this complications are very low and usually treated in a conservative manner.

One complete IVF or ICSI cycle takes approximately six to eight weeks. First, the normal menstruation cycle of the woman is down regulated by injection or nasal application of specific hormones each day. This part of the cycle can vary from a few days to several weeks. When the ovaries have become inactive, shown on ultrasound control and laboratory findings, the stimulation of the ovaries start by muscular or subcutaneous injections of hormones.

IVF and ICSI treatment should not be considered to be a single treatment solution. Patients should be prepared to go through at least 3 to 4 cycles to give themselves a fair chance of becoming pregnant as the likelihood of conception is cumulative. For example, with 4 treatment cycles, the chance of getting pregnant is about 70 %.

In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is the scientific name given to the process with is used to conceive a child outside the body. During the IVF process, an egg is removed from the woman’s ovary and is then fertilised with her partner’s sperm. The fertilised egg and sperm will then be inserted back into the patient through the cervix. IVF is often the only means of achieving a pregnancy for women whose fallopian tubes are blocked.

Yes, Now test Tube Baby procedure is offered to almost all patients who fail to conceive by conventional or simpler mode of treatment. It is very successful for patients with very few sperms / nil sperms. Other patients with endometriosis, egg problem, elderly patients, IUI failures can also achieve motherhood by this wonderful procedure.

In one IVF approach, 0.1ml of Lucrin is injected daily under the skin of your tummy (abdomen) daily from about day 21 of the preparation cycle until the day of the HCG trigger. . This medicine suppresses your pituitary gland in your brain from producing the triggering Luteinizing hormone (LH). This prevents spontaneous LH surge from interfering with the timing of egg collection.

For many reasons! Obviously, success rates, as defined in our IVF page, are the most important consideration. No ART program in the region offers success rates that are superior to ours. Cost is another important consideration. By using an efficient clustering of IVF cycles, we maintain costs far below the national averages despite success rates that are approximately twice as high! Other programs, which claim low costs, often achieve this at the expense of inferior pregnancy rates.

IVF is the common acronym for In-Vitro Fertilization, a frequently used conception practice when there are certain issues with the reproductive health of the mother, father, or both. IVF is simply the uniting of egg and sperm in vitro (in the lab). Subsequently the embryos are transferred into the uterus through the cervix and pregnancy is allowed to begin. The process is done in conjunction with ovulation induction through drugs, monitoring of hormone levels and follicle scans with ultrasound.

Yes, in most instances. However, please tell us about all the medication (prescription and over the counter) that you are taking. Studies have shown that the use of acupuncture and herbs prior to IVF greatly increases the efficacy of IVF. Modern medical wisdom seems to suggest that we combine what is useful from each source. Indeed, this is the case in China today. In medical schools in China the students learn 60% Chinese and 40% Western medicine and can apply both after training.

Endometriosis is a medical condition where cells that usually remain confined to the cavity of the uterus, grow outside of the uterus usually on or in the ovaries and also on the surface of the pelvic cavity between the uterus and the rectum. Endometriosis can cause pelvic pain and may also decrease the chances of natural conception, as it can affect tubal function and ovulation.

IVF or ICSI does not need hospital stay or any sort of surgery. During egg retrieval we give general anesthesia ( Inj Propofol ) for 10 – 15 minutes and it is given by qualified anesthesiologist. Eggs are retrieved by simple needle under ultrasound guide.

Absolute bed rest is not needed but we instruct the female partner to abstain from heavy exhaustive work and avoid intercourse for few weeks.

Definitely there is concern ,as these methods are not natural . But till date there is no clear cut correlation between these method and genetic diseases compared to population. It is a protective phenomenon of nature to go for the best selection of the pregnancies either achieved naturally or by artificial means. Abnormal fetuses are usually aborted whether they are created by natural intercourse or by ART ( assisted Reproductive techniques ) It is wide range of Fertility Treatments .

ICSI is a procedure in which one immobilized sperm is sucked into a very narrow pipette and then injected inside the egg, allowing fertilization to take place.