WFWW-Do blastocysts like fresh air?
Embryos are very sensitive to their environment. Issues such as temperature, light and atmosphere are critical to proper embryo development and thus to a center’s success rates.
A study in the June 2009 issue of the journal “Fertility and Sterility” supports our decision at Reproductive Partners some time ago to use low oxygen incubators. In this study blastocysts were cultured in atmospheres with either 6% carbon dioxide (CO2) in air, the equivalent to 19% O2, a two-gas system; or 5% O2, 6% CO2, and 90% nitrogen (N2), a three-gas system.
Three hundred ninety six women, were randomized to 197 cultures with the three-gas system and 199 cultures with the two-gas system. The outcome with the three-gas system compared with the two-gas system showed a statistically significantly increased blastocyst rate (47.8% vs. 42.1%), mean number of blastocysts (3.8 vs. 3.3), and number of cryopreserved blastocysts (1.7 vs. 1.1). The mean number of transferred blastocysts was 1.2 versus 1.3. Culture with the three-gas system increased the relative birth rate by 10% compared with the two-gas system (42% vs. 32%, respectively), a statistically significant difference. The overall twin rate was 4.8%.
They concluded that blastocyst culture with low-oxygen (5%) versus high-oxygen (19%) concentration yielded a better blastocyst outcome and a marked improvement in birth rate.
Showing posts with label free IVF. Show all posts
Showing posts with label free IVF. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009
IVF Costs - Third Cycle Free
At Reproductive Partners Medical Group, we believe in success. Our expert physicians and staff have well over twenty years of experience and are dedicated to using our knowledge and expertise to maximize your chances to achieve your dream of having a baby.
Our financial program, called the SUCCESS PROGRAM is based on the philosophy that couples capable of getting pregnant with IVF usually do so within the first three cycles.
The Reproductive Partners SUCCESS PROGRAM is really very simple. If you pay our regular standard Global Rate for each of two complete IVF cycles at Reproductive Partners, transfer all embryos from those cycles, including frozen embryos, without achieving a viable12 week pregnancy your third IVF cycle at Reproductive Partners will be provided free for the same basic IVF procedures as in the first two cycles. Patients who have insurance coverage for IVF are not eligible.
There will be no age limits, no higher up-front fees as in money-back guarantee programs, no pre-payment for the second cycle until the first is completed, no mandatory procedures like hysteroscopy or IVIG injections and no arbitrary cancellations. If we determine that you are a candidate for and complete at least two cycles of IVF you may participate in the program. We expect our patients to succeed, and when success does not come quickly, we will go the extra mile for you.
Q&A
Q- How much time do I have to complete the three cycles?
A- You have 18 months from the start of birth control pills or Lupron in the first cycle, to the start of the third cycle.
Q- What about frozen embryos from the first two cycles?
A- All frozen embryos must be transferred without achieving a viable 12-week pregnancy before you will be eligible for the third cycle.
Q- In the third “free” cycle, what is covered and what is not?
A- All the same procedures that are covered in the Global Rate in your first two cycles are covered,
Here is a summary:
INCLUDED IN THE THIRD CYCLE -
BASIC PROCEDURES USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH IVF:
• Starting at the visit to begin birth control pills or Lupron:
• Ultrasound and estradiol monitoring of egg development
• Egg retrieval
• IVF laboratory work including preparation of sperm, identification of eggs, preparation of eggs for insemination, insemination of eggs, embryo incubation and monitoring and preparation for transfer
• ICSI (only if ICSI was paid for in the previous cycles)
• Assisted hatching
• Embryo transfer
• Progesterone level after transfer, ending with the first pregnancy test.
NOT INCLUDED IN ANY THIRD CYCLE -
IVF PRE-TREATMENT PROCEDURES:
• Consultations
• Pre-cycle lab work including infectious disease screening
• Semen testing
• Procedures such as trial transfer, hysteroscopy (if necessary)
POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IVF CYCLES:
• Anesthesia for retrieval
• Medications
• Surgical Sperm Retrieval
• Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) (if not paid for in two previous cycles)
• Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD)
• Cumulus co-culture
• Embryo freezing and storage or frozen embryo cycles
• In donor and surrogate cycles:
Administrative fees
Surrogate or donor recruitment, screening or remuneration costs
Pregnancy monitoring following the first pregnancy test
If a viable 12-week pregnancy is achieved within the first two cycles, including the use of frozen embryos, couples will not be entitled to a free third cycle. If three cycles are necessary, all must be completed in an 18-month period and only same procedures and category of cycle will be provided without charge. Other additional costs enumerated above are not provided without additional charge. All fees for each “paid” cycle must be paid in advance.
Our financial program, called the SUCCESS PROGRAM is based on the philosophy that couples capable of getting pregnant with IVF usually do so within the first three cycles.
The Reproductive Partners SUCCESS PROGRAM is really very simple. If you pay our regular standard Global Rate for each of two complete IVF cycles at Reproductive Partners, transfer all embryos from those cycles, including frozen embryos, without achieving a viable12 week pregnancy your third IVF cycle at Reproductive Partners will be provided free for the same basic IVF procedures as in the first two cycles. Patients who have insurance coverage for IVF are not eligible.
There will be no age limits, no higher up-front fees as in money-back guarantee programs, no pre-payment for the second cycle until the first is completed, no mandatory procedures like hysteroscopy or IVIG injections and no arbitrary cancellations. If we determine that you are a candidate for and complete at least two cycles of IVF you may participate in the program. We expect our patients to succeed, and when success does not come quickly, we will go the extra mile for you.
Q&A
Q- How much time do I have to complete the three cycles?
A- You have 18 months from the start of birth control pills or Lupron in the first cycle, to the start of the third cycle.
Q- What about frozen embryos from the first two cycles?
A- All frozen embryos must be transferred without achieving a viable 12-week pregnancy before you will be eligible for the third cycle.
Q- In the third “free” cycle, what is covered and what is not?
A- All the same procedures that are covered in the Global Rate in your first two cycles are covered,
Here is a summary:
INCLUDED IN THE THIRD CYCLE -
BASIC PROCEDURES USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH IVF:
• Starting at the visit to begin birth control pills or Lupron:
• Ultrasound and estradiol monitoring of egg development
• Egg retrieval
• IVF laboratory work including preparation of sperm, identification of eggs, preparation of eggs for insemination, insemination of eggs, embryo incubation and monitoring and preparation for transfer
• ICSI (only if ICSI was paid for in the previous cycles)
• Assisted hatching
• Embryo transfer
• Progesterone level after transfer, ending with the first pregnancy test.
NOT INCLUDED IN ANY THIRD CYCLE -
IVF PRE-TREATMENT PROCEDURES:
• Consultations
• Pre-cycle lab work including infectious disease screening
• Semen testing
• Procedures such as trial transfer, hysteroscopy (if necessary)
POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IVF CYCLES:
• Anesthesia for retrieval
• Medications
• Surgical Sperm Retrieval
• Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) (if not paid for in two previous cycles)
• Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD)
• Cumulus co-culture
• Embryo freezing and storage or frozen embryo cycles
• In donor and surrogate cycles:
Administrative fees
Surrogate or donor recruitment, screening or remuneration costs
Pregnancy monitoring following the first pregnancy test
If a viable 12-week pregnancy is achieved within the first two cycles, including the use of frozen embryos, couples will not be entitled to a free third cycle. If three cycles are necessary, all must be completed in an 18-month period and only same procedures and category of cycle will be provided without charge. Other additional costs enumerated above are not provided without additional charge. All fees for each “paid” cycle must be paid in advance.
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