IVF with Apricity

We leverage medical excellence with personalised human care and the latest technology, to bring you the best experience possible and maximise your chances of success.

Who is IVF For?

Since the development of IVF over 40 years ago, it has been used to treat people with a range of fertility issues. Originally intended for women with damaged fallopian tubes, today it is also commonly used for women with endometriosis and PCOS, women with previously failed cycles of IUI, or when a male partner has reduced sperm quality. It is also the chosen procedure when either a couple or single female have unknown infertility issues – sometimes there are a range of reasons why natural conception may not work effectively and IVF is the best option.

What Does IVF Treatment Involve?

If IVF is decided to be the most appropriate treatment after consultation, a follow-up assessment will be arranged at one of our partner clinics, which involves a number of tests to ensure that you are physically ready to undergo the treatment. The IVF process includes a number of steps, beginning with female hormone therapy and ending with fertilised embryos being transferred into the uterus. Although each individual case is unique, we expect a course of IVF to take approximately 7 weeks from the initial fertility drugs to pregnancy test.

An IVF treatment cycle can be broken down into 6 steps:

1. Ovaries are stimulated with a course of fertility medication in order to produce multiple eggs.
2. Through regular checks, the eggs are collected from the ovaries at the optimal time.
3. After the eggs have been collected, they are fertilised with sperm from either a male partner or a donor in our laboratory.
4. Embryos that are the result of fertilisation are cultured in the lab for three to six days.
5. One of the embryos is inserted into the uterus in order for pregnancy to begin.
6. Once the embryo has been transferred, you will be given a date on which to take a pregnancy test – usually around two weeks later. Our advisors are available 7 days a week for support and next steps following the pregnancy test.

The remaining embryos from your treatment can also be frozen and stored for later transfer in another cycle, in a process known as vitrification. Due to advancements in technology, success rates from a frozen embryo transfer are now just as good as those from a fresh IVF cycle.

Although IVF is not a cure for infertility, the treatment is a solution to any issues that prevent natural conception and is one of our main procedures to help women become pregnant