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IVF and IVF Related Procedures
In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) at The Fertility Institutes
Welcome to the IVF information pages of The Fertility Institutes. We maintain our own world recognized outstanding
IVF laboratories at each of our centers including our headquarters in Los Angeles, in Guadalajara, Mexico, Las Vegas and soon New York City.
Our combined success rates for pregnancies achieved and healthy babies born have remained in the top 10% of programs nationwide ever
since our first case in 1981. You are urged to compare our price per cycle and
explore our highly discounted multi-cycle packages. We have always guaranteed to meet or beat any
documented price quote from any SART registered program in the Country. And all of this with NO compromise
in the ultra-high quality of the care you will receive. Your IVF care will be carried out by a dedicated
team headed by reproductive endocrinologists
Dr. Jeffrey Steinberg and Dr. Alison C. Peck. Unlike many multi-physician programs that divide patient care
between sometimes dozens of physicians, both physicians in our practice will know your individual
case intimately. We begin IVF cycles based on your individual menstrual pattern, rather than grouping cases together
for clinic convenience. For those undertaking IVF in our program, we offer an additional option of 99.99% guaranteed gender selection that allows you to choose the sex of your pregnancy. We are the world's largest and most
successful gender selection program and have performed hundreds of cases while maintainng a 100% success rate in achieving the desired gender outcome! For those that may require the additonal services of a surrogate mother or egg donor, we maintain our own, in-house
roster of young, screened and tested University student egg donors. There are no agency fees charged for our donors. This can lead to a savings in the thousands of dollars!
We have near immediate availablility of tested and screened gestational surrogates as well. Unlike the often very long waits for a suitable
surrogate, we are often able to effect a match within days to weeks. We are able to accomodate demanding patient work schedules by offering early morning evalutaions
that can put you back on the road to work efficiently. For the many patients that seek us out after failing IVF cycles
elsewhere, we are the area's and one of the nation's leading PGD centers. Adding PGD genetic analysis to study the true health
of your embryos prior to their being returned to you has resulted in markedly enhanced pregnancy rates in patients with a
history of prior IVF failure. Assisting the Doctors with your world class IVF care is a team of Ph.D. embryologists,
highly skilled IVF technologists, Ph.D. reproductive hormone specialists, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses and a full support
staff of specialists in insurance and reimbursement issues, national and international scheduling and more. To tour a portion of our
state of the art IVF facilities, we invite you to click here and observe the most advanced IVF laboratory facilities in the Western United States. View our State of the Art Facilities (slide show). We operate an in-house
acupuncture facility with Board Certified Oriental Medicine specialists available to provide the documented benefits of
acupuncture to those who seek such treatment enhancements. You could not make a better decision than to allow the experts
at The Fertility Institutes the opportunity to assist you in persuit of your dream of a healthy pregnancy. To register for
an appointment with our program, or to request a no-charge telephone review with you of your past or current fertility treatments,
please Fill out our online or fax ready registration forms, including a phone number and you will be contaced by us. (Free telephone offer applies ONLY to standard IVF and IVF/ICSI cycles)
Summary of the IVF Process
| Phase |
Purpose |
Drugs and Procedures |
% Reaching
this Step |
| 1. Ovarian stimulation and monitoring |
To cause ovaries to produce many mature oocytes in a single cycle |
GnRH (Lupron) analog injections hMG or FSH injections hCG injection, frequest blood tests, frequent ultrasound examinations |
100% |
| 2. Egg collection |
To collect oocytes before they are released from ovaries |
Needle puncture(s) through vaginal wall into ovaries or laparoscopic surgery |
92.5% |
| 3. Fertilization and embryo culture |
To create viable embryos |
Sperm preparation Fertilization Laboratory culture |
90.0% |
| 4. Embryo transfer |
To establish a pregnancy |
Embryo evaluation in laboratory Determining number of embryos to transfer Insertion of catheter through cervix into uterus |
77.8% (nationwide)
Fertility Institutes: 92.5% |
| 5. Pregnancy |
To gestate developing fetus(es) |
Progesterone/other drugs* Fetal reduction* Prenatal diagnosis* |
SART Summaries |
| 6. Delivery |
To deliver live infant(s) |
Cesarean delivery* |
SART Summaries |
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* Although these interventions are not necessarily used, they are more likely than in non-IVF pregnancies.
Contact Form
If you would like us to contact you concerning additional information required or about
entering our IVF program, please fill out the form below. Our web team will be in
touch with you shortly! Thank you for your interest in our program.
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