Success Guarantee Packages

• The embryo-recipient must be physically and mentally healthy enough to undertake a pregnancy.
• Using the same combination of ovum, sperm and uterus, the intended parents must have failed less than 3 IVF cycles in their history.
• The embryo-recipient must have a normal uterus as assessed by a transvaginal ultrasound, have no evidence of Adenomyosis or Stage 3 or greater - - Endometriosis, and either a normal hysterosalpingogram, sonohysterogram or hysteroscopy performed in the preceding 12 months. In previous fertility treatment therapies the embryo recipient must not have demonstrated a poor endometrial response, as demonstrated by a peak endometrial thickness of <8mm and/or an endometrial echo pattern that is not trilaminar to estrogenic stimulation in the proliferative phase of the menstrual cycle.
• If recipient of embryos as submucosal fibroids, they must be removed. If she has intramural fibroids they must be < 3cm.
• The recipient of the embryos must not have evidence of hydrosalpinx.
• The recipient of embryos must have a BMI <30 (to calculate nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmicalc.htm).
• The egg provider must have a day three FSH< 9.0mIU/ml, estradiol<65 pg/ml and Antral Follicle count of >12 and an AMH >1.5.
• The man must be capable of producing sperm in his ejaculate, or be willing to go through a procedure to obtain sperm or use a sperm donor. If the sperm provider requires a sperm extraction procedure like TESE/ MESA then donor sperm must be arranged as a back-up option if sperm is not able to be obtained through these procedures. If couple is unwilling to use donor sperm as back-up and there is no sperm found on the TESE/MESA then the SG contract will be void and a one cycle package will be charged and the balance refunded.
• The lab must be able to use ICSI at their discretion for optimum fertilization.
• The couple, in consultation with the physicians and embryologist, will determine the number of embryos/blastocysts placed per each transfer. A minimum of two embryos will be replaced. In general, we adhere to the established guidelines published by the American Society of Reproductive - Medicine. The couple must agree to have all embryos transferred, either fresh or thawed, before the cycle is considered complete per the plan.
• In all previous IVF cycles, using the same ovum and sperm source together there must have been >5 embryos created.
• Treatment cycles involving pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) are excluded from this plan.

¹A live birth is defined as a child born who lives more than 72 hours post-delivery.