| IVF Clinics - Avoid the common traps and increase | | | | choose a clinic solely on this basis. There are other |
| your chance of getting pregnant! | | | | important factors, which must come into the |
| There are so many fertility clinics licensed to practice | | | | equation. If the ideal clinic for you, after all your |
| assisted reproductive technologies and help couples | | | | research has been completed is a clinic 200 miles |
| achieve their dream of a baby. With plenty to choose | | | | away, investigate the possibility of staying with |
| from it is apparent they are not all created equal and | | | | friends, or a local hotel for a few weeks. |
| the playing field is by no means level. Pregnancy | | | | |
| success rates can range from 10% to 60%, which | | | | Hearsay and recommendation |
| means that the fertility clinic you choose is one of | | | | Choosing a clinic solely on the fact that you heard a |
| the most important factors to maximizing your | | | | doctor there was ' good' or you know someone who |
| chances of conceiving. AND the decision is all down to | | | | went there and has had success is also wrong. Sure, |
| you! | | | | it provides a good place to start but again your |
| The world of infertility is daunting. Initially you find out | | | | research must go beyond this to identify what the |
| that the prospect that having children may not be as | | | | clinic can do for you. Every couple's circumstances is |
| straightforward as you originally thought. Then having | | | | different and what works for one couple, may not |
| digested this shocking news, you have to find the | | | | work for another. Bear this in mind when researching |
| best ways to help you get pregnant. Finding the right | | | | the types of treatments available at each clinic. |
| team of people to do this is the key to your | | | | |
| success. It is so easy to make simple mistakes and | | | | Referral from Doctor or Gynaecologist |
| these mistakes could cost you the difference of | | | | After completing your initial investigative tests, your |
| being pregnant or not! I fell into some of these traps | | | | doctor will undoubtedly have a conversation with you |
| because I was naïve and placed my future in | | | | about what happens next. So far you have invested |
| the hands of the professionals and when it failed, I | | | | all your trust in your doctor and naturally respect his |
| took that matter into my own hands and became an | | | | her choice of clinic. Often, a doctors referral will be |
| expert of fertility clinics that could best help us. | | | | based on hearsay or anecdotal information. Certainly |
| While it is true that most of us carefully scrutinize | | | | research your doctors recommendation but if the |
| items of great importance like a future house or car | | | | clinic does not suit you and your partner, do not feel |
| purchase, when the stakes are much higher, we tend | | | | pressured into it. |
| to throw all caution and logic to one side. This is the | | | | |
| case with fertility. When it comes to someone | | | | Cost |
| providing you with the slightest glimmer of hope of | | | | It is our nature to seek out a good deal. When it |
| becoming a parent, inevitably you will take a blind leap | | | | comes to fertility treatment there is no such thing as |
| of faith. IVF treatment is an addictive process simply | | | | a good deal. The cost of treatment bears no relation |
| because of your hunger for success - that little baby! | | | | to the clinics' success rate. What does pay off is the |
| This is why choosing the right clinic from the | | | | time you invest in researching and asking the right |
| beginning is one of the most important decisions you | | | | questions. |
| will make. If you get it right, you will be on your way | | | | |
| to enjoying parenthood. If you get it wrong, you | | | | Repeat treatment |
| have one hell of a roller coaster ride ahead of you! | | | | You may already have completed one cycle of |
| Common traps to avoid | | | | treatment at a chosen clinic and wish to try again. Do |
| Location | | | | not feel under pressure to use the same clinic for |
| Some people choose the nearest clinic to their home. | | | | your next attempt. If it has not worked the first |
| This understandable as throughout the fertility | | | | time, there may be a valid reason for it. |
| treatment you will need to go back and forth, | | | | My best advice to you is research, research, |
| sometimes several times a day. But it is a mistake to | | | | research! |