Infertility Guidance Service

read moreHave we forgotten the infertility treatment skills that were gained before the availability of modern assisted conception treatments? Modern infertility management appears to be geared to streamlining patients towards the high tech options available through assisted conception techniques, such as IVF, ICSI, egg and embryo donation. There is no doubt that ICSI has dramatically revolutionised. On 6th April 2009, the parenthood provisions in Part 2 of the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Act 2008 came into force.

read moreI am 35 years old and about to start my first IVF treatment. My consultant has suggested that I should only have a single embryo replaced to reduce the risk of having twins. I can only afford this one cycle of treatment and I'm worried that a single embryo transfer will reduce my chance of success. I can fully understand your concerns. Many couples in your position would prefer the risk of having twins than the risk of not having a baby at all. But it's not as simple as that. There is no doubt that it is far safer to be born as a single baby than as a twin (see Elective Single Embryo Transfer information).