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Treatments available for the subfertile coupleThe GCRM has been set up to provide treatments which the NHS does not currently provide and also to provide conventional treatments for couples to whom NHS treatment is denied.
In vitro fertilisation (IVF)
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Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)
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Surgical Sperm Retrieval
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Intrauterine insemination (IUI)
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Ovulation induction and intrauterine insemination (OI/IUI)
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Blastocyst culture
So if it is so successful why is blastocyst transfer not used for everyone? The problem is that many embryos do not survive five days in the laboratory, and if not carefully selected, some patients would not get an embryo transfer. At the GCRM, as a guide, patients with at least 4 good quality embryos on day 3 will be considered suitable for blastocyst stage transfer. If the number of embryos is lower there will be no advantage to leaving the embryos outside the uterus, as we already know which embryos are best selected for transfer. It must be emphasised that this policy does not compromise the success rate of patients who do not proceed to the blastocyst stage - most IVF pregnancies still follow day 2 or 3 transfers. The cost of IVF or ICSI treatment at the GCRM is fully inclusive of all costs associated with blastocyst culture and transfer. Top
Embryo freezing
The cost of IVF or ICSI treatment at the GCRM is fully inclusive of Embryo freezing and the first years storage. Top
Sperm freezing
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IVF was developed for women where there is a Fallopian tube problem.
It involves the woman having daily injections of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH or human menopausal gonadotrophins, HMG) for around 12 days, which stimulates eggs to grow. Most women give themselves the injections or get their partner to do it. The response to these injections is monitored, and at the appropriate time, the eggs (oocytes) are collected from the ovaries with a needle, in a procedure that usually takes around half an hour, during which you are sedated. The eggs are then mixed with your partner’s sperm, fertilsation occurs and embryos are produced. Usually one or two embryos are put back in the womb, two or three days later. For further information please click 
A blastocyst is an embryo that has been allowed to develop in the laboratory for five days or more after egg collection, during which time it grows into a bundle of cells. In standard IVF, embryos are allowed to develop for only two or three days in the laboratory before being transferred into the uterus. There is evidence supporting the use of blastocyst culture and transfer in certain patients. One such group are those where there are a number of similar embryos on day 2 or 3, and it is difficult to distinguish which are the best. Published figures show that of all embryos replaced in the uterus on day 2 or 3, only 15-20% actually implant and become a pregnancy, while in some patients, blastocysts are up to twice as likely to implant. There are a number of possible reasons for this improved success rate, but the most likely is that embryos which develop successfully to blastocyst stage are growing better than the others, and have a higher potential to implant.