1st January – 31st December 2017

Definitions
- Treatment Cycle Started results – include all patients commencing treatment.
- Embryo Transfer results – include all patients reaching the stage of having embryos transferred.
- Live Birth – occurs when a foetus, whatever its gestational age is born and shows signs of life.
Fresh live birth rates – IVF/ICSI using own eggs
Age Range | Embryo Transfers | Live Birth / Embryo Transfer |
Under 35 | 452 | 35.4% |
35-37 | 191 | 30.9% |
38-39 | 92 | 18.5% |
40+ | 70 | 8.6% |
Total | 805 | 30.1% |
- Fresh Livebirth rate per embryo transferred = 20.6%
- Single embryo transfer in 54% Fresh cycles.
- 35% of women aged < 35 whose embryos were transferred following IVF/ICSI achieved a live birth.
- 30% of all patients whose embryos were transferred following IVF/ICSI achieved a live birth.
- 55% of patient’s having an embryo transfer had a blastocyst stage transfer.
- 38% of blastocyst embryo transfers resulted in a live birth.
Live birth rates – frozen embryos
Age Range | Embryo Transfers | Live Birth / Embryo Transfer |
Under 35 | 323 | 27.2% |
35-37 | 109 | 23.8% |
38-39 | 64 | 25.0% |
40+ | 49 | 12.2% |
Total | 545 | 24.9% |
- Frozen livebirth rate per embryos transferred = 19.9%
- Single embryo transfer in 75% frozen cycles.
- 9% of patients who had frozen embryos transferred achieved a live birth.
Live birth rates – donated eggs
Recipients | Treatment Cycles Started | Live Birth / Treatment Started |
8 | 8 | 37.5% |
- Overall 50% of donor egg recipients created enough good quality embryos to require embryo freezing.
Live birth rates – for partner insemination
Patient Number | Treatment Cycles Started | Live Birth / Patient |
37 | 54 | 13.5% |
Live birth rates – for donor insemination
Patient Number | Treatment Cycles Started | Live Birth / Treatment Started |
36 | 81 | 13.6% |
Female fertilty preservation service
Patient Number | Treatment Cycles Started | Cycles in which eggs or embryos were stored |
63 | 67 | 94.0% |
- Fresh live birth rate per treatment started = 23.4%
- Frozen live birth rate per treatment started = 23.6%
- Multiple live birth rate over this time period was 7.4%
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