East Bay Fertility Center is focused on quality patient care. The goal is pregnancy! Our friendly fertility physician and staff value your needs and will spend the time necessary with each individual couple to help them understand their fertility options and formulate a fertility treatment plan to optimize their success. Our Fertility Physician, Dr Glen Andrew DO, and Embryologist have over 20 years of combined experience and one of the highest success rates in the country. We are among the few in the country that have consistently performed Minimal Stimulation IVF with notable success. We have one of the highest success rates in the Country. We were the first to perform IVF in Utah County and the first in the State of Utah to perform Minimal Stimulation IVF.

2.  Couples that are having a hard time getting
pregnant or are infertile have the lack of ability to
conceive despite months or years of trying. Each
year, there are approximately six million individuals
affected with infertility. Almost 10 percent of these
women and men are at the age of reproduction.
With this in mind and due to advanced medical
innovation, there are now several medical
procedures that permit couples to bear a child.
One of these methods is called IVF or in vitro
fertilization. The other method is termed
intracytoplasmic sperm injection.

3.  In1981, in vitro fertilization or IVF was first
utilized in the United States. Through this
method, there have been about 250,000
infants that have been born. Despite the
fact that this type of medical procedure has
been criticized by many people, infertile
couples are enjoying its benefits because it
made them pregnant and conceived a
baby of their own by using their sperm and
eggs.

4.  IVF or in vitro fertilization is a process
wherein the woman’s eggs are joined with the
man’s sperm. It is also considered as an
assisted reproduction procedure. As soon as
the woman’s eggs are transformed to
embryos, they are transferred back into the
woman’s womb. Normally, two to four
embryos are transferred back into the womb
of a woman to lessen the risk of multiple
births. The process is called a cycle every
time it is done.

5.  To determine the reason of your infertility, you
will need to seek the advice of a fertility
specialist. Your fertility specialist will find out
the best fertility treatment for you. If your
specialist chose IVF or in vitro fertilization,
she or he will advise you, as the woman, to
take fertility drugs for a few weeks. These
drugs can be in the form of shots or pills.
These particular drugs are going to assist you
boost the number of eggs in your body and
therefore making it more to gather in the
future.

6.  Female eggs are gathered via surgical
method that is slightly invasive. The
surgeon will use an ultrasound as his
guide for him to retrieve the eggs. After
retrieving the eggs, they are placed in a
petri dish for about 40 hours without the
sperm of your partner. The eggs then will
be examined and transferred back into
your uterus.

7.  The IVF or in vitro fertilization success rates are
almost the same with normal pregnancies.
Remember that it is hard to get pregnant if you
reach the age of 30 and above. The in vitro
fertilization success rate for women below 35 years
old is 37 percent while women above 35 years old
is 28 percent. The success rate for women whose
age is over 40 is 13 percent. Pregnancy will be
impossible or not common at all to women older
than that. It simply means that the younger you
are, the higher the success rate is.

8.  IVF or in vitro fertilization has aided
hundreds and thousands of couples get
pregnant and have a baby. On the other
hand, this fertility treatment is also
considered expensive. Before trying this
procedure, you should ask your fertility
specialist about the cost and find out if this
is the right treatment for you.