Patient Stories

We profile here four actual patients who have been successfully treated at Dominion Fertility with Natural Cycle IVF. Their stories are not uncommon, and we offer them so that you may find something that may be relative to your situation.

Male Factor Infertility

Patient N.L

The first patient we will discuss is N.L., a young 32 year old woman who had tried unsuccessfully to become pregnant for four years. She went to a local fertility clinic that diagnosed a male factor with her husband's sperm morphology diminished.

That fertility clinic treated her with clomid and IUI for two treatment cycles, but no pregnancy occurred. They then recommended stimulated IVF as the next step. Before beginning the intensive treatment program, N.L. decided to seek a second opinion.

She came to Dominion Fertility and underwent one treatment with NCIVF. Not only did N.L. achieve a successful clinical pregnancy right away, she spent $4,000 as compared to the $10,000- $20,000 she would have spent on stimulated IVF.

Patient M.M.

M.M. is a 30 year old healthy female whose husband also had male factor infertility. The couple had been trying to achieve pregnancy unsuccessfully for two years. They, too, had been treated with clomid, and Gonal F with IUI for three cycles over a six month period at another local fertility clinic. These treatments did not result in pregnancy and again, that clinic recommended stimulated IVF.

M.M. came to Dominion Fertility in April 2007. Here she underwent one treatment of NCIVF, and promptly achieved a successful clinical pregnancy within two months. The patient remarked at how much easier and less stressful the entire process was compared with IUI.

Comments:

We believe that NCIVF offers distinct advantages compared with IUI in patients whose infertility is male factor related.

Tubal Factor Infertility

Patient Y.S.

Y.S. is a 34 year old patient who experienced infertility for four years and was unable to achieve pregnancy because of both tubal and male factors. She needed treatment with IVF but did not wish to use ovarian stimulation drugs. With this in mind, she set out to search for an alternative treatment option.

At Dominion Fertility Y.S. underwent one treatment with NCIVF and achieved a successful pregnancy. By avoiding the use of ovarian stimulation drugs she not only incurred less expense, but avoided health risks such as ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome.

Comments:

In general, tubal factor infertility is best treated with IVF. Natural Cycle IVF avoids the use and risks of ovarian stimulation drugs.

Endometriosis

Patient D.W.

D.W. is a 34 year old female who had severe endometriosis and was trying to become pregnant for four years. She was treated with several cycles of IUI and one cycle of stimulated IVF with no success.

At Dominion Fertility she underwent two treatments with NCIVF and achieved a successful clinical pregnancy in her second embryo transfer. With less stress and much less cost, D.W. was able to achieve with Natural Cycle what conventional treatment never had. Comments: Natural Cycle IVF can be used to treat patients whose infertility is related to endometriosis, and in this patient’s case, severe endometriosis.