Research shows that more than half of women who have IVF overestimate their chance of having a baby after one treatment cycle and wish that they had been given more realistic information about IVF and the likelihood of success.
The chance of a live birth following IVF depends on many factors including the age of both people undergoing fertility treatment and the cause of infertility. Research using the Australian and New Zealand Assisted Reproduction Database calculated the chance of a woman or person undergoing treatment having a baby from their first cycle of IVF according to their age. The results below apply to people who used their own eggs, and it includes the use of frozen embryos produced by one cycle of IVF:
Source: (VARTA – Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority) website.
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