
National statistics tell us that with the present decade there will be a 61% increase in females aged 38-45 years. They are the aging "baby-boomers", who might have voluntarily or involuntarily postponed childbirth. Female fertility potential usually takes a tremendous dive around the age of 40 despite the modality of fertility treatment.
The national statistics of the Society of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (SART) points out two extremely important facts; first, pregnancy rates at age 40 or over, for IVF and GIFT, have exhibited no appreciable improvement over the last several years. Second, take home baby rate with ovum donation has been steadily increasing and is significantly higher.
The San Diego Fertility Center Egg Donation Program has experienced clinical pregnancy rates of 70-80% per embryo transfer of two blastocyst embryo's. Approximately 70-75% are single baby pregnancies, and 25-30% are twin pregnancies. These success rates are significantly better than pregnancy rates in IVF cycles using a woman's own eggs.
| Egg Donation - All Ages total number of cycles | 38 |
| Live Birth Rate/ET (Fresh Cycles) | 84.2% |
Please note: A comparison of clinic success rates may not be meaningful because patient medical characteristics and treatment approaches may vary from clinic to clinic. Read our article on our main website "Questioning Statistics".
Official Pregnancy Success Rates Among Reproductive Endocrinologists in San Diego
Most Recent Report Published by the Center of Disease Control (CDC) in 2003
For full report go to http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/ART2003/clinics03.asp.