2011 Success Rates from LWC Wales

These statistics have been collected from our Welsh clinics. All pregnancies were confirmed by foetal heartbeat by ultrasound scans. Further details about our success rates will be available at your initial consultation. For success rates calculated for less than 50 cycles, the number of cycles is presented as (n=).

IVF/ICSI

Age	Success rate
Under 35	45%
35-37	25%
38-39 (n=38)	21%
40-42 (n=31)	13%

IVF Lite

Age	Success rate
All ages (n=21)	71%

Egg-sharing

Age	Success rate
Egg-sharers (n=40)	48%
Egg-share recipients	41%

Elective Single Embryo Transfer (eSET) and Cumulative e-SET results

Age	Success rate
e-SET results
Under 35	51%
35-37 (n=27)	22%
38-39 (n=2)	0%
Cumulative e-SET and subsequent frozen transfer results
All ages	78%

Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) with donor sperm

Age	Success rate
Swansea 2008-11
Under 35	32%
35-40	21%
40+ (n=15)	13%
Cardiff 2008-11 (over three cycles)
Under 35	20%
35-40 (n=48)	14.5%
40+ (n=27)	7.5%

Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) with partner sperm August 2008-October 2011

Age	Success rates
Cardiff
Under 35 (n=33)	18%
Swansea
Under 35	10%
35-40	14%
40-42 (n=13)	0%

Verified live birth rates for 2010 are available from the HFEA website

Please note that success rates have limitations as the basis for comparison and personal choice. For further advice please visit the HFEA's advice pages.