IVF Select

IVF Select is an innovative, new approach to assisted reproduction that involves freezing all embryos in an IVF cycle, the testing of embryos for unbalanced chromosomes and transferring after thawing one at a time in later non-stimulated cycles. Embryos with abnormal numbers of chromosomes or parts of chromosomes are almost always incapable of developing into a pregnancy and healthy baby. These are the most frequent cause of IVF failure and miscarriage, especially in patients of more advanced reproductive age. This maximises cumulative live birth rates per IVF attempt while minimising multiple pregnancies, which increases the health risks for both mother and baby. 

Pioneered by the world’s foremost fertility specialists, including our London Bridge team, and only offered by a handful of top clinics world-wide so far, higher cumulative pregnancy rates are being reported for a wide range of maternal ages.

Benefits of IVF Select

• Only genetically balanced (normal) embryos are transferred
• Pregnancy rates up to 70%
• The risk of multiple pregnancies is lower, which is safer for mother and baby
• The chances of pregnancy loss and miscarriage fall
• It can takes less time to become pregnant than standard IVF
• You can store additional embryos for the future
• Affordable, inclusive packages, including up to two frozen embryo transfer cycles

How does IVF Select work?

IVF Select incorporates many of the latest innovations in IVF to maximise the chances of a successful and safe single pregnancy:

• Ovarian stimulation individually tailored to optimise the number of mature eggs collected in a single IVF treatment cycle
• Embryos are cultured to the blastocyst stage and monitored by time-lapse imaging
• Unlimited embryo testing for genetic imbalances (aneuploidy and structural abnormalities) by 'Next Generation Sequencing' (NGS) chromosome copy number analysis
• No embryo transfer in the fresh cycle to avoid ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) and improve the chance of pregnancy
• All blastocysts are vitrified (frozen) with a series of transfers of single genetically balanced blastocysts