Natural Cycle IVF™ Can Help You Have a Baby

Our holistic Natural Cycle IVF™ is a personalized IVF treatment plan that does not require a woman to undergo a harsh regimen of fertility medication administration. By treating each of our patients as individuals, we are able to create IVF treatment plans customized for their specific needs. We encourage a woman’s body to produce her monthly one good egg.

Natural Cycle IVF™

The success of our holistic Natural Cycle IVF™ also improves a woman’s reproductive health. This is because we are steadfast in promoting our One Good Egg Policy. Our mission is to provide women with new and innovative fertility treatment protocols.

Every woman is different based on her unique medical history and fertility assessment. It is quality eggs that matter – not quantity.

We don’t refuse patients because a woman has been diagnosed as a difficult case.

• No refusals based on a woman’s advanced maternal age
• No refusals based on low FSH levels
• No refusals based on the number of potential eggs (follicles) a woman can produce per fresh cycle
• No refusals because a woman does not respond well to fertility medication

How Our Natural Cycle IVF™ Works

A woman’s body may need only a little coaxing to achieve a pregnancy with her one egg produced during a monthly menstrual cycle. A woman’s natural egg is the very best she can produce – without the need for numerous, costly, painful, self-administered fertility medication injections.

• As a woman’s natural cycle begins, the doctor will monitor the growth of her one good egg through pelvic ultrasound imaging and blood tests
• Once her natural egg has reached a prime stage of development, an ovulation trigger medication – hCG – will be self-administered by the patient at a designated time
• On a scheduled date, her egg will be surgically retrieved in an outpatient procedure while the patient is under general anesthesia
• After surgical retrieval, the egg will be fertilized in vitro through a procedure known as Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)
• ICSI is an ancillary IVF procedure in which one quality sperm is injected directly into the woman’s natural egg
• The resulting embryo cultures in vitro to a high quality stage of development – up to 5 days
• The high quality embryo is then transferred to the woman’s uterus via a thin catheter – similar to a Pap smear procedure
• A pregnancy test is scheduled in approximately two weeks

Pregnancy Success Rates Using Natural Cycle IVF™

Even though fertility medications are not prescribed, the pregnancy success rates for our Natural Cycle IVF™ rivals those of Conventional IVF and Mini IVF™. The personal attention provided by our fertility support team provides every patient with the medication and technology needed to conceive.

• No high cost, physically-challenging powerful fertility medications
• A woman produces her one natural egg
• Lowers health risks associated with Conventional IVF
• Avoids the high cost associated with large dosages of fertility drugs
• Helps women avoid the discomfort and side effects of daily fertility drug injections
• Eliminates the potential of a multiple pregnancy
• Resolves ethical and religious dilemmas for patients opposed to producing excess embryos

Candidates for Natural Cycle IVF™

Women who will most benefit from a Natural Cycle IVF™ protocol are those:

• Women over 35 who have a regular menstrual period and are able to ovulate
• Women over 35 with elevated FSH levels
• Women over 35 with a poor ovarian reserve
• Women diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
• Women who are at risk for Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS) due to high dosages of fertility medications
• Women who want to avoid costly and painful fertility medication injections
• Women who are unresponsive to fertility medications
• Women who have been unable to produce multiple eggs during a Conventional IVF or Mini-IVF™ cycle
• Women over 35 with elevated FSH levels and poor ovarian reserve
• Women who do not want to produce multiple embryos for ethical or religious reasons

Natural Cycle IVF™ Expertise

It is important to work with a fertility doctor having the experience required to design a customized Natural Cycle IVF™ treatment protocol meeting your personal needs. To schedule your initial consultation with Dr. John Zhang at New Hope Fertility Center – call 212.969.7422.