IVF Success Rates

We are proud of the Reproductive Science Center of the San Francisco Bay Area's record of success. Our doctors and staff are constantly improving their skills and our state-of-the-art facilities to increase your likelihood of becoming a parent. Please read Making Sense of ART Statistics to help you understand the meaning of these statistics.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technologies (SART) collect and report statistics for U.S. fertility clinics. The CDC maintains a web site where you can view past years live birth results.  Click here to see the results

RSC ART LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS 2008

Fresh IVF/ICSI cycles - Day 3 and Blastocysts Combined

Age of Women <35 35-37 38-40 41-42
Cycle starts 218 155 151 58
Transfers 189 138 122 43
Live Births 87 54 40 8
Live Birth rate per transfer 46.0% 39.1% 32.8% 18.6%
Cancellation rate 6.4% 7.1% 14.6% 24.1%

Frozen embryo cycles - Day 3 and Blastocysts Combined

Age of Women <35 35-37 38-40 41-42
Transfers 108 63 44 13
Live Births 42 22 13 2
Live Birth rate per transfer 39.0% 35.0% 30.0% 15.0%

Fresh IVF/ICSI cycles - Donor Eggs

Recipient transfers 87
Live Births 60
Pregnancy rate per start 69.0%
Live Birth  rate per transfer 69.0%

Frozen embryo cycles - Donor

Recipient transfers 75
Live Births 33
Live Birth rate per transfer 44.0%

Blastocyst Transfers

Age of Women <35 35-37 38-40 >41 Donor Totals
Embryo transfers 130 87 67 20 83 387
Clincal Pregnancies 88 51 36 11 65 251
Pregnancy rate per transfer 67.7% 58.6% 53.7% 55.0% 78.3% 64.9%

2008 Gestational Carrier Statistics

Number of cycles 6
Average number of embryos transferred 2
Number of clinical pregnancies 6
Clinical pregnancy rate 100%
Number of live births 5
Live birth rate 83%
Implantation rate 75%
Twin rate 50%
Triplets or higher 0.0%

 

 

 

NOTE: "A comparison of clinic success rates may not be meaningful because patient medical characteristics and treatment approaches may vary from clinic to clinic."  ASRM October 1999