Deciding where to go for IVF treatment is already something hopeful couples undoubtedly agonise over. But a lack of clarity around pricing and success rates can make the decision even harder.
For many people success rates are the key driving factor behind the decision.
They want to know that the clinic they go to will give them the best chances of having a baby.
But the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is concerned that there’s not a lot of clarity about what success rates are being used, and how they compare to each other.
They are investigating the claims made by IVF clinics about their successes.
The problem is, clinics don’t have to measure their success rates using the same data.
There are so many variables involved in the IVF process. The age and health of the woman, the number of embryos, the amount of times embryos are implanted before a pregnancy, the number of pregnancies that make it to full term.
Bianca Dye talks bucket lists and her IVF treatment. (Post continues after video.)
Which of these elements IVF clinics decide to focus on can change their success rates. So can what cases they choose to take on.