Who Should Consider the IVF Program

In general, patients with infertility due to a condition not responsive to conventional therapy are considered for the IVF procedure. Diagnoses include:

• Tubal Disease
  Surgical procedures to correct the problem may have been unsuccessful or the individual may be judged to have a poor chance for success with the surgery. Patients also may have chosen not to accept the risks involved with the surgery.  
   
• Endometriosis
  Traditional treatments may have been unsuccessful.
   
• Cervical Factors or Antibody Problems
  Usual treatment measures have failed.
   
• Unexplained Infertility
  No definite cause has been identified.
   
• Male Factor Infertility
  Low sperm count or reduced sperm motility, antibodies, or surgically collected sperm.
   
• Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
  For unknown reasons, women with recurrent pregnancy loss of undetermined origin do very well with IVF.
   
• Ovarian failure
  Patients who have undergone menopause either naturally or surgically and for whom an egg donor has been identified. Egg donors can be obtained from our list of anonymous donors. State law in Florida outlines how this is to be done. These laws provide full protection for both the donor and the recipients.
   
• Gestational Host
  This is for women without a uterus, with a uterus not capable of carrying a baby, those who have serious medical problems that would make it unwise for them to carry a baby, and in cases of unexplained failure to conceive with prior IVF cycles.