Extended Results: Blastocyst Transfers
| Blastocyst Transfers: January - December 2008 | ||||
| IVF | FET | ICSI | Total | |
| Number of patients opting for blastocyst transfer | 207 | 90 | 207 | 504 |
| Number of patients getting to blastocyst transfer | 102 | 73 | 76 | 251 |
| Number of patients opting for an earlier transfer* | 80 | 13 | 102 | 195 |
| Number of patients not achieving transfer | 25 | 4 | 29 | 58 |
| Total transfers | 182 | 86 | 178 | 446 |
| Number of patients with a positive pregnancy test | 83 | 44 | 86 | 213 |
| Number of clinical pregnancies | 74 | 32 | 72 | 178 |
| Clinical pregnancies for blastocyst transfer | 47 | 28 | 40 | 115 |
| Pregnancy rate per blastocyst transfer (%) | 46.1 | 38.4 | 52.6 | 45.8 |
| Clinical pregnancies for earlier transfer patients* | 27 | 4 | 32 | 63 |
| Pregnancy rate per transfer for earlier transfer patients* (%) | 33.8 | 30.8 | 31.4 | 32.3 |
| * if it appears that the embryos may not develop to the blastocyst stage, the embryologist may recommend an earlier transfer | ||||
| Fetal Hearts at Pregnancy Scan from Blastocyst Transfers: January - December 2008 | ||||
| Elective single blastocyst transfer | Only single blastocyst available | Two blastocyst transfers | Total | |
| Number of transfers | 34 | 18 | 199 | 251 |
| Number of clinical pregnancies | 12 | 4 | 99 | 115 |
| Pregnancy rate per blastocyst transfer % | 35.3 | 22.2 | 49.7 | 45.8 |
| Number of clinical pregnancies with 1 fetal heart | 11 (91.7%) | 4 (100%) | 59 (59.6%) | 74 (64.3%) |
| Number of clinical pregnancies with 2 fetal hearts | 1 (8.3%) | 39 (39.4%) | 40 (34.8%) | |
| Number of clinical pregnancies with 3 fetal hearts | 1 (1%) | 1 (0.9%) | ||
| brackets show the percentage from the total number of clinical pregnancies | ||||
| Blastocyst Transfers: January 2006 - December 2007 | ||||
| IVF | FET | ICSI | Total | |
| Number of patients opting for blastocyst transfer | 181 | 93 | 188 | 462 |
| Number of patients getting to blastocyst transfer | 78 | 78 | 94 | 250 |
| Number of patients opting for an earlier transfer* | 79 | 13 | 69 | 161 |
| Number of patients not achieving transfer | 24 | 2 | 25 | 51 |
| Total transfers | 157 | 91 | 163 | 411 |
| Number of patients with a positive pregnancy test | 81 | 55 | 79 | 215 |
| Number of clinical pregnancies | 65 | 46 | 68 | 179 |
| Clinical pregnancies for blastocyst transfer | 35 | 41 | 48 | 124 |
| Pregnancy rate per blastocyst transfer (%) | 44.9 | 52.6 | 51.1 | 49.6 |
| Clinical pregnancies for earlier transfer patients* | 30 | 5 | 20 | 55 |
| Pregnancy rate per transfer for earlier transfer patients* (%) | 38.0 | 38.5 | 29.0 | 34.2 |
| Number of Livebirths for blastocyst transfer | 30 | 39 | 43 | 112 |
| Livebirth rate per blastocyst transfer (%) | 38.5 | 50.0 | 45.7 | 44.8 |
| Number of livebirths for earlier transfer patients | 25 | 5 | 16 | 46 |
| Livebirth rate for earlier transfer patients (%) | 31.6 | 38.5 | 23.2 | 28.6 |