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How do you know whether it’s time to switch fertility treatments?
It’s not uncommon for patients to want to start with a more basic treatment before moving to a more advanced one. Our Austin fertility clinic also believes in starting with the most basic treatment that is likely to be successful for each specific patient.
However, it’s sometimes necessary to move to another option to make parenthood possible. Here are some questions to ask yourself before you switch fertility treatments.
We made it easy to take the questions with you to your appointment.
What to bring to your next appointment list.
In addition to asking yourself these questions, you should also discuss them with your doctor. Your fertility specialist can give you honest answers about your likelihood of conceiving using a certain treatment.
Don’t forget to consider the success rates of different treatments
By now, you likely know that many different factors can influence fertility treatment success rates. However, it can still be helpful to know the average success rates for different treatments.
- Unmedicated intrauterine insemination (IUI): Average pregnancy rates of 6% to 10%
- IUI with oral fertility medications: Average pregnancy rates of 8% to 12%
- IUI with injectable fertility medications: Average pregnancy rates of 20% to 25%
- In vitro fertilization (IVF): Average pregnancy rates depend significantly on age
- IVF with preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A): Average pregnancy rates depend significantly on the woman’s age and whether she wants to test her embryos’ chromosomes,
but for every chromosomally normal embryo that we transfer, you should expect a pregnancy rate of 60-65%
If you have more questions about whether you should switch fertility treatments, we invite you to contact us. Our Austin fertility clinic team is here to provide information and support.
