The 10 Commandments of Choosing the Right IVF Centre for your Infertility Treatment

We, at Janini IVF, the best test tube baby center in Delhi, have seen that couples distraught by infertility seek treatment first at their trusted source - the family physician or their general Gynecologist. Based on his or her recommendation, they then visit the referral IVF Clinic but find that particular clinic does not cater to their aspirations, or have dismal pregnancy success rates. Today, most of the patients we see are Janini IVF are those who choose our clinic on their own or heard about us after their friend or relative had a baby with us. As our Ethos speak, our motto is “Scientific. Transparent. Affordable” and we are every word of it. Since it is very important to choose the right IVF or test-tube baby centre, ask yourself these 10 questions about the centre you choose :-

(i) Foremost, is the doctor qualified by a degree recognised by the Medical Council of India (example FNB)? Most IVF clinics would want you to ignore this fact as they are manned by doctors who self-proclaim to be IVF specialists after just a few months of training!! (ii) Do they have a QUALIFIED, IN-HOUSE SENIOR EMBRYOLOGIST? Most clinics have this unfortunate trend of having only junior staff in the embryology laboratory and the senior ones are “Fly-by” embryologists who’d only come for ICSI and rush off as soon as it is over. Do understand that your precious embryos are made by the Embryologist, who is the single most important person in this whole process of achieving pregnancy. Is the embryologist qualified and have sufficient experience? (iii) How is the technology? Do they have scientifically updated equipment? Do they have a rigorous Quality Control and Quality Assessment (QC & QA) programs running in their labs regularly? (iv) Is the staff compassionate and humane towards their outlook? Do they offer emotional well-being counselling? Do they even care about us like human beings or we are just part of sheer ‘numbers’? (v) Does the doctor know about or offer Natural cycle IVF / mild IVF? Do they have sequential transfer protocols or segmented IVF to enhance success rates? Are they a dedicated, stand-alone IVF Centre or someone who is busy practising Obstetrics and have just started IVF as a side-income? (vi) Do they offer newest technological advances like IMSI, PICSI, Laser hatching, micro TESE for Azoospermia, ERA, PGS (chromosomal screening of embryos), Time-lapse selection of embryos or single embryo transfer? (vii) Will my embryos be cultured in 20% O2 or 5% O2 bench-top incubators? What is the clinic’s experience in Blastocyst transfer? What is their experience in giving pregnancies out of Frozen Eggs? (viii) Do they provide assurance or confidence about preventing mishaps like ‘embryo switch’ or transferring misplaced embryos of other patient into myself? At Janini we have a sophisticated “Matcher” technology that prevents exactly these accidents from happening. At every step of the way your semen samples or follicular fluid is properly marked, labelled and undergoes “Double witnessing” so that the Embryologists are double sure that the samples are not mixed up. In addition, we offer a DNA testing of the baby to assure that your baby is indeed yours! (ix) Are they really TRANSPARENT at every step of the way? Do they reveal the number of eggs we retrieved at the time of pick-up or they hide this from us? Do they tell us about the number and grade of embryos formed? Importantly, do they share transparently the total cost of the treatment or they hike up the costs later on by adding hidden charges? (x) Last but not the least, what are their success rates? Are other patients at their clinic getting pregnant? Do they mostly offer donor treatment rather than focussing on my own sperms or own eggs? Do they keep offering ‘packages’ for multiple cycles or focus on just one cycle at a time?

At the end, your parenthood journey should be an experience of exhilaration and happiness in a relaxed, comfortable environment. Nothing brings contentment to us at Janini IVF, the best IVF clnic in Delhi, than to see a healthy baby in your arms after being successfully treated by us.