IVF success rates

A clinic's IVF success rates tell you the percentage of treatments performed by the clinic that had a successful result. This could be:

• The patient becoming pregnant

• The patient having a baby

A higher percentage means more treatments have been successful. However, it's important to bear in mind that this number doesn't reflect how likely you are to become pregnant.

Your individual chances of becoming pregnant depend on your age, your fertility health and egg/embryo quality.

A clinic's success rates should be used to determine if it is up to the national standard, so you can make informed decisions about where to have your treatment.

Head to your local TFP Fertility clinic page to see the success rates for our individual clinics. These success rates give you an idea of the percentage of IVF cycles that have resulted in a positive outcome and are broken down by female age and treatment type.

In the UK, success rates for IVF clinics are reported as the number of pregnancies or live births per treatment cycle or embryo transfer.

When reviewing a clinic's success rates, the main thing is that they are in line with national averages. However, when carrying out a comparison, it's important you're looking at the same type of success rate, for example, a clinic's live birth rate vs the national average live birth rate.

There’s no need to focus on small differences in success rates, as this can be due to the age and type of patients the clinic treats.

If you remember one thing from this page, here’s what our fertility experts recommend focusing on:

• Choose a clinic with success rates close to the national average

• Keep in mind that success rates are strongly influenced by a patient’s age and fertility health

• When comparing clinics, always make sure you’re looking at the same type of success rate data