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IVF Cost in Canada: The Price of Fertility

Today various couples face the trauma of infertility. It is the inability of the couple who cannot conceive naturally after one year of unprotected intercourse or a woman who is unable to give birth on their own. There are various causes of infertility in women and men such as hectic life schedule, women become more career oriented, damaged fallopian tube in women, intake of alcohol, smoking etc.

Depending on the cause of it various treatments are available now so that infertile couples can also enjoy the parenthood. Our biological science gets advanced now and we have the treatment of almost all diseases and thanks to the researcher and scientists who made it possible for the infertile couples to have their own baby artificially. One of the best and major treatments for infertility is termed as IVF treatment which is the most successful treatment when all other ART (Assisted Research Technology) treatment failed.

It is the complex procedure and includes various steps in which women eggs are removed from ovaries and fertilized with her male partner's sperm or sperm donor in laboratory. The resulting embryos are then placed in women womb or uterus again. IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) is also known as €test-tube baby€. The success rate of IVF depends on several factors such as the age of the recipient and donor, quality of eggs, sperm quality, quality of embryos etc. According to the recent research between 28 to 35 percent women can easily conceive who try In Vitro Fertilization.

IVF recommended by the doctors when a woman has blocked, damaged or no fallopian tubes and in case of a man when he has low sperm count or bad quality of sperm etc. IVF costs may vary from clinic to clinic and countries to countries. It is one of the expensive procedures for infertility and if we talk about the Canada, the cost of IVF treatment would be usually between $7,750 to $12,250 CAD. This treatment is used with other infertility solutions such as PGD (Pre-Implantation Genetic Disease) and ICSI (Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection, which is often used when male partner has some fertility issues such as low sperm motility or movement). The cost of IVF with ICSI would be around $8,000 to $15,250.

The price of fertility or IVF treatment costs include several other costs like medication, donor's fee (egg donor or sperm donor if any), services and other procedures fees which together make it more expensive. In order to help those couples who cannot afford so much treatment cost, some clinics provide facility of health insurance plan and make it affordable for them. Many clinics are now available in Canada which offers the affordable IVF solution depending on your situation.


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