Bourn Hall is a provider for NHS funded IVF treatment across the East of England. This covers all patients with GPs across Bedfordshire, Cambridge, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.
Fertility treatment covers any form of treatment that may help a couple conceive. This may include fertility drugs and cycles of In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF). Continue reading
There has been much media interest this weekend over the announcement of results from an Australian study. The research aimed to see if there was a link between reproductive technologies and the risk of birth defects. It concluded that, once adjustments were made for parental factions, there is no significant difference in the risk between IVF and natural conception. Continue reading
A surrogacy arrangement is when a woman (the host) agrees to bear a child for another couple.
Surrogacy may be appropriate if you have a medical condition that makes it impossible or dangerous to get pregnant and give birth, or in the case of a same-sex couple where a surrogate host is needed. Continue reading
Treatment for testicular cancer can adversely affect fertility, but there are a number of measures that even very young men can do to preserve their chance of fatherhood. To help communicate this effectively, Bourn Hall Clinic has become an official supporter of Orchid, the only UK registered cancer charity to focus entirely on the male-specific cancers; prostate, penile and testicular. Continue reading
A baby girl is born with 1-2 million eggs, however by puberty, this has already dropped to a few hundred thousand. Menopause occurs when this stock is exhausted.
Before she is born a baby girl has millions of eggs, but by the age of 35, about 95% have been lost and the remainder will be of poorer quality, why? Consultants at Bourn Hall Clinic have produced an information leaflet to explain what happens to a woman’s egg store and crucially, why for so many women their only chance of a baby is through donation. Continue reading
Natasha, Ben and baby Jake
As 31-year-old Natasha Denness cuddles four month old baby Jake in her arms she still has to remind herself that she isn’t dreaming and that she really is a mum. When the finance manager married estate agent husband Ben, six years ago, she was desperate to start a family straightaway; but her dreams were dashed when every month she failed to get pregnant. Continue reading
Ken Read - Sonographer at Bourn Hall Clinic
Bourn Hall Clinic Colchester is to extend its ultrasound scanning service to offer additional reassurance for women during pregnancy.
Until now, their sophisticated scanner has only been used during fertility treatment and for confirmation of pregnancy at seven weeks. However, following patients’ requests, the Colchester clinic will now offer scans throughout the whole of pregnancy. Continue reading
Anne O'Leary - Head of Embryology at Bourn Hall Clinic Colchester
Anne O’Leary still has a sense of wonder about her job, which every day has the potential to make people’s dream of having a baby come true.
This Valentine’s Day, Anne, an IVF embryologist, will be celebrating one year since re-joining Bourn Hall Clinic as Head of Embryology at Colchester. Continue reading
A number of nurses from Bourn Hall Clinic are attending the RCN Fertility Nurses Conference in London on Saturday 4th February 2012.
Julie McKay, Fertility Nurse Specialist at Bourn Hall Clinic in Colchester says that one area of the conference that particularly interests her is genetics. She says: Continue reading
Brothers Benjamin and Charlie at Bourn Hall
Bourn Hall Clinic in Cambridge reports excellent IVF success rates which have just been updated on its website.
One of the 2011 highlights reveals that 54% of patients aged 35 years and below, who had IVF with single embryo blastocyst transfer, achieved a clinical pregnancy.
Additionally, for many it was first time success. For two years running 42% of Bourn Hall patients funded by the NHS have achieved pregnancy on their first attempt with a single embryo transfer.
With our patient focussed approach to IVF we have not only maintained our success rates but also reduced multiple births in line with HFEA objectives. For patients with single embryo transfer only three sets of twins have been born over the last two years.
The HFEA publishes success rates for each IVF clinic and this can be a useful guide, however, individual success is determined by many different factors. If you are considering IVF treatment we would be able to give you a personal assessment of your chances of success.
At Bourn Hall Clinic, every journey is different, every treatment individual.