This is a great article, at http://www.conceptionadvice.com/how-not-to-be-ripped-off-by-fertility-clinics/
Please do read it – a lot of these malpractices are rampant in Indian IVF clinics as well.
I especially love the following paragraph !
Blinded by Pseudo Science
If a stranger down the pub told you the best way to get pregnant was to get a cheap bit of plastic and waggle it around inside your womb, would you believe them? Probably not. But if that advice came from a doctor and was given a fancy scientific sounding name, would you believe them? Some fertility clinics offer add-on services as a supplement to the core treatment (i.e. in addition to a treatment like IVF). While these add-ons sound scientific, they have no evidence to prove that they improve your chances of getting pregnant. They won’t just harm your bank balance; some may even harm your chances of getting pregnant. At the time of writing this, the following add-on services have no conclusive evidence that they improve your chances of getting pregnant: Endometrial scratching Embryo glue Ultra-high magnification sperm selection (also known as Intracytoplasmic Morphological Sperm Injection or IMSI) Multiple Ejaculation Resuspension and Centrifugation (MERC) Fertility immunotherapy Embryo time lapse imaging Assisted hatching Preimplantation Genetic Screening (PGS) – Not to be confused with Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD), which is a legitimate treatment This list is not exhaustive and new add-on services are being developed all the time. So, how do you stop yourself being taken in by one or more of these?Share this Post