A recent long term study happily reported that three out of four couples who undergo fertility treatment, and use infertility medications, more than 70% of them would go on to have children within three years of beginning treatment. This study followed twenty thousand couples who were classified as clinically infertile. The evidence suggests that odds are influenced by age, but that in women who are under the age of 35, the magic number seems to be three cycles of IVF treatments.
The Success Rates with the Use of IVF Medications was Better than Researchers Thought
Dr. Sara Malchau, a doctor who participated in the research study, stated that those who before now thought they would never have a child, are seeing their success rates grow exponentially with the use of the new treatments and IVF drugs. There are other predictors, Dr. Malchau insists are also part of the infertility issue. Age, of course, is always a culprit, but other factors, such as a mother’s weight (either overweight or underweight) can significantly affect a woman’s chance of becoming pregnant.

Other Factors that Impact Fertility
Those who smoke, drink excessively, or have genetic reproductive disorders had a more difficult time conceiving, but with the use of infertility medications, even some of those were able to have a child. Other causes of infertility can be a direct result of endometriosis, damage to the fallopian tubes, low sperm count, and diabetes.

Planning Your Pregnancy Using IVF or IVF Medications
What this research clearly indicates is that women, and couples, who desire a child should not give up as a matter of course after their diagnosis of infertility. According to the new research, those who are able to stick it out through at least three cycles of infertility medications and even IVF treatment, will see results. Many state that affordability is a limiting factor, but in the US more and more insurance companies, and employers are offering partial to full reproductive health support to their employees and members. The thing to take away from studies such as these is that there are a myriad of treatments, and a wide range of fertility medications (Menopur, Gonal-F, and Ganirelex to name a few) that if a particular medication does not work with the body’s chemistry, the chances are good that another one will.