An Irish breeding clinic returns the money if the woman fails to have a baby

Experts from the Spanish Fertility Society (SEF) have warned that 70 percent of 35-year-old women living in Spain do not have children, because motherhood is getting longer and longer. The age of women causes them to have increased Fertilization rates in Vitro (IVF) and fertility preservation.

Social Security covers the treatments of women under 40 (and men under 55) and who no longer have children in common. But if the requirements are not met, couples have to opt for private clinics and go through high financial stress situations, as they risk spending all their savings or paying a credit for years, without knowing if it will work. This situation is common in a large part of neighboring countries that do not have public health care, which covers IVF.

Therefore, initiatives such as those of this Irish center, Sims IVF, are good news. The clinic reimburses the money if the woman fails to have a baby. Its objective is to give peace of mind to couples and reduce financial stress that, in addition to the psychological one, is not secondary.

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This is something new in IVF clinics, and that can help couples: a reimbursement program, called 'Access Fertility', available to women under 40 who use their own eggs.

Different levels of reimbursement are available: 50%, 70% and 100 percent money back, depending on the rate chosen at the beginning of the treatment.

The tranquility offered by the clinic to parents in which defines success as having a baby and not just getting pregnant.

The program includes three IVF cycles of embryos removed at the moment and an unlimited number of IVF cycles of frozen embryos. To get an idea: a woman under 35 can have three cycles of IVF with a total refund of 15,000 euros.

Ash Carroll-Miller, CEO and founder of Access Fertility, told the Irish Independent: "Our programs eliminate the enormous financial uncertainty that can make IVF a high-risk option:

"Our patients can begin treatment safely knowing that they are going to have a baby or that their fee will be reimbursed. They will not end up in a situation where they have spent their lifetime savings on a failed treatment."

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Dr. John Kennedy, medical director of Sims IVF, explained to the same media that the reimbursement program recognizes the fact that undergoing IVF can be a stressful time, both personally and financially. Let the couple know that the money will be returned if IVF is not successful "It allows them to focus on their health and well-being, on medical treatment and on their plans to care for a baby."

Infertility in Spain

The difficulty of having a baby affects 17 percent of Spanish couples, who must resort to assisted reproduction techniques to achieve pregnancy.

The prices of assisted reproduction treatments vary depending on the technique used and the clinic chosen, but in all cases they involve a large financial outlay. which not all people can face, much less.

It is true that these treatments can also be accessed through Social Security, but the waiting list is approximately two years (in some autonomous communities even more), a factor to consider if we consider that the possibilities of fertilization decrease as the woman advances in age.

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There is no doubt about the high costs of treatments: from artificial insemination, IVF, IVF with sperm microinjection or oocyte donation (the most expensive technique). Therefore, the economic issue is one of the main obstacles that many couples who struggle to see their dream of becoming parents have to face. And it is that infertility affects people physically and psychologically.

And it is that according to most couples have gone through the process of assisted reproduction, they define it as an obstacle course that they must overcome until they reach the goal. Y along the way there is great physical and emotional wear.

Disappointment, frustration, stress and tears, but in the end, they all agree that everything was worth it. There are couples who after trying a lifetime do not give up and become parents.

But few manage to make the way without suffering a great deal of stress: to the burden of not being able to conceive naturally, the concern is added if I will achieve it through assisted reproduction. Some experts compare it to a stress level similar to that of a cancer patient or of a cardiac pathology, to the point that it can negatively affect the success of the treatment.

That is why I believe that although the initiative of the Irish clinic (although it also has its marketing share) can at least reduce part of that tension; Even if it's only the economic one. What do you think?

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