Success Story:

A test tube baby was born in the Indian Capital on January 5th 1998 using the sperm injection technique by doctors at the Delhi IVF and Fertility Research Centre. The technique, known as Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) involves aspirating single healthy sperm from the testis of the male and the ovum from female, and then fertilizing both outside in the test tube before putting it back in the womb. This technique is useful in male infertility cases where the sperm count is so low/ or absent (but the sperms are produced inside the testis, testicular dysfunction) that the conventional IVF is also not useful to them.

DELHI IVF & FERTILITY RESEARCH CENTRE

• 1600 ART babies till Dec'05.

• 1800 ART babies till Dec'06.

• 2000 ART babies till OCt07.

• 300 menop. ... till April'05.

• 350 menop. ... till Jan'07.

• 600 Egg donation till 2007.

• 180 Surrogacy procedures till  Oct 2007. 

• Delivered over 200 healthy babies every year from the last 3 years.

• Delivered the first Test Tube Baby Successfully delivered in 1994.

• First ICSI Baby in New Delhi at Delhi IVF & Fertility Research Centre in 1998

• Successfully delivers babies of post menopausal women. Now even grandmothers can become mothers too.

• Has set up an embryo bank where freezing of embryos has made an important contribution to overall pregnancy rates by sparing mother from undergoing repeated operations to secure more eggs in case of failure of cycles.

• Successfully uses Assisted hatching techniques

• Successfully delivers babies by surrogacy

• Successfully delivers babies by egg donation. Females who do not ovulate can become mothers too

• Successfully delivers babies by egg sharing. Females who need IVF treatment, but cant afford it are clubbed with patients who are not ovulating. Eggs are shared and the cost is shared.

         CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FUTURE OF FERTILITY

A conference was organized by the Research Centre in 1998 which was highly appreciated and was well attended by more than 400 doctors. The main objectives of the conference was to bring awareness among doctors about every aspect of infertility management.

Eminent speakers like Dr. R.P. Soonawala (Mumbai), Dr. Shiela Mehra (Delhi), Dr. R. Rajan (Kerala), Dr. G.Dastidar (Calcutta), Dr. S.Vaid (Germany), Dr. H.D. Pai (Mumbai), Dr. Pankaj Srivastava (Dubai), Dr. Rupen Shah (Dubai), Dr. Sadhna Desai (Mumbai), Dr. R.N. Bagga (Delhi), Dr. Ajit Vasi (Mumbai), graced the occasion with their participation. Dr. J.J. Sood compared the full conference.