St Jude's Women's Hospital

It's worth being clear-eyed here. St Jude's Women's Hospital's HFEA tier is below average, with a 21% birth rate against a 29% national average. Its two recorded age bands, 35-37 and 40-42, both show 0% against national figures of 31% and 17%. With only 203 cycles a year, this is a low-volume clinic, so these figures carry more year-to-year swing than a larger centre's would — it's worth asking the clinic directly how consistent these numbers have been and what might explain them.

It's a live-birth rate per embryo transferred, taken from HFEA-verified regulated data covering 2016 to 2018. That's a population-level figure describing outcomes across many patients treated in that period, not a personal prediction. Before comparing it with another clinic, check two things: whether both figures are per embryo transferred or per cycle started, since they aren't interchangeable, and which years each figure covers, because more recent practice can differ from an older reporting period.

Worth asking directly: - What's included in the quoted price, and what add-on costs are typical? - What were your live-birth rates for my age group in the latest HFEA data, given the recorded bands here show no births? - How many cycles like mine do you carry out each year, given the lower overall volume? A good consultant will welcome these questions and give you a plain, honest answer rather than a polished one.