IVF failure stories

The large majority of IVF websites are filled with IVF success stories ; typically first hand account of patients who share their happy experiences with the world after having successfully become pregnant via IVF. Such testimonies are very important because they give hope to other couples who were not blessed with a child and are exploring their options. However, of equal importance are IVF failure stories, which most IVF websites never post for patients.

Such stories would enable patients who were not lucky to have a baby via IVF to cope with their status and more importantly equip them with appropriate knowledge and skills to deal with such occurrences.   It is also worth noting that patients who were never lucky with IVF are never willing to share their stories because they see themselves as failures whose dreams of having a baby have been shattered. It is therefore important that such patients realize that with IVF, the chances of success are never 100% and that the failure of an IVF cycle does not mean the end of the world and that you will never have a child.

The problem is that most clinics fear publishing IVF failure stories . They are worried that this would discourage patients and drive them away to their competitors. I, Dr. Malpani beg to differ. I believe that most patients are smart enough to face the truth and a clinic that publishes IVF failure stories would command a lot of respect - unlike those that only paint a rosy picture about the process, only for patients who fail to be disappointed and then express lots of complaints and write negative reviews about the IVF clinic.

We all learn from experiences - and both IVF failure stories and IVF success stories have a lot to  teach us !