If you have a condition related to infertility, including uterine fibroids, recurrent miscarriage, abnormal uterine bleeding, endometriosis, or a risk of inherited disease in offspring, you can consult specialists in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. Our physicians are leaders in managing complex fertility concerns, including infertility, cancer and fertility (oncofertility), diminished ovarian reserve, recurrent miscarriage, uterine fibroids, endometriosis, congenital uterine abnormalities, and conditions that pose a risk of inherited disease in offspring.

Mayo Clinic offers a comprehensive approach to diagnosing and treating fertility-related conditions, including fertility preservation and ovarian transplantation. The clinic also has a state-of-the-art IVF laboratory with an incubation system that enables real-time observation of embryo development. Mayo Clinic is one of the few U.S. clinics offering this technology. Our physicians specialize in preserving fertility for people of reproductive age with serious illnesses whose treatment may impair future fertility.

Your Mayo Clinic visit may include evaluations by physicians in other specialties, along with comprehensive diagnostic testing and consultation. Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility physicians are board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology and reproductive endocrinology and infertility.

Reproductive Surgery

Many gynecologic procedures can reduce fertility. Our reproductive surgeons focus on techniques that may preserve or optimize fertility potential. Specialists use minimally invasive approaches to treat uterine fibroids, endometriosis, uterine polyps, intrauterine adhesions, and uterine or fallopian tube abnormalities. They also perform outpatient microsurgery to reverse tubal ligation and offer innovative fibroid treatments such as robotic myomectomy and MR-guided focused ultrasound surgery.

Fertility Preservation

Fertility preservation services include:

• Freezing unfertilized eggs (oocyte cryopreservation)

• Freezing fertilized eggs (embryo cryopreservation)

• Freezing ovarian tissue (ovarian tissue cryopreservation)

• Freezing sperm (sperm cryopreservation)

Mayo Clinic Children's Center offers a fertility preservation program for children at risk of fertility impairment from medical treatment.

Fertility Services Success

Web Resources

Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology: What are my chances of success with ART?

Mayo Clinic Success Rates

Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology: Clinic Summary Report

The success of Mayo Clinic's fertility services is the result of a team committed to providing care with compassion, expertise, and innovation.

If you are seeking fertility services, it is understandable to want reassurance that you are choosing a successful program. Keep in mind that success rates vary with many individual factors. Your reproductive endocrinologist is best equipped to help assess the chance of success in your situation.

Success rates for in vitro fertilization (IVF) programs are readily available to the public. When choosing a fertility provider, you may be tempted to compare programs by success rates. However, although many clinics and IVF programs publish success rates, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) recognize that direct comparisons between clinics are not possible:

• Clinics have different patient populations and practice styles.

• Programs vary widely in how they screen people before an IVF cycle and may be reluctant to care for people with particularly challenging medical histories or conditions.

Embryo Development Technology

At Mayo Clinic, fertility specialists provide high-quality care through expertise, attention to detail, and innovation. Time-lapse imaging of embryo development is one example of innovative technology used by Mayo Clinic fertility specialists to support optimal patient outcomes.

LGBT Services

Many people in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community face unique challenges when building a family.

Mayo Clinic's assisted reproductive technology program supports the reproductive needs of this community by offering a range of reproductive services for family building, including:

• Donor sperm insemination

• Egg donation

• Gestational carrier cycles

• Use of both a gestational carrier and an egg donor

The first step is to schedule a consultation with a provider in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility to discuss options and develop a plan suited to your needs.