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Description
The Alta Bates In Vitro Fertilization Program is a Californian-based fertility clinic in Berkeley that was founded by Dr. Richard Chetkowski in 1984.
The center consists of a multidisciplinary team of infertility specialists, nurses, embryologists, etc., and disposes of its own IVF laboratory.
Regarding the financial aspects, patients have the possibility to opt for fertility financing programs. However, all this information could not be verified by the inviTRA specialists.
If you want to know how to get to this center, click here.
Fertility treatments
Below, you'll find a table with all fertility treatments offered by Alta Bates IVF:
This center also provides for surrogacy and gender selection since the country's legislation allows those treatments.
If you're still unsure which fertility treatment is right for you and would like to know more about it, we suggest you read on here: Fertility Treatment Overview.
The treatment costs may vary significantly depending on the tests or techniques included or not, such as the seminogram, medication, fertility testing, medical visits, prolonged culture or embryo vitrification.
This Tool helps you to find out the exact costs of the different fertility clinics (what's included and what's not) and provides you with lots of useful tips for your first appointment.
Diagnostic treatments
At Alta Bates IVF, it is also possible to perform the following diagnostic tests on men and women to find out the reason for infertility and establish the most appropriate treatment:
- Female Fertility Testing.
- Male Fertility Testing.
- Semen Analysis.
- Hysterosalpingogram.
- Recurrent Pregnancy Loss.
However, all this information has not been verified by the inviTRA-specialists.
Success rates
This data has been collected by the American CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) in the year 2016. Directly comparing pregnancy rates between different clinics can lead to mistakes.
IVF/ICSI
Realized cycles
Number of total cycles performed by the clinic in a year.
Pregnancy probability per transfer
Probability that an embryo transfer will lead to a pregnancy, regardless of the number of embryos transferred.
Cycles with Frozen Eggs
IVF with egg donation
Realized cycles
Number of total cycles performed by the clinic in a year.
Pregnancy probability per transfer
Probability that an embryo transfer will lead to a pregnancy, regardless of the number of embryos transferred.
Medical team
Reviews
The comments found on the internet about the Alta Bates In Vitro Fertilization Program are mostly positive. In this section, we will show some of the reviews on FertilityIQ.
The fertility care is described as highly personalized and the staff as warm and caring.
One of the patients was extremely content with Dr. Herndon whom she pictures as compassionate, sincere, and humble. Dr. Herndon also explained the advantages and disadvantages of single embryo transfer vs. multiple embryo transfer.
Another user appreciates the fact that she never had to wait long for her monitoring appointment. She went directly to IVF/ICSI due to male factor and the first transfer appeared to not have ended in a positive result. They were already preparing their second embryo transfer when the patient found out she had spontaneously conceived.
Location: how to get to the clinic?
Alta Bates IVF is located in 2999 Regent Street 1010a, Berkeley, CA 94705.
The nearest airport is the San Francisco International Airport and a 30-minutes drive to the clinic via US-101 N and 1-80 E.
In order to get to the clinic, start on US-101 N from the Airport Access Road, then follow US-101 N and I-80 E to CA-13/S in Berkeley. Take exit 10 from I-580 W/I-80E. Finally, follow CA-13 S/Ashby Avenue N to Regent Street.
Alternatively, it is also possible to get to the clinic by public transportation. However, this would take much longer and various changes would have to be made.
