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Boston IVF, The Maine Center

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Last Update: 04/01/2022

Description

Boston IVF, The Maine Center is a fertility clinic located in South Portland, Maine. This clinic is a part of many clinics under Boston IVF all over the country and analyzed by inviTRA en several posts.

Their multidisciplinary team consists of several specialists like OB/GYNs, reproductive endocrinologists, and nurses. However, all this information could not be verified by the inviTRA specialists.

If you want to know how to get to the clinic, click here.

Fertility treatments

Below, you'll find a table with all fertility treatments offered by Boston IVF, The Maine Center:

Embryo cryopreservation
Fertility preservation
Frozen Embryo Transfer
In Vitro Fertilization / ICSI
IUI with Donor Sperm
IUI with Partner's Sperm
IVF with Donor Eggs
IVF with Donor Sperm
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
Prolonged embryo cultivation
Reciprocal IVF
Sperm freezing

Furthermore, this center also provides surrogacy since the country's legislation allows this treatment.

Complementary techniques

In addition to the treatments indicated, Boston IVF, The Maine Center has a multitude of complementary techniques that allow to personalize fertility treatments and try to maximize the chances of pregnancy:

  • Preimplantation Genetic Screening.
  • Blastocyst Transfer.
  • Embryo Biopsy.
  • Assisted Hatching.

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.

In assisted reproduction, like any medical treatment, it is necessary for you to trust the professionalism of the doctors and the clinic you choose.

This Tool generates you a personalized report with all information necessary about the treatment you will need. Besides, there is a list of clinics in your area which we have chosen based on our selection criteria with their budget plan included. Last but not least, you will find a series of useful tips for your first clinic visit.

Diagnostic tests

In addition to all the treatments indicated in the previous section, Boston IVF, The Maine Center has the necessary technology to perform the following complementary techniques to increase the possibilities of success of the treatments as well as to establish the most appropriate treatment:

  • Saline Infused Sonogram.
  • Female Fertility Testing.
  • Male Fertility Testing.

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.

The CDC stipulates both the total number of cycles realized per clinic in general and number of cycles performed by the patient's age group: under 35 years, between 35-37 years, between 38-40 years, between 41-42 years and above 43 years.

This is the total number of performed cycles by Boston IVF, The Maine Center in a year.

More information
Total Cycles with Fresh Eggs: 224 per year
Total Cycles with Frozen Eggs: 165 per year

Pregnancy probability per transfer

Probability that an embryo transfer will lead to a pregnancy, regardless of the number of embryos transferred.

Cycles with Fresh Eggs

Age of the recipient woman: under 35 years old
54.9%
Age of the recipient woman: between 35 and 37 years old
44.4%
Age of the recipient woman: between 38 and 40 years old
41.2%
Age of the recipient woman: between 41 and 42 years old
10.5%*
* Percentage extracted from 19 cases
Age of the recipient woman: over 43 years old
10%*
* Percentage extracted from 10 cases

Cycles with Frozen Eggs

Age of the recipient woman: under 35 years old
60.8%
Age of the recipient woman: between 35 and 37 years old
59.5%
Age of the recipient woman: between 38 and 40 years old
53.8%
Age of the recipient woman: between 41 and 42 years old
30.7%*
* Percentage extracted from 13 cases
Age of the recipient woman: over 43 years old
50%*
* Percentage extracted from 2 cases

IVF with egg donation

Realized cycles

Number of total cycles performed by the clinic in a year.

In regards to egg donation cycles, these are the ranges of annual cycles carried out by Boston IVF, The Maine Center.

More information
Total cycles with fresh embryos: 1 per year
Total cycles with frozen embryos: 7 per year

Pregnancy probability per transfer

Probability that an embryo transfer will lead to a pregnancy, regardless of the number of embryos transferred.

Fresh embryo transfer
0%
Frozen embryo transfer
71.4%

Medical team

Ben Lannon, M.D.
Ben Lannon, M.D.
Reproductive endocrinologist

Reviews

The reviews about Boston IVF, The Maine Center found on the internet are both positive and negative. In the following section, we are going to list some of the comments on Google Reviews:

On the positive side, we can see patients like Colleen who shares that although her journey wasn't fun she is thankful for Dr. Lannon, she was very kind and compassionate, and she presents you with the facts and gives clear instructions. Tyler also shares that he had a great experience, the staff was friendly, quick, and professional.

On the negative side, Nicole, for example, shares her negative experience with the front desk, the worker was not very nice and is horrible at customer service. Jasmine also shares her not-so-pleasant experience, the staff wouldn't answer a question over the phone and hung up on her.

If you would like to tell us about your experience with Boston IVF, The Maine Center, whether it was positive or negative, we encourage you to do so in our comment section.

Location: how to get to the clinic?

As stated above, Boston IVF, The Maine Center is located in South Portland, Maine. You can easily access the clinic by car, it is right off of Maine Turnpike Approach and I-1. YOu can also find several commercial places in the area. As for parking, the clinic has a designated area to accommodate its patients so it shouldn't be an issue.

Last Update: 04/01/2022
2 comments / opinions
    1. Hello, my wife and I need some guidance on infertility treatments. We are a female couple and think that we don’t have any medical issues. How should we proceed?

      • Hello Gabyy,

        There are several options for the LGBTQ+ community to create a family. Depending on your want and needs physicians will recommend a fertility treatment or another. Generally for two females, there are two options: Conventional IVF with a sperm donor, in which one of you goes thru the IVF process and gets pregnant with an embryo created with donor sperm, or Reciprocal IVF which consists on extracted the eggs of one of you and transferring the embryo created with donor sperm to the other couple component to carry the pregnancy.

        I recommend you read the following article in which you will learn the different options you have: Third-party reproduction.

        I hope everything goes well,

        All the best