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St Jude's Women's Hospital - Rating as shown on HFEA Website on 26-11-18 St Jude's Women's Hospital has been licensed by us since 2002. It is a small clinic offering all fertility treatments. Inspection rating : Our inspectors' rating of how the clinic meets our standards: 5 / 5 Patient rating : Patients' and donors' rating based on their experience of care: 4 / 5 based on 10 ratings IVF birth rate : Birth rate per embryo transferred for women under 38 having fresh, stimulated IVF using their own eggs: Consistent with national average...

HEALTHY EATING AND VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS IN PREGNANCY This information is for you if you want to know more about eating healthily in pregnancy. It also gives you advice about using vitamin supplements before you get pregnant and during pregnancy. Healthy eating Keeping healthy when you are having a baby depends on both the amount and the type of food you eat before you become pregnant and during your pregnancy. Simply being a correct weight for your height does not necessarily mean that you are eating healthily. Some foods are best avoided if you are planning to become pregnant or if you are already pregnant, as they may contain substances that could affect your unborn baby’s development. To eat healthily, you should aim...

KERRY AND TIM'S FERTILITY JOURNEY  Kerry and Tim are ex-patients of St Jude’s Fertility Clinic. They have kindly agreed to share their rollercoaster of a journey to becoming parents, in the hope that they can inspire others currently experiencing fertility problems. Kerry (age 40) is a dental nurse and Tim (age 38) is a carpenter with his own business. They have been together for 20 years and married for 10 years this August. They had been trying for a baby for 12 long years, before finally conceiving via treatment here at St Jude’s. We asked Kerry several questions about her and Tim’s fertility story – read her answers in this special interview feature below. When did you first start trying to conc...

CELEBRATION Celebrating 20 years of IVF Service Mr Jude-Harris Adeghe, Consultant in Gynaecology & Assisted Reproduction, backed by his team at St Jude’s Women’s Hospital, is celebrating 20 years of providing IVF services in Wolverhampton. Mr Adeghe was appointed as Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at New Cross Hospital Wolverhampton in 1995. Through collaboration with the Birmingham Women’s Hospital he upgraded the fertility services at New Cross Hospital and obtained HFEA licence for IVF and related treatments in 1997. Following this achievement, Mr Adeghe held negotiations with the then Director of Public Health, Wolverhampton Health Authority, and a contract for IVF services was awarded to the N...

St Jude’s Quarterly Update (2nd & 3rd quarters) Greetings. The year is flying by at supersonic speed! It has been hectic but productive! I hope you are all well and have had a good summer. The good Lord has been kind, we have many good things to report. Highlights are as follows:  Successful HFEA License renewal inspection – We are pleased to announce that our HFEA license have been renewed for the maximum period of four years without conditions. This is a testament to the hard work, dedication and brilliance of our staff. It is a verification that Quality & Safety is paramount in all that we do.  Pregnancy rates continues to be impressive. So much so that our challenge is to try and reduce our hig...

SAM & DAVE'S FERTILITY JOURNEY Sam and Dave had been trying for a baby for around 3 years before being referred for fertility treatment. They received treatment at another clinic unsuccessfully before getting in touch with us here at St Jude’s Clinic. Sam (42) is a teacher and Dave is a National Sales Manager for a holiday company. They live in Wolverhampton. Find out what happened during their fertility journey in this interview with Sam below: When did you first start trying to conceive and how long was it before you decided to seek help through fertility services? After we got married in 2001, we decided that we wanted to start a family straight away. By 2004, we still hadn’t fallen pregnant so we soug...

PREGNANCY RATE PER CYCLE - FRESH, STIMULATED Under 38yrs UPDATED BY HFEA ON 08-03-2017    IVF ICSI ST JUDE'S   50% 35.3% NATIONAL AVERAGE   31.6% 36.4%              BRILLIANT RESULTS. WE GIVE ALL THE GLORY TO GOD.                        ...

~~ST JUDE'S PREGNANCY RATES  FOR FIRST QUARTER 2017 (JANUARY To MARCH)            IVF & ICSI CYCLES WITH OWN EGGS OR DONOR EGGS (FRESH CYCLES) - ALL AGES       Number of Patients who had Embryo Transfer*   =   15       Age Range  ---   30 - 46yrs       Average Age  ---  37.6 yrs       Number of Clinical Pregnancies ---  7       Clinical Pregnancy Rate ---   46.70%       COMMENTS:           ...

FERTILITY PRAYER Children are the right of a marriage covenant with God (Deutronomy 28:11). Based on the word of God, we set ourselves in agreement with you that you will have the desire of your heart, a child of your own. The Lord perfects that which concerns you (Psalm 138:8) Father, we desire to have a baby, and since your word says that children are a gift from you, we expect to have a normal, healthy baby. Since  …………………… has been redeemed from the curse, we expect her to carry her baby full term. Your word says you will bless the fruit of her womb, and your word says she will not lose her baby through miscarriage or be barren and that you will keep her safe through...

ST JUDE CLINICAL UPDATE 2017 is sprinting ahead. All too soon it is April. So far, we are very pleased with significant progress in many areas of our activities especially our excellent clinical pregnancy rates. We are pleased to highlight the following: 1) Excellent clinical Pregnancy rates. The figures will soon be presented in a separate post. 2) Alongside the solid experience and skills of our staff, our newly acquired EMBRYOSCOPE is producing brilliant treatment outcome. We are now able to offer blastocyst embryo culture to most of our patients. 3) We use Embryo Glue for embryo transfer in all patients, unlike some clinics where it is offered as an optional extra at a cost to the patient 4) Our app...