Gentle IVF

Gentle IVF, it’s not just a treatment, it’s a philosophy

Gentle on your body

• Gentler stimulation – less medication. Fewer eggs obtained.
• Fewer injections – no more than one a day. No painful intramuscular injections.
• Fewer blood draws – only three to four.
• Fewer ultrasounds –only three to four.

Gentle on your schedule

• Fewer visits to the doctor – during stimulation, patients will have one Saturday appointment and one to four other appointments before obtaining the eggs.

Gentle on your wallet

• Clinic costs are only $4,800*.
• Medication costs as low as $2,000**.

*Outside charges and diagnostics test not included. 

**May be lower with financial aid discounts. Must qualify.

Arizona Reproductive Medicine Specialists’ (ARMS) primary approach to stimulating the ovaries for in vitro fertilization (IVF) is to give as much medication as necessary to get as many eggs as is safely possible. We call this approach Optimal IVF. This approach has the greatest chance of giving people many embryos to choose from and more chances to try. Unfortunately, this approach can result in a medication and treatment cost that can be prohibitive for some patients. In addition, to some it can seem too involved.

As a result, instead of getting multiple chances to have a baby, they get no chance at all because they don’t even try. Having just one approach just does not make sense for everybody. In response to this, ARMS has developed “Gentle IVF.”

Gentle IVF is an approach that makes IVF simple and affordable.

Gentle IVF involves the following:

A simplified medication protocol

We reduce the amount and types of medication given based on the latest research to provide a significant but not maximal stimulation. The result is almost a 50 percent reduction in the cost of medications. This treatment option, combined with the maximum financial aid from our partnership with EMD Serono’s Compassionate Care Program, can result in a medication cost of less than $2,000. Without financial aid the cost is still less than $1,825 to $2,600 depending on pharmacy charges and the duration of your stimulation which is less than half the cost of what most clinics require. This includes the cost of the stimulation cycle to get the eggs and the transfer cycle to transfer an embryo into the uterus.

This approach is not for everybody, but for many women, it will give them the eggs they need to access at least one or two optimal attempts at a pregnancy. Many will have even more depending on their response to the medications.

A simplified treatment regimen

We reduce the number of visits needed.  Many clinics require every other or every day visits for blood work and ultrasounds. With our simplified approach, once the medications start, patients only come in for one Saturday visit and then between one to four week day visits depending on response. Most patients only have two.

A simplified stimulation medication administration regimen

Many clinics require their patients to take up to 6 injections a day. At ARMS, we have pioneered an approach that requires only one injection a day.

A simplified pregnancy support medication regimen

Many clinics require their patients to take very painful intramuscular progesterone in oil injections daily for many weeks. This can result in large welts at the site of each injection. These are usually administered in the buttox and can be so severe that the person cannot sit or walk without severe pain. For over ten years we have used protocols that deliver exceptional pregnancy rates without any injections.

A price you can live with

A price that lets you do what you want now. The basic clinic cost of Gentle IVF is only $4,800 plus $600 paid to the anesthesiologist. Combined with our cost-effective stimulation regimen, the total cost of a basic Gentle IVF protocol is only $7,900. For example, with $1,000 down, your monthly payment can be as low as $163 per month depending on your application, credit score, and duration of the loan*.

With a maximal medication discount from compassionate care, the total cost would be $5,750. With only $1,000 down your monthly payment can be as low as $124 per month.

*Estimate based on qualifying for outside financing based on 48 months at 5.99%.