Best and worst South Australian IVF clinics revealed for 2024

This is how South Australia’s IVF clinics are performing. See the full list and which clinic has the highest rating.

Exclusive: Two out of three of the state’s IVF clinics are performing above the national average, according to the latest official figures.

Repromed Adelaide in Dulwich was the top clinic in South Australia for women under 35, with 54.1 per cent of embryo transfers resulting in a baby, according to the newest figures from the Federal Government’s Your IVF Success website.

Genea Fertility SA was the top performer in the state for those aged 35 to 42, with 27.6 per cent of embryo transfers resulting in a baby.

The national average for those under 35 was 48.1 per cent and for those 35 to 42 it was 25.7 per cent.

Independent experts from UNSW looked at five performance measures to determine the figures on the Your IVF Success website.

From those results we produced two league tables of IVF success rates.

The first table shows the number of live births that resulted from the eggs (fresh or frozen) collected from women in 2021 that were fertilised and implanted as embryos in 2021 and 2022.

A second table shows the number of pregnancies per treatment, using data from 2023.

One in 18 babies in Australia are conceived through IVF and in 2022 there were 100,038 IVF cycles, with 17,963 babies born using the technology.

Dr Frank Quinn, Medical Director, IVFAustralia, said their metro-based clinics have consistently high IVF success rates that sit well above the national average for all age groups.

“It can be difficult to compare individual clinic success rates as the results can be easily skewed if a clinic treats more complex patients or has a higher number of older patients,” Dr Quinn said.

Genea Fertility Specialist Dr Chandrika Parmar.

Genea Fertility Specialist Dr Chandrika Parmar said key technology such as state-of-the-art incubators ensured their clinics achieved excellent results.

“Genea has consistently achieved success rates above the national average across all measures and age groups since the introduction of Your IVF Success, and we continue to build on that success through innovative approaches,” Dr Parmar said.

“As we review opportunities to integrate AI, our focus remains on enhancing both success rates and the overall patient experience.”

The clinics also use time-lapse technology for all embryos, which couples can watch via an app.

A year into their relationship, Nisa Tripodi, 27, and her partner Jess, 31, knew they wanted to be mums.

They began planning in 2021 with Flinders Fertility, who they chose knowing the place was inclusive and supportive of their family.

Nisa and Jess Tripodi had their baby Ellie through IVF.

The couple started their IVF journey in August of 2022, after two unsuccessful rounds of intra-uterine insemination earlier in the year.

Ms Tripodi, who was studying psychology at the time, underwent two egg retrievals.

The first round retrieved 14 eggs, 10 of which were fertilised and three which went to blastocyst stage.

Ms Tripodi said it was “bittersweet” because they had three chances at pregnancy, but “it’s a lot of money if it doesn’t work”.

The couple have spent over $50,000 on their IVF journey.

Nisa and Jess Tripodi, conceived through IVF.

They were lucky to be able to access Medicare rebates, solely because Ms Tripodi’s wife was identified as having polycystic ovary syndrome, meaning they met Medicare’s definition of ‘infertility’.

After an unsuccessful second round of IVF, Ms Tripodi was physically exhausted from the egg retrieving process.

Ms Tripodi described the failed cycles as “completely and utterly shattering”.

The couple welcomed their little one, Ellie, in February this year, after a successful round of IVF.

Ms Tripodi has praised Flinders Fertility for supporting the couple’s journey, and said, “they let us pick our day six [embryo] who was Ellie”.

“The fact we were finally able to conceive our baby was absolutely insane,” she said.

The couple’s IVF journey is not over yet, with Ms Tripodi now hoping she can now bring a sibling for Ellie into the world.

Originally published as Best and worst South Australian IVF clinics revealed for 2024