CHA Fertility Center

• In vitro fertilization (IVF)
• PGD and PGS — what is this and how does it help?
• Men infertility treatments

CHA Fertility Medical Group was founded in Los Angeles (USA) in 2002. Nowadays CHA medical centers provide treatment in the USA, Japan and South Korea.

In 2015, CHA Fertility Center in Seoul was established. For today it is the largest IVF center in Asia concerning the number of patients.

• Innovative IVF methods.

CHA doctors perform not only traditional in vitro fertilization but such new techniques as intracytoplasmic morphologically selected sperm injection (IMSI) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). Both methods help to choose the fastest and most active spermatozoon that increases chances for an egg fertilization.

• VIP services.

Medical manager will support you at all stages of treatment.

• Comfortable stay.

The luxurious interior of the clinic and rooms will put you in the mood for successful results of IVF.

CHA Fertility Center in Seoul has a certificate from the South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare for complying with 120 points of safe therapy standards. CHA Clinic is the only facility for infertility therapy among 368 other ones in Korea that has got such a certification.

The most widespread indications for the procedure are:

• fallopian tube damage or blockage
• previous tubal sterilization or removal
• impaired sperm production or function
• ovarian failure
• spermatozoon rejection by the female body.

Each IVF procedure consists of 4 steps:

1. Ovarian stimulation. A woman takes hormonal drugs to stimulate her ovaries to produce multiple eggs. Each month a single egg develops. But some eggs don’t fertilize or develop normally. So more eggs are, more chances for fertilizing are. Medication taking lasts 8-22 days and is under the strict supervision of doctors to avoid the risk of complications at this stage.


2. Egg and sperm retrieval. On days 10-22, a doctor performs transvaginal ultrasound aspiration to identify the follicles and retrieve the eggs. A woman is under local anesthesia during the procedure, so does not feel pain and discomfort. Meanwhile, in the lab specialists separate the sperm (your partner’s or donor) from the semen fluid.


3. Fertilization. Specialists usually apply insemination (sperm and eggs are mixed and incubated for a night) or ICSI — intracytoplasmic sperm injection (sperm is injected directly in each egg).


4. Embryo transfer. The doctor inserts the embryo into the uterus using a thin tube through the cervical canal. A woman is under sedation, without anesthesia, because the procedure is painless.

After the procedure, you go on your usual daily activities. However, you may face some side effects after IVF such as breast tenderness, mild bloating or cramping, constipation. If you feel pain after the embryo transfer, contact your doctor.

Schematic of basic steps involved in the in vitro fertilization process at CHA Fertility Center

PGD — preimplantation genetic diagnosis

This procedure allows parents with chromosomal abnormalities (such as Down syndrome) or genetic diseases to have a healthy child.

PGD is carried out before the embryo transfer into the uterus. Reproductive specialists examine the embryo under a microscope and find out the reasons of developmental disorders. Doctors perform IVF using only healthy embryos.

PGS — preimplantation genetic screening

PGS is used when the partners have no hereditary diseases, but want to increase the success of conception. During the examination, doctors conduct a screening of all 46 embryo chromosomes.

Indications for PGS: a woman’s age is over 35 years, cases of miscarriages in the past, reduced sperm count (oligospermia) in men.

A man undergoes the examination to determine the cause of infertility. According to the results of the diagnosis, a doctor conducts one of the procedures:

• M-TESE is a sperm extraction method using a fine needle.
• IUI — intrauterine insemination, the introduction of spermatozoon directly into the woman uterus.
• ICSI — selection of the most mobile sperm and its connection with the egg in the test tube.

• VIP support

Patients have a personal assistant that helps them to go through all the stages of IVF and organizes additional services — transfers, excursions.

• Recovery rooms

After the embryo transfer, a woman has a rest in a separate room that increases the effectiveness of conception.

Greenhouse at CHA Fertility Center