Celebrating 1,500 Pregnancies &
25 Years of IVF!
History of IVF
- 1982—Proposal to start an IVF program submitted November 1982.
- 1983—First IVF treatment cycle July 1983.
- 1983—First IVF pregnancy achieved on the 6th treatment cycle.
- 1984—First live birth July 1984.
- 1986—First ultrasound guided egg retrieval January 1986.
- 1989—First IVF cycles with embryo cryopreservation.
- 1990—First pregnancy achieved using frozen embryos.
- 1992—First donor egg cycle.
- 1995—First IVF cycle using ICSI.
- 1996—First IVF cycle using AHA.
- 1997—First IVF cycle with embryos cultured to the blastocyst stage.
- 1998—First IVF cycle using sperm obtained from a surgical biopsy.
- 2000—IVF birth rate at Strong surpasses the national average.
- 2005—First IVF cycle using PGD.
- 2008—Celebrating 25 years!
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