Money if you do not get pregnant: the IVF clinic offers a controversial "baby deal"

Couples struggling to conceive are offered controversial "baby chords" – as many IVF cycles as they need to get pregnant or their money if treatment fails.

With many cash-strapped NHS trusts now limiting IVF, some couples are spending tens of thousands of pounds on unsuccessful private fertility treatments.

But the Access Fertility Company of Northamptonshire will start next week proposing an "all you can treat" IVF policy, with the promise of a refund if the couple does not do it.

Couples will pay an initial premium starting at £ 9,000 (NZD $ 17,364) for as many treatment cycles as they want in two years, including IVF or ICSI, a procedure to compensate for the poor quality of the sperm. A single cycle usually costs between £ 3,000 (NZ $ 5788) and £ 5,000 (NZ $ 9646)

Women must be under 38 when they start treatment and use their own eggs. All expenses are covered, with the exception of drugs, which can range from a few hundred pounds per cycle to over £ 1,000

Ash Carroll-Miller, founder of Access Fertility, who developed the IVF program Unlimited from the company, said: We can make the process as easy and safe as possible.

"By offering unlimited treatment for two years with a promise of 100 per cent reimbursement, the patient knows exactly where they are standing."

But critics worry that this will put pressure on women to get the job done. they "stuff" more treatment than is good for them.

Geeta Nargund, NHS Gynecologist and Medical Director of Create Fertility Private Clinics, said: "This group of women is likely to have a high success rate with a single IVF cycle. of £ 9,000 does not include drugs, which could add thousands of pounds for multiple cycles. "

His clinic offers IVF treatment of £ 2500 ($ 4823 NZD), including drugs. Authority of fertilization and human embryology, on average 23 percent of couples have a baby after a single attempt at in vitro fertilization.