IVF Success Stories

Here are some of our success stories, in our patient's own words. It makes all we do so worthwhile and fulfilling ! They have all generously agreed to reply to emails, so if you'd like to find out what our clinic is like from a patient's viewpoint, please do email them !

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This is the story of one couple’s dream to have a baby and another couple’s determination to make that happen.

Bhavana and I had been married six-and-a-half years when we first visited Dr. Aniruddha Malpani in April 2000. I had known him and Dr. Anjali Malpani earlier – through interactions I had with them in 1993-94 when I was trying to do an image processing software and needed to analyse ultrasound scans. That time, I went as an entrepreneur. This time, I went as a patient.

Going to Infertility specialists is not something one can discuss easily with family and friends (however close they may be). It is a difficult decision to make and it means that both husband and wife have to accept reality and make a joint decision to seek advice and help. While the Web can be a helpful resource in understanding problems and possible solutions, there really is no alternative to spending time talking with doctors. Especially, ones who are as warm, friendly and knowledgeable as the Malpanis.

Our first IUI was in November 2001. Everything went well. Even though one knows the statistics (only a 10% success rate), optimism is always high. So it was in our case. Those two weeks after the transfer are long days. When we finally did the pregnancy test and it came as a negative, it was a blow. “But, doctor, everything went well. Why did Bhavana not become pregnant?”

That is a question which is perhaps the hardest to answer for a doctor because there are many possible reasons and yet there isn’t one which will satisfy parents-in-waiting. We were to ask that question three more times over 2002. With each passing IUI, optimism began to get replaced with an acceptance of the reality. Perhaps, a baby was not in our destiny. Bhavana and I also discussed adoption on more than occasion.

We decided to take a break from it in 2003. Even more than the physical pain of all the injections, the emotional stress can be quite unnerving. With each treatment, there is expectation from the family – and that only serves to increases the pressure. And then there is the ticking biological clock.

We did our first ICSI procedure in January 2004. Again, everything went as well as it could have gone. Hopes rose again – what could be better than having an egg and a sperm be mated together! (We also had the “lucky room” at the clinic, we had prayed to all the Gods, and even the astrologers had foreseen a baby!)

I still remember the afternoon I went to collect the blood test report from the lab. As I waited, a number of thoughts flashed before me. While I tried to keep cool, I knew that in the report there lay the magical number that could possibly change our life forever. For a few fleeting moments, I imagined myself as a father.

When the report came, with a bit of trepidation, I opened it. The answer was what I had feared to think about. Bhavana was not pregnant. I made the call home and with a heavy heart made the short long journey home. Bhavana and I sat that afternoon and talked about life beyond. (We had gotten used to living life in one month increments in the hope that the next month would be different.) She was much more accepting of the situation than I was. My scientific mind kept thinking of why a baby could not be created than the eggs and sperms were absolutely fine. Why did we always end up on the wrong side of the probabilities?

Time heals, and so it was this time also. When we went and talked with the Malpanis (who by now had become very close friends), we were willing to call it quits. Going through this tension of the monthly cycles and ensuing disappointments was starting to take its toll. We wanted a finality to it all. We were willing to accept that we’d never have our own baby. We wanted life to move on.

The Malpanis determination was what brought the dream of parenthood back in our eyes. If they were not willing to give up, why were we? They were willing to try all options to help us become parents. This never-say-die attitude on their part was what brought us back to their clinic in July 2004 for our second ICSI procedure.

Like the previous occasions, everything went fine. But this time, I was much more guarded in my optimism. I decided I will not think about it at all. No more of the “what-if-Bhavana-is-pregnant” mindgames. If it happened, I’d think about it later. Else life would go on. Bhavana and I had decided that this would be our last attempt (something we had not told the Malpanis). Life had to go on.

I left for the US on a business trip a couple days after the procedure. The hectic schedule over the next two weeks left me little time to think. But I knew that the blood test was scheduled for August 16. As the date neared, I could not but think about the outcome. I was not very optimistic this time around, but there’s always that glimmer of hope which never ebbs away.

I was at a friend’s home in Atlanta. I knew when my mobile rang early in the morning that it was a call from home. It was Bhavana on the line. The Beta HCG levels indicated pregnancy! In fact, the high levels even suggested there could be twins – we had transferred four embryos. I could not hide my excitement but I was much more measured. After all we had gone through, I was not prepared to think so quickly about a different future. One step at a time.

When I look back, my muted response to Bhavana’s positive test was perhaps an outcome of the business ups and downs I am so used to in my life as an entrepreneur. Failure makes success sweet – but it also teaches equanimity. Success and failure are but two sides of the same coin. We had experienced five previous failures over the past four years. Mentally, I was ready for another one. When the news of the success finally came, I was still hesitant to accept that our long wait was over. After all, waiting was something we had become very used to over the years.

It was another week before I reached back home. Bhavana was doing fine. My parents were delighted with our “good news.” But the story had a few more twists.

The ultrasound scan showed three active foetuses. Triplets! That would be something. Suddenly, from imagining life without a baby, we started thinking how we’d manage with three! Maybe we should have transferred only two of three embryos…

The next ultrasound scan showed only two active foetuses. One had stopped growing. Our ecstasy turned to bit of a shock. But we decided to look at the brighter side of things. We still had twins to look forward to. Only for a week, though.

The next scan showed that another of the foetuses had stopped growing. There was now only one live foetus. Suddenly, the joy of a few weeks ago started to vanish. Each day brought forth its own suspense. The time to the next scan seemed to be the longest of our lives. The Malpanis started Bhavana on painful, intra-muscular injections. Even that was bearable. The emotional stress was more difficult to bear. If God wanted to take away, then why did he give us? What had we done wrong?

The ultrasound scan in the following week showed that the one remaining foetus was growing. A little happiness came back into our life. But now, we just had to take life one scan to the next. What more surprises were in store for us we did not know.

Luckily, there were no more surprises. Even though Bhavana’s vomiting and nausea continued through her nine-month pregnancy, the baby was doing fine and growing well. The weeks passed by slowly. We counted up to 20, and then down. Somehow, pregnancies that go across a calendar year seem so very long!

On April 19, 2005, Abhishek came into the world as a six-and-a-half pound baby after a Caesarian. I could not believe it till I saw him and held him in my own hands. He was a survivor, having seen the death of two of his siblings, and braved the odds to come into this world. Five years after our first meeting with Dr. Aniruddha Malpani and eleven-and-a-half years into our marriage, Bhavana and I were parents.

For me, the lasting memory of April 19 is when both the Malpanis came (separately) and held Abhishek in their hands. He is, after all, their creation. He is a triumph of their determination as much as he is our dream come true.

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We are a couple from Atlanta, Georgia . Just like most of us, we had a hard time conceiving for many years. By twist of fate we happened to be in India and have been introduced to Malpani clinic. My husband travels a lot for his job and for the last several years he comes to India often. I join my husband most of the time on his business trips, and that is how we ended up in Bombay, India.

I first came across Malpani clinic’s website a few years ago but I did not even think about doing the treatments in India, it was more like a curiosity. Well, a few years later we were staying in Bombay again and I received an e-mail from my friend from home with the same Malpani clinic’s website. Since I was already in India and not too far from this clinic I talked to my husband and we decided to “check it out”. Trust me, we had many concerns before we sat up that appointment. My husband is an engineer and his main concern was that clinics in India do not have the appropriate equipment to carry out such a procedure. This is why the first thing that my husband asked when we met with Dr. Malpani is to show all of the equipment that will be used. I can honestly say just one thing; my husband and I were satisfied with what we saw. All of the equipment came from Japan and was the best available. So, after we met with doctors Malpani and talked to them, we decided to start a treatment right away.

I had all my tests done in Atlanta earlier, so I did not have to repeat them again. My husband, on another hand, being a member of the famous Kaiser Permanente HMO had done 4 sperm tests and never saw a doctor or even the results of his tests. So much for the “great” American medical system…. Dr. Malpani needed just one sample from my husband and after 5 min. he told us the results, he actually showed it to us on computer screen and explained why we need this particular treatment.

The whole treatment procedure lasted for about three weeks. The first two weeks I was receiving hormonal injections to stimulate my egg production. In my case, my husband did all the injections himself, so we did not have to see the doctor every single day. I was required to see the doctor thought to check how the eggs are developing a few times during my injection therapy. After two weeks when my eggs were fully developed, they were removed under the general anesthesia and embryos were put back inside in a day. I was really scared about the surgical procedures but I had no problems at all. I had no pain, no blood, unbelievably for my self, I was just fine. I and my husband saw our embryos on a computer screen before we decided how many of them we want to put inside of me. Doctors Malpani explained to us why these particular embryos are the best and we even took a picture of them for our family album.

My main advantage of doing this treatment away from home was the requirement for time and an ability to relax. You know how we all are usually busy at home. Even if we do not work, there is always something hectic going on. Another great reason to do this procedure in India is the cost. The total price we paid for the whole treatment is about 20% of what it would cost in America. By the way, all of the medicine that was provided by Dr. Malpani for this treatment is made in Germany and France and the cost for this medicine in India is much lower then in America. More that that, the cost of this medicine in America would be more than the entire treatment cost us in India. So, this trip to India might be beneficial in many different areas at the same time. You can conceive a baby, forget about your daily routine and relax, look at the country and learn about its culture. The important thing is to come to India at the right season. One should avoid months of April – September because these are the hot and rainy months. The winter in Bombay is very nice with mild days and cool nights.

I got pregnant after the first try and I am now 8 weeks pregnant. Now it’s up to me and my body to make sure this pregnancy will go to term, but I know for sure that great doctors Malpani did everything that they could to make it happened. Did you check the statistic of IVF clinics in America? Their success rate is not better than 30%. Did you check the number of treatments that they do? Did you check the number treatments per doctor? Well, small Malpani clinic in India is a very very busy clinic. You can meet people there from different parts of the world. Now I know that there is a reason why all these people travel half way across the world to Malpani clinic. This husband and wife practice probably carried out more IVF treatments than a large hospital in USA. Their experience and dedication attract a large number of future parents who need help just like us.

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We had been married for 13 years and had numerous failed IVF attempts for almost 10 years. We lost all hope and thought this was the end to our dream of having children. One day, by chance, we were browsing through the net, when we came across Dr Malpani’s article in the Outlook magazine. We were very impressed and decided to pursue further. Only problem was, we were based in a different continent, Australia, to Dr Malpani! Would he respond to our queries? How effective will the communication be? We decided to give it a try and contacted him via e-mail with our case history. We were pleasantly surprised when we received a prompt reply. He had answered all our questions patiently and in detail.

We were going to India for our holidays soon and we decided to attempt IVF one last time at Dr Malpani’s clinic. There was this gut feeling that we were taking the right decision and would definitely succeed this time. We arrived in Mumbai, met Dr Malpani. We started the IVF cycle immediately. The friendly and personal attention given by Drs Aniruddha and Anjali Malpani, and their staff at the clinic, was so reassuring. They took such a keen interest in our case, were so positive and cheerful, that this attitude rubbed off on us as well. This was the first time where we had been so happy and relaxed during an IVF attempt. We had been through numerous IVF attempts in Australia. There we felt that we were just one amongst so many and got to see the doctor at the operating theatre only. It was all just so “clinical and scientific”.

We cannot describe our joy, when in 14 days after my embryo transfer, my blood test showed positive & high levels of HCG! I cried with joy. Eight months later, I delivered two baby boys. They were healthy in spite of being a few weeks premature. Every time, we look at our little bundles of joy, we feel overwhelmed with gratitude for these two doctors and cannot thank them enough in words. Our dream has finally come true, thanks to two wonderful human beings, Drs Anjali and Aniruddha Malpani.

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My name is Sangeeta and my husbands name is Nitin. We got married in May 2001 and decided to have a baby straight away. We tried but nothing was happening, after 6 months we decided to see a doctor who said that they will have to do test to find out what the problem is if any. This was the worst time of out lives as we were constantly waiting for appointments which were about four months apart, they would first check our blood test then give us an appointment for the results which was about a months waiting time, then when we got the results we would be asked to do another kind of test and would have to wait about 4 months to see the doctor again and this went on for about 2 years which was very stressful and finally to be told that we have unexplained infertility, which basically means that we can not see noting wrong with either of you but we cannot explain why you have not conceived yet.

After all the test were done, the doctor decided to give me some infertility tablets (clomphine) which I tried for 3 months but still nothing.

The next step was IUI which is artificial insemination; I had 4 goes at that but still no luck.

So we were recommended to have IVF treatment, however the waiting time for NHS patients was 2 years. We thought about it and decided to go for it without a doubt straight away privately. At this point the whole procedure was new to us and I did not know what to expect. I had the first go for IVF in September 2003. This was the worst experience I have ever had as it was very painful and traumatising and waiting for the results was a nightmare, the medication is just to much to deal with and the injections are too painful, however the treatment did not work and as a result we were recommended IVF ICSI, as you can imagine we were really upset but also looking forward to doing it again.

The 2^nd time round seems a lot easier as you know what to expect, so in March this year we tried IVF ICSI and that was successful, however I had a miscarriage at 5 weeks. We were devastated to here that I was finally pregnant but about to lose it.

After this I was still determined to have our own baby and was convinced that it will work one day, we just have to keep trying.

I have not really considered adoption as for us we had not tried enough to say right that’s it will give up on trying for our own baby. However if it came to it and we gave up on us having a baby we would probably consider surrogacy, but I can’t comment much on that because we have not thought about it and am hoping that I never need to consider any other option.

What I found was a major problem for me was, people saying to me oh don’t worry it will happen when its meant to happen, that’s the last thing you want to here because nobody knows what its like until they have actually experienced it themselves. Also I found it stressful to have visitors round when I was not well as a result of the treatment and I had to lie about why I was not well, and that is because I only told a few people and that’s it and did not want everybody to know as the comfort you get is not the type you are looking for and there fore makes you angry and stressed. And also I did not want to speak to anyone full stop as I was depressed and wanted to be left alone. Also I found it difficult during the whole treatment because you still have to live a normal life a do the things you normally do which is visit friend and family and I really did not want to visit or see anyone.

As I already knew what was about to happen on my 2^nd attempt of IVF , I decided to try having the treatment in India as I had watched TV programmes about infertility treatment in India, I spoke to my husband who agreed we should try it in India, so I started researching some clinic in India using the internet and found that the success rate to my knowledge was around 15-20% higher then in the UK and found that maybe it was because in India there is no legal limits as to how many embryos you can transfer were as in the UK you can only transfer 2 embryos, I do understand the reason why there are legal limits in the UK and that is to reduce the number of multiple pregnancies and make sure there is no danger to the mother as multiple pregnancies can cause lots of problems, however, I feel that India has the better rule “no rule” because this may be the reason why the success rate is higher in India and you can transfer as many as 3,4,5,6 or maybe more.

See the way I see it is that if you want to have a baby and you have more embryos transfers the higher the percentage of you been pregnant this may not be the way the law looks at it but at the end of the day if you really want to have a baby you will take risks and I am prepared for having more embryos transferred.

We decided to visit India in May this year as we wanted to find out more about the clinics that I found on the internet and meet the doctors in person. However coming to India I had my concerns which were will I be able to stay in India on my own as I have no relatives, what are the clinics going to be like, are they going to be clean and friendly, what are the operation theatre going to looks like and what the recovery rooms are like, what the doctors and sisters would be like, would the clinics be warm and welcoming and generally if I would be able to cope.

After visiting a few clinics in India we decided we liked and felt comfortable at Dr Malpani's clinic as all of our concerns was nothing to worry about here. We spoke with Dr Malpani and talked about my treatment plans and Dr Malpani said so no problem we can help you here. I told Dr Malpani that I would be back in a few months time and that I would email him when I come to India to discuss what we will do. We left the clinic happy and relived as we could look forward to coming back to India and trying for a baby here.

I also thought it would be great to do the treatment in India because ill have no friends to see or visit or family, no one will turn up on my doorstep and no phone call to handle, I will feel in control of my life. My extremely busy life style will change to a very relaxed stress free one.

My family is very supportive and were hoping it will work. I did not have to convince any family members as it’s my husbands and my decision to have the treatment, its no one else’s business.

I went back to India in August this year to start treatment, at this point there were only 3 people I was interested in and had no interest in anything else, the 3 people were my husband coming over to India in time for the operation, Dr Malpani because without the Dr expertise there’s no hope and god for answering our prays.

Most of the treatment was the same as UK, everything went well and lots of eggs were collected and lots of embryos were made and the transfer took place with 4 embryos being transferred and 11 embryos frozen. I was then given a date to come back in 2 weeks time to do a pregnancy test.

However there were a few different things done here in India that were not done in the UK but noting major. Because of my previous history Dr Malpani said he would monitor certain hormone levels in my blood every 2-3 days to make sure the dosage of medication I am taking is sufficient, as a result of the monitoring he found that I was low in certain hormones therefore gave me further medication, this procedure was not done in the UK, hence maybe why the 2^nd time the treatment failed, but I can not say for sure.

I went back to the clinic to have a pregnancy test done and was told the result would be available in a few hours time and to call the Dr in the afternoon, so I left the hospital anxious and nervous and tried not to think about it till the time came and I had to ring the Dr. I then call Dr Malpani and he said the results were not here yet and that he would call me back. God this was very painful waiting for that phone call. Dr Malpani then called me and said congratulations your pregnant the test is positive, I thought oh my god this can’t be true but it was, Dr said that I should take it easy and rest till I have a scan in 2 weeks time and to continue taking the medication I was taking. I then called my husband in the UK to tell him and he was over the moon, we could not believe it and did not know weather to be excited or not till we have the scan so we decided will keep calm till the scan is done, this was also nerve raking, once the scan was done and I was told every thing is fine, I was told to wait for one more scan then it was ok for me to come back home to England. All went well and I came back home after been in India for 8 weeks and came back 7 week pregnant. I was told by the Dr to take it easy for the next month and then it’s fine to return to work. I can’t wait to tell everyone, but we have decided to wait till I’m 12 weeks.

I do plan to return to work when I am 12 weeks, and then work till 11 week before the due date and then take maternity leave for which I get my full salary for 6 months. Good huh! That way I can be with the baby and enjoy it and after the baby is 6 months I'll go back to work part time.

I would definitely be recommending infertile couples to have this treatment done in India as it’s all worth it, I mean I was 3^rd time lucky, the clinic I used was Dr Malpani and it was absolutely the perfect place to have a baby.

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We live in California,USA. I work as Computer Engineer in a reputed company. We did not have baby for 3 years after marriage. The doctors in California diagnosed that I have a very low sperm count and cannot have a baby except through IVF Process. We had ZERO knowledge about IVF process.

We got shocked, cried, prayed and worried too much. We lost the whole hope of having a baby. Then, we went for IVF consultation in California and they said it would cost between 12,000 to 20,000 US Dollars based on each case. They said only 35% success rate. And almost ALL insurance said NO COVERAGE FOR IVF process. Then, we could not afford so much and we did not know what to do.

One fine day, my wife was saying let me search in internet to find any doctor in India. I said, "NO..I think INDIA may not have heard of IVF at all". But, after she searched she picked about 5 famous clinics in different parts of India. I called every doctor one by one, but nothing like Dr.Malpani who talked and explained everything in a nice way in the first call, even though he knows people just call for information.

He was courteous and helped his to come out of the shock. He build a hope and I felt God is leading that way. I visited his website with wonderful messages and details of the process and gave me more faith in God, that something can happen for us.

Then, there was a big battle going on in our mind whether to go to India or not to do the process. Then, I emailed couple of Dr Malpani's patients in USA and called and talked some of them, and everybody said Dr.Malpani is just good and proceed.

Dr.Malpani responded to all our questions within 24 hours. Amazingly, he responded emails and questions even on Sundays.

Remember, this is not even before meeting him. So, even though he was not sure whether we will come for treatment, he took care of every bit of us in an excellent way.

Then, we finally decided and went to Mumbai to his clinic and had the initial consultation and Dr.Malpani explained everything bit and piece from A to Z about the entire process. His book helped us a lot. Then, we started the treatment and explained every time what is going on and so on. In USA, we need to wait for appointments all the time and it would be very difficult to work with one doctor. But, here Dr.Malpani as point of contact, will always was very kind and helpful in everything. His office was very clean, nice and with excellent staff who treated like their own family. Their smiling faces will take all our pains out. His wife Dr.Anjali is another great lady and a good companion for Dr.Malpani and she did a wonderful job about egg retrieval and other visits.

She explained things very nicely and took care of things in a positive manner. No wonder, people go like a mighty wind to his clinic.

During Embryo process, Dr.Malpani took us to the Embryology Lab and he wants to make sure from us that we are comfortable they they are mixing our sperm and eggs. He did everything in a very responsible way and the embryologist was very kind enough to explain us what he is doing. I thought only Dr.Malpani is good, but whoever he chooses is also the best.

He takes any complains seriously and try to resolve the issues immediately. Before I went to his clinic, I told him that your nurses sometimes not friendly, which I heard from some sources. He said, you come and visit and tell us. Oh my!!! After I visited, I cannot complain about any nurse. They are wonderful sisters for us.

I totally believe God showed Dr.Malpani to us so we could have our own child . On 14th day, when we did the blood test, oh...we were the happiest people in the whole world, thanking God and called Dr.Malpani with the results. He and Dr.Anjali were very happy for us. We also have frozen embryos for future babies.

We came to USA and started visiting OB for pre-natal visits. Oh...We were dreaming about going to a OB, but now God made the dream true and used Dr.Malpani for that. Even after coming here, I used to email Dr.Malpani about question and he will call USA our home from India to answer us, in spite of his busy schedule. It is very tough to find a doctor like Dr.Malpani in this MONEY-MINDED, HEAVY-MINDED and SELFISH world. People may tell, "Oh..he charges lot money, so he respect"....That's Non-sense. He charges very reasonably and of course very much cheaper than USA, but I think his motive is NOT to make money, but serve our community and help the helpless people who cannot have baby with his God given gift. Of course, he may charge fees, but his fees are not too burdenable and I think they are all reasonable.

My baby is born and everything is good. We are now happy family. If anybody wants to choose Dr.Malpani, just go ahead with NO DOUBT in mind. He is just so good. I can't explain but you need to experience. If you want to talk with me, I am sure to help you to explain my experience, please email me to nice_person_usa@hotmail.com. For privacy reasons, I do not want to disclose my contact information. Send me your contact number and timings, so that we can call you and share our experience.

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We are Rosa and Gary and we live just outside of Nashville Tennessee. Gary and I married in December of 1992 and we immediately tried to have a baby. After a year of unsuccessfully trying to conceive Gary had a semen analysis performed which came back better than normal. We were told by the doctors in th USA to try for an additional 6 months and if I had not become pregnant during this time, that I would have a complete fertility workup. (The doctors did not seem too concerned, as I was only 24 years old, and by US standards this is still very young). By 1998 we had gone through so many IUI's, (artificial insemination), that we had lost count. In 2000 I was diagnosed with premature ovarian failure by an OB/GYN whom I worked for and had taken an interest in my case. I feel fortunate to have worked for this doctor, as I wonder if I hadn't, if I would still have the diagnosis of unexplained infertility. By the end of 2000 we had attempted 3 IVF cycles, with the first cycle being canceled due to poor ovarian reserve, the second cycle resulted in a positive pregnancy test, with a miscarriage soon to follow, and the third cycle left us with a heart wrenching negative result, as we knew that this was our final attempt because the doctors would not allow us to continue treatment with my eggs. I remember attempting these 3 IVF cycles as if it were yesterday. I remember every ultra sound scan being extremely emotional as my ovaries were not wanting to produce the sufficient number of eggs required by the fertility clinic where I was receiving treatment. The emotional roller coaster was really enough for us to handle, but we also had a fight on our hands with every IVF cycle because the USA doctors were constantly wanting to cancel our cycle with every visit. We feel as though the fertility clinic was more concerned with their stats than our care. I remember being so emotionally stressed that before every visit I would have to stop in the ladies room and become sick. After the third and final IVF attempt with my own eggs, we were given the option to use donor eggs. After a lot of thought, Gary and I decided against donor egg and opted to pursue International adoption, as the costs were equivalent, but adoption was a sure way to have a baby.

It is now 2005 and we have 2 beautiful children, a 5 year old girl, and a 2 year old boy, both adopted from India! We were in the process of our third adoption when India changed their guidelines which made us ineligible to adopt again from India. We have always wanted a house full of children and it was at this time that we started to investigate another way to build our family. This investigation constantly brought us back to donor egg / embryo. Therefore Gary and I decided to go forth with this option, but stumbled across yet another hurdle as we could not find any donor egg / embryo of Asian Indian decent in the USA. It was at this time that I met Dr. Aniruddha Malpani via the Internet. The Malpanis were a breath of fresh air and certainly a godsend! After months of planning and coordinating our schedules I made a trip to India for an IVF cycle of donor embryo. At first I was extremely nervous, and because of this may have even seemed a bit stand offish to the Malpanis. But this husband wife team have an aura about them that immediately put me at ease. Dr. Aniruddha Malpani was witty in his quiet assuring way, with Dr. Anjali Malpani having a sweet, delicate and compassionate empathy. Both doctors exuded confidence and extreme intelligence and at no time did I feel that my care was inadequate. I had 2 ultra sound scans, one performed by Dr. Anjali and the other by Dr. Aniruddha. During the scans, both doctors actually showed me the monitor so that I could see my uterus and endometrial lining and explained in detail what they were doing. After the scans I was taken into Dr. Aniruddha's office where he reiterated what we had seen on the monitor and then proceeded to explain my treatment plan. On the day of embryo transferred I was dressed for the procedure and then taken into the lab and shown our embryos. We had a total of six healthy embryos and it was at this time that I was given the choice as to how many I wanted transferred back into my uterus. Dr Aniruddha helped to direct me with this decision in a realistic yet compassionate way. Unlike in the USA, they advocate a patients choice and encourage one to be proactive in their treatment plan. While in the procedure room the anesthesiologist asked me the necessary questions, i.e...drug allergies, past surgeries, etc. He then looked at my veins, and placed the needle on the first stick! I was totally amazed as he stuck the arm that many have had great difficulty getting a good vein in. As the nurses and anesthesiologist continued to prep me, I closed my eyes and said a quick prayer that the transfer would go smoothly. When I opened my eyes from my prayer, Dr. Anjali was standing next to me and asked me if I were praying, and I told her yes. I felt that she showed great consideration as she did not interrupt me at this very personal time. She then gave me a few words of assurance, the anesthesia was started and she proceeded with the embryo transfer. The Malpani's staff were caring, and assuring yet at the same time quietly competent. While coming out of my anesthesia, I found the nurse holding my hand and calling my name. She talked to me as if she had known me for years, and even kissed my cheek in a reassuring manner. You can teach techniques, but you can not teach sincerity! After the procedure, and when I was somewhat awake, Dr. Aniruddha Malpani came into the resting room and explained what had transpired during the transfer. He stated that he felt confident that the procedure went well and that all embryos were safely placed into my uterus. The office was immaculate, clean and was equipped with the latest medical technology. I have personally worked in the medical field for years and I can say that it seems that their equipment is equivalent to any I have seen. I feel as if their sanitary hygienic standards may even have surpassed those used in the USA , for they even made us take off our shoes before entering the lab and procedure room! The recovery rooms were comfortable and supplied with any basic necessity needed for your overnight stay. They even had Internet access in the resting rooms!

We wish that we would have found the Malpanis at the beginning of our infertility journey, as they provided an extremely positive and encouraging environment during our treatment at their clinic. Although going out of one's country for medical treatment can be a frightening thought, I would encourage any couple seeking help to conceive to contact Dr's. Aniruddha and Anjali Malpani for consultation and or treatment. We have absolutely no regrets from our experience with the Malpanis and would not hesitate to return to their clinic. We thank God for putting them in our lives and wish them all the success in the world, as they so very much deserve it!

Rosa from USA

NB Rosa's is not a typical IVF success story in that she did not conceive in her treatment cycle. However, I have included it because she is easily one of my favourite patients - she has one of the biggest hearts I know ! Also, how you define the success of an IVF cycle depends upon you. While the outcome of any cycle will always be uncertain, at least the process should be a positive one so you have peace of mind you tried your best ! And in any case, there is always the next cycle to look forward to . As Scarlett O’Hara said, : Tomorrow is another day !"

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