Fertility Center
Welcome to our Fertility Center
Finney Hospital, offers an extensive range of general medical and specialist and diagnostic services.
Our philosophy is to ensure that our patients feel calm, relaxed and nurtured at all times and we try to alleviate, and hopefully remove, the stress and apprehension often created by a visit to the doctor or the need to pursue fertility treatment. invitro fertilization
The Assisted Conception Unit is a modern, state of the art clinic offering the latest technologies in gynaecological and fertility care. The clinic prides itself on being able to assist couples whose treatment has been unsuccessful elsewhere and we operate a more flexible referral criteria in order to help couples with the more difficult fertility problems especially male factor infertility.
We have carefully used colour and light and a changing display of original artwork to create a home-like environment in the waiting areas and consultation rooms. Our laboratory and treatment rooms have a all the necessary equipment and cleanliness. This creates a safe and very pure environment which optimises the success of fertility treatment.
Finney Hospoital & Fertility Center
Fertility Services
- Fertility Causes
- Treatment Options
- Step In Vitro
- Other Services
Fertility Causes
Fertility Causes
The goals of evaluating infertile couples are to determine the cause of infertility and hence make recommendations about the treatments available and evaluate the chances that such treatments will help. In approximately 30% of infertile couples, the cause is identified only in the female and in 30% the cause is identified only in the male.
- In 30% of couples, causes can be detected in both partners. In about 10% of cases, the underlying cause is not yet found by the current diagnostic methods.
Treatment Options
Treatment Options
Discovering that you have an infertility problem can be very stressful. You become faced with many difficult decisions to make. There are usually five options available to choose:- To purse having a biological child with infertility treatment such as: ovulation induction, intrauterine insemination, IVF, ICSI, GIFT and surgery, etc.
- Try to have a child who is biologically related to one partner only e.g. using donated eggs or donor sperm and surrogacy.
Step In Vitro
Step In Vitro
With in vitro fertilization, the processes that normally occur in the woman’s fallopian tube are taking place in the laboratory.
The eggs are taken from the ovary, placed with the man’s sperm in a dish or tube in the lab to achieve fertilization, and the resulting embryos are placed inside the woman’s uterine cavity by passing a catheter through the cervix.
- Embryo freezing is also done if there are extra embryos after the transfer is done.
Other Services
Other Services
Finney Hospital and Fertility Center also offers additional fertility services such as Embryo Freezing, Sperm Storage, Assisted Hatching and Counselling.
- Hover over the Circles on your left and Follow the Links to read more about all these services.
The clinic also has a number of sophisticated monitoring systems to ensure patient safety and wellbeing at all times. The IVF laboratory is one of the most advanced in Ghana, meticulously designed to comply with international standards.
All the equipment used for handling and preserving gametes and embryos has been carefully selected to maximise the chances of a successful outcome. The laboratory hopes to expand its first class infertility services to include egg freezing and provide an export donor sperm bank .
