IVF Pregnancy Rate Assessment Package (Couple)

Introduction to Testing

• Increase the chances of getting pregnant through analysing the result of genetic and metabolite testing
• Assess the quality of egg and sperm
• Assess quality of fertilized egg
• Evaluate the body condition of parents-to-be

Specially for

• Couples planning to undergo intrauterine insemination (IUI) or in vitro fertilization

Test items

1. Nutritional requirements

• 4 genes:
  • Vitamin B2, B6, B9, B12, D
• 6 blood tests:
  • Vitamin B9, B12, E, D, GSH (antioxidant), GSSG

2. Dietary needs

• 6 genes:
  • risk of obesity
  • risk of gestational diabetes
  • risk of obsessive overeating
  • efficiency of carbohydrate metabolism
  • efficiency of fat metabolism
  • efficiency of protein metabolism

3. Management of postpartum depression

• 3 genes:
  • Influence of dopamine and serotonin signaling on depression

4. Thyroid health

• 1 gene:
  • Impact of thyroid health on infant's IQ and neuropsychological function

5. Artificial insemination

• 9 genes:
  • quality of egg
  • ovarian maintenance
  • quality of embryo - assessing the effect of having embryo fragments; how inflammatory factors as well as detoxification efficiency affect embryo implantation

6. Detoxification status

• 7 genes:
  • pregnancy rate of in vitro fertilization
  • risk of miscarriage caused by second-hand smoke
  • risk of giving birth to low-birth-weight babies by smoking mothers
  • effect of second-hand smoke during pregnancy on the early intellectual development of infant
  • first-stage detoxification: redox and hydrolysis
  • second-stage detoxification: combining and eliminating toxins
• 1 blood test

7. Health of Sperms

• 2 genes:
  • influence of genes on sperm motility
  • influence of genes on sperm count
• 2 metabolites

8. Risk of having Cardiovascular risk during pregnancy

• 2 genes
• 2 blood tests

Electronic copy of the report will be sent 15 working days upon successful receipt of test sample