article_snippet: Repeated rounds of fertility treatment can prove emotionally and financially draining for couples desperate to become parents.
article_snippet: In the pilot study, none of the 17 women had become pregnant despite repeated (between one and six) rounds of IVF, when traditional techniques were used.
article_snippet: A fertility hormone increases the number of eggs a woman produces, to allow experts to collect and fertilise more eggs, to try and improve the success rate.
article_snippet: If the woman's partner's sperm are few or weak, each egg may need to be injected with individual sperm.
article_snippet: the researchers case report details how a 39-year-old woman attended the clinic, reporting a 39-year-old woman had endured two failed attempts at IVF.
article_snippet: Each round of IVF involved the transfer of two good quality embryos that failed to implant and a routine infertility assessment was normal.
article_snippet: After counselling, the couple decided to pursue further rounds of IVF.
article_snippet: Despite the repeated failure, the couple remained determined to become pregnant.
article_snippet: For one of the 17 women, six rounds of IVF had previously failed.
article_snippet: After two further rounds of IVF, based on each woman individual cycle, the woman became pregnant and gave birth to the woman baby.