Genetic Counselling Bridge is the first UK fertility centre to appoint a fully-qualified Genetic Counsellor who can advise you on the genetic issues that could affect your family's future.
Appointments available now - call direct on 020 7089 1456
New - Leading Edge Pregnancy Scanning (available to all) NHS scanning is, alas, unlikely to give you all the information and reasurance you may need.
We now offer a range of pregnancy scans using the very latest 3/4D scanning technology. Download a full range list and contact Admissions (020 7089 1449) for appointments. You do not have to be a Bridge fertility patient to use this service.
Extended Appointment Times More times to suit you - Initial Consultations and Follow-up appointments can be made out of normal hours on Thursday evenings (last appointment at 19:45) and on two Saturdays each month from 09:00 to 12:00 (last appointment at 11:00).
Contact Admissions if these times would suit you better.
Egg Freezing is available at Bridge using the latest techniques.
Bridge believes in patient choice and will freeze eggs for medical and social reasons.
Call Admissions on 020 7089 1449 or email for further details.
Open Evenings The next Open Evening will be held on Thursday 22nd May 2008 from 18:00-20:00. Please confirm your attendance with the admissions team on 020 7089 1449 or at bridge@thebridgecentre.co.uk
Open Evening - IVF for the Over 40s. There will be a special Open Evening on Thursday 12th June - call Admissions for details on 020 7089 1449
Egg Donation Success The programme is achieving excellent results - 36 out of 90 patients undergoing embryo transfers from June 2005 to December 2006 have now given birth - a live birth success rate of 40.0%. We have egg donors available and treatment can take place throughout 2008. Free introductory consultations available.
Acupuncture - there is a growing body of evidence to suggest this can help some patients.
Alice Domar, founder of the Mind/Body programme, has won the Barbara Eck Menning Award - for leadership in the field of infertility and infertility resolution.
A new 10 week course starts on Wednesday 14th May 2008 - further course dates for 2008 will be confirmed soon. You don't have to be a Bridge patient to join. Call 020 7089 1453 for details or go to www.bridgemind-body.co.uk
Bridge at ESHRE 2007-8 The Bridge team made a huge contribution to Europe's most important meeting on human reproduction and embryology in 2007 and we are submitting a similar number of new papers this year.
Good News from ESHRE
Important research studies presented at ESHRE 2007 underline the safety of ICSI and PGD/PGS.
About Bridge The London Bridge Fertility, Gynaecology and Genetics Centre is one of the world's most advanced treatment centres for male and female infertility, diagnostic gynaecology and genetic screening. We provide IVF, ICSI, IUI, DI, PGD/PGS, diagnostic and therapeutic gynaecology, Fertiloscopy, male infertility treatment including PESE/TESE and Well Woman Programmes in one location in Central London. We also provide extensive egg and sperm donor programmes with overseas treatment options for women in urgent need of donor eggs.Bridge is, at the same time, friendly, relaxed and highly professional in its approach. Over 3500 babies have been born to Bridge parents.
'The Future of Reproductive Medicine'
Read the views of Professor Alan Handyside and Dr Alan Thornhill: -
'Preimplantation Genetic Screening: Select or Reject? - it's not just about improving pregancy rates.
Focus on genetics Preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) for aneuploidy (abnormal chromosome number) aims to improve healthy live birth rates in women of advanced maternal age (35 years and above) and other at-risk couples. Follow up analysis of abnormal embryos also provides valuable information about your chance of a live birth.
Currently we offer PGS for 7 chromosomes (out of 24 in total) frequently found in early embryos which result in miscarriage or abnormality. We will soon be expanding the number of chromosomes analysed and are developing new methods for 24 chromosome screening.
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for chromosomal translocations
About 1 in 500 of us have a chromosome translocation in which part of one chromosome has been exchanged for another. As there is typically no loss or gain of genetic material - the translocation is 'balanced' - this has no effect on the individual but there is a high risk that eggs or sperm will inherit an 'unbalanced' combination often resulting in repeated miscarriage or abnormal pregnancy.
The HFEA has now granted Bridge a general licence to screen for abnormal numbers of the translocated chromosomes using a similar approach to preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) for aneuploidy (abnormal chromosome number). Developing a test for a specific translocation takes about a month and, if the translocation carrier is male, we can also offer sperm screening to estimate the level of risk.For enquiries, please contact Charlotte Bancroft - 020 7403 3363.
It is our belief that fertility assessment and treatment must support the rights and freedom of consenting individuals to make responsible choices within the very wide range of laws, rules, guidelines and ethics which govern this important and sensitive issue. 'Bridge’s mission is to resolve fertility problems in the right way for each individual patient. We do so unconditionally with regard to age, status, race, beliefs and medical condition.' - Mission Statement in full.
Professor Howard Carp, a world-renowned expert on Recurrent Miscarriage, is consulting at Bridge - referrals are welcome.
Call Admissions on 020 7089 1449.
Bridge is officially PGD licensed, we have the UK's top team, we are seeing patients and have safe live births following PGD for Battens, Cystic Fibrosis and Huntington's.
Our successful PESA/TESE clinics continue to bring new hope to male partners who thought they could never father their own children.
New Egg Recipient Programmes offer dramatic reductions in waiting time - treatment is available in the UK and overseas and we have egg donors available for treatment programmes throughout 2008.
Acupuncture is available at Bridge
Preparing for IVF - there is much you can do to improve your chances.
Click here for information about our Mind/Body programme.
Breakthroughs in PGD/PGS - see some of the contributions of the Bridge team to the latest scientific and medical research.
Bridge is dedicated to success through 'Best Practice', with the best interests of mother and child our paramount concern. We welcome everyone who feels they need our assistance. Our first priority is to give expert, professional and ethical advice based on your individual circumstances. Safety, security and affordability are fundamental to our approach. Bridge is fully-equipped, with its own surgical and day care facilities. Experienced and highly-qualified staff work in a friendly, relaxed and stress-free atmosphere. Our highly qualified team, led by world-renowned fertility experts, Emeritus Professor Gedis Grudzinskas and Professor Alan Handyside, provide the full range of fertility treatments - IUI, DI, IVF and ICSI including Blastocyst culture and transfer, and also the very latest PGD/PGS technologies for embryo screening and selection and screening for hereditary diseases. In line with our policy of affordability, we offer a simplified IVF programme for younger patients - and provide special advice and assistance to the over 40s too. Everything we do is dedicated to one single objective - successful fertility treatment. We hope you will find this website interesting and informative - please email or call us on
020 7403 3363 to discuss any matters of interest or concern.
The Bridge Centre is licensed by the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority to perform IVF, microsurgical fertilisations and treatments using donated eggs and sperm, to perform Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis and Screening and to store genetic material.
