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100% availability - we have donor sperm
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Announcing IVF PLUS
A fixed price IVF plan to give you a live birth - or a second treatment cycle
IVF PLUS brings the best new thinking in IVF into a treatment prograamme which offers participants two chances to achieve a live birth for an all-inclusive price of £4,500. (Plus HFEA fees, as applicable.)
Read more - only 50 places available at this price. Call Admissions (020 7089 1449) to apply or for more information.
The London Bridge Fertility, Gynaecology and Genetics Centre (Bridge for short) is one of the world's most advanced treatment centres for male and female infertility, diagnostic gynaecology and genetic screening.
Bridge is dedicated to success, 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, Mr Mohamed Menabawey, Dr Nataly Atalla, Professor Alan Handyside and Dr Alan Thornhill, provide IVF and the full range of fertility treatments.
We provide IVF, ICSI, IUI, DI, Egg Freezing, PGD/PGS, diagnostic and therapeutic gynaecology, male infertility treatment including PESA/TESE and Well Woman Programmes in one location in Central London, also the very latest PGD/PGS technologies for embryo screening and selection and screening for hereditary diseases. We also provide extensive egg and sperm donor programmes with UK and overseas treatment options for women in urgent need of donor eggs. Egg sharing and 'Freeze and Share' provide further solutions for a growing number of patients.
Bridge is, at the same time, friendly, relaxed and highly professional in its approach. Over 4,000 babies have been born to Bridge parents.
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.
Read our Mission Statement
Latest News from Bridge
Read on to find out about all the latest developments in IVF treatments and services...
Professor Alan Handyside is honoured with a major international award
Professor Handyside has been awarded the Jacob Heskel Gabbay Award in Biotechnology and Medicine for ‘his significant contribution in the field of assisted human reproduction’.
This is a great honour and reflects Professor Handyside’s leading position in Pre-implantation Genetics.
Bridge provides a wide range of PGD and embryo screening services.
Read more here...
Dr Alan Thornhill appointed to the HFEA
Bridge Scientific Director, Dr Alan Thornhill, has been appointed to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority and will serve as a member of the Authority for a term of three years.
The appointment is a great honour and recognises Dr Thornhill’s outstanding work in the field of reproductive genetics.
Karyomapping - Bridge leads the world
We announced a major step foward at ESHRE (The European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology) on 30th June.
Karyomapping is now proceeding to final clinical trials and is expected to be available to British patients within one year, enabling the detection of any of the 1,500 inherited conditions that can affect child health.
See the ESHRE statement and a briefing on the methodology.
If you would like to register your interest, please email us on karyomapping@thebridgecentre.co.uk and we will keep you informed.
Egg Freezing
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.
We offer Freezing and Storage for members of HM Armed Services.
If you are a serving member of the British Armed Forces, you can contact Admissions (020 7089 1449) for details of the Supported Treatment Plan.
International Egg Donation
Good News from our International Egg Donation Programme!
Superb Results from our Ukraine Programme
Since the inception of this programme and until April 2009, 210 patients have been treated via IVF/ICSI. Out of 178 recipients for whom we already have the result, 87 have given birth and another 20 recipients have ongoing pregnancies expected to go to term. So, just under 50% of our patients have already achieved parenthood as a result of this programme - a figure which will rise as further results come in. The age range of patients is 35-56 and a number are now returning to try for a sibling.
We also run Egg Recipient programmes in the USA and Spain and an Egg Sharing Programme in Crete - and we will find the right solution for you.
Call the egg donation team on 020 7089 1469.
IVF Consultations
Extended Appointment Times
More times to suit you - Initial IVF and IUI Consultations and Follow-up appointments can be made out of normal hours on Thursday evenings (last appointment at 18:50). Occasional Saturdays are available from 09:00 to 12:00 (last appointment at 10:40) - next Saturday clinics available are 13th February 2010 and 6th March 2010 - contact Admissions if these times would suit you better.
Open Evenings at Bridge
Here are the next dates in our current schedule of IVF Open Evenings. Attendance is free but please confirm with Admissions (020 7089 1449) to reserve your place(s).
11th February 2010 - Egg Freezing and Female Reproductive Health Assessment Open Evening (18:00-20:00)
-? Miss Nataly Atalla MRCOG and Dr. Alan Thornhill will give a presentation followed by a question and answer session and refreshments. Admission is free but please call Admissions (020 7089 1449) to reserve your place.
11th March 2010 - IVF Open Evening (18:00-20:00)
- Mr Mohamad Menabawey will give a presentation followed by a question and answer session and refreshments. Admission is free but please call Admissions (020 7089 1449) to reserve your place.
Genetic Counselling
Bridge is the first UK IVF 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 Charlotte direct on 020 7089 1456
Recurrent Miscarriage
Professor Howard Carp, a world-renowned expert on Recurrent Miscarriage, is consulting at Bridge - referrals are welcome.
Call Admissions on 020 7089 1449.
Pregnancy Scanning
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.
Acupuncture - there is a growing body of evidence to suggest this can help some IVF patients - see testimonials.
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Our Successes - see our very latest results
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Our next Mind/Body course begins on 9th December. Places are available. 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
See what past course attendees have to say...
Cancer Screening
Bridge now offers cancer screening following the HFEA's decision to allow PGD for inherited predisposition to cancer.
Bridge at ESHRE 2009
The Bridge team made a huge contribution to Europe's most important meeting on human reproduction and embryology in 2009 - a briefing can be found here.
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. 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.
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.
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Professor Howard Carp, a world-renowned expert on Recurrent Miscarriage, is consulting at Bridge - referrals are welcome. Call Admissions on 020 7089 1449. |
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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. |
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Our successful PESA/TESE clinics continue to bring new hope to male partners who thought they could never father their own children. |
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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 2009. |
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Acupuncture is available at Bridge prior to IVF treatment
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Preparing for IVF - there is much you can do to improve your chances. Click here for information about our Mind/Body programme. |
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Breakthroughs in PGD/PGS - see some of the contributions of the Bridge team to the latest scientific and medical research. |
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.
Founded in 1986, Bridge is one of the world’s leading, most experienced and most successful fertility, gynaecology and genetics centres. 
