IVF is used when the egg and sperm need to be brought together outside the body — most often after tubal blockage, low sperm count, endometriosis, or when other treatments have not worked. It is not the first step for most couples, and we will tell you plainly if we think it is not the right one for you.
What a cycle asks of you
A cycle takes about four to six weeks from the first injection to the pregnancy test. You will come in roughly six to eight times during that period, most visits lasting under thirty minutes. Only one of those visits — the egg collection — needs you to take a day off and to bring someone with you.
The injections are given at home. We show you how, and you can come in for the first one if you would rather someone watched you do it.
Who does what
The same consultant sees you from the first appointment to the last. You will not be handed between doctors part-way through a cycle.
Dr. Hardik Vansjaliya carries out the consultation, the stimulation monitoring, the egg collection and the embryo transfer.
The laboratory work — fertilisation, embryo culture and grading, and freezing — is done by Dr. Sneha Gilitvala, senior embryologist, and Bhavika Chovatiya, embryologist. The laboratory is where most of an IVF cycle is actually decided, and it is worth knowing who is doing it.
What we will not tell you
We do not quote a success rate on this page. Any number we could publish would be ours alone, drawn from a different group of patients than you — and a figure without the age band, the period it covers and the number of cycles behind it is not information, it is advertising.
At your consultation we will give you an honest picture of what the treatment is likely to do for you, based on your test results and your age, and we will put it in writing.
We also cannot and will not tell you the sex of a foetus at any stage. That is the law, and it applies to every scan we perform.
What it costs
| Item | Cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Cycle — procedure and lab | ₹1,00,000–1,50,000 | Fixed. Includes all scans in the cycle. |
| Medicines | ₹30,000–50,000 | Varies with dose. Estimated in writing after the first scan. |
| ICSI | Included | Used as standard at Pearl. Not charged as an extra. |
| Freezing spare embryos | Included | Not charged as an extra. |
| Typical total, first cycle | ₹1,30,000–2,00,000 | Cycle plus medicines. Most couples. |
Charges at Pearl Women's Super Speciality Hospital and IVF/ICSI Center as of September 2026. You are told what anything costs before it is done, and nothing is billed that you have not agreed to.
Questions we are asked most
Does IVF hurt?
The injections sting briefly. Egg collection is done under sedation, so you feel nothing during it; most people have period-like cramping for a day afterwards. The transfer is not painful. If anything hurts more than that, call us — it is not something to wait out.
How many days off work will I need?
One day for the egg collection, and ideally the day after. The transfer takes fifteen minutes and most people go back to work the same afternoon. The scans are short and early, and can usually be fitted around a working day.
What are the risks?
The main ones are over-response to the stimulation drugs, which we watch for at every scan and manage by adjusting the dose, and the higher chance of twins if more than one embryo is transferred. Egg collection carries small procedural risks, which we go through with you and put in the consent form. We will discuss all of these before you start, not on the day.
Do we both need to come to every appointment?
No. Your partner is needed at the first consultation, on the day of egg collection to give a sample, and at the results discussion. The monitoring scans you can come to alone.
What happens if the cycle does not work?
We book a follow-up before you leave, whatever the result. At that appointment we go through what happened in the cycle — how the ovaries responded, how the embryos developed — and what that suggests about trying again, changing the approach, or stopping. Some couples decide to stop, and that is a legitimate decision we will support.
Is IVF covered by insurance?
It usually is not, in India. We will tell you before every step what it will cost, and nothing is billed that you have not agreed to.