IVF Services and Pregnancy

We have an experienced team to help support you before, during and after pregnancy. Fertility services help with pre-conception counselling, plus any help to fall pregnant. WHRIA now offeres full IVF support. Once you are pregnant, we can provide a full supportive team including pelvic health physiotherapy, osteopathy and psychology. 

I am planning on a pregnancy, who should I see?

Dr James Brown provides fertility treatment, including IVF, through Connect IVF in Sydney.

First-line fertility treatments are initial and least invasive fertility treatment options used to help those having trouble conceiving. These fertility treatments are usually only considered for those with mild or unexplained fertility factors.

First-line treatments are often attempted prior to moving onto more complex treatments but are associated with lower live birth rates. Discuss your suitability for such treatments with Dr James Brown, Fertility Specialist.

First Line Treatments include:

• Ovulation Tracking (OT)
• Ovulation Induction (OI)
• Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) Cycle

Advanced fertility treatments, are collectively known as Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) include:

• In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) Cycle
• Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)
• Cycle Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET)
• Cycle Oocyte thawing and insemination

Fertility preservation offers individuals and couples:

• Egg Freezing (Oocyte Cryo-Preservation)
• Sperm Freezing (Sperm Cryo-Preservation)
• Embryo Banking (Embryo Cryo-Preservation)

What types of conditions in pregnancy do you see?

Amy Corcoran and Elizabeth Howard, Osteopaths with vast experience in treating women before, during pregnancy and afterwards. Pelvic girdle pain occurs in one in two women during the course of a pregnancy. We have developed a simple protocol to treat pelvic girdle pain that includes gentle manual therapy, home exercises and pain education. Liz Howard teaches Pain & Pregnancy courses to Allied Health Practitioners.

Sherin Jarvis & Ally van Schalkwyk, Pelvic Floor Physiotherapists have completed many additional hours of training to help improve you bladder, bowel and sexual function related to pregnancy and beyond. Importantly, we can examine your pelvic floor muscles for any excess tightness and teach you how to relax these muscles for labour and delivery, and see you afterwards for any rehabilitation needs.

Tanya Wollstein, Psychologist & Clinical Hypnotherapist can help you prepare for and adapt to all the changes that bringing a new little human into your life can bring.

Helpful resources

If you’d like more information about our psychology and hypnotherapy services please browse our fact sheets on the Health Information page.