Fertility care in Chiang Mai

Fitting monitoring visits into your stay

Chiang Mai IVF Polyclinic is open every day, until 20:00 on weekdays, which can make it easier to fit scans around work. Apichart IVF is open for two hours each afternoon, 13:00–15:00, so appointments need planning. Neither clinic publishes a suggested length of stay for visitors, so ask how many monitoring visits to expect and whether early scans can be done before you arrive.

Chiang Mai IVF Polyclinic says its site near the Chiang Mai–Lampang superhighway is roughly 15 minutes by car from Chiang Mai airport. Apichart IVF is on Huay Kaew Road, close to Kad Suan Kaew. Arrange a car or taxi for egg-collection day, as you will have had anaesthesia.

What each clinic will and will not do

Apichart IVF states that it does not freeze eggs or sperm and does not treat single women or same-sex couples, citing Thai law for the latter. Its package freezes all embryos and includes up to two transfers. Chiang Mai IVF Polyclinic lists egg banking, but does not publish eligibility rules, a package or storage fees for it.

If egg freezing as a single woman is what you are looking for, ask the clinic directly whether you are eligible before planning travel, and consider whether a Bangkok clinic with published rules suits you better.

Language

Chiang Mai IVF Polyclinic lists an interpreter service and says it treats foreign residents and visitors from abroad. Apichart IVF's website is in Thai only, so check what English support is available before booking. Among the hospitals, multilingual case coordinators are listed at Bangkok Hospital Chiang Mai and interpreters at Chiangmai Ram.

Costs

Apichart IVF publishes an all-inclusive IVF or ICSI cycle at THB 200,000, covering stimulation, monitoring, egg collection, laboratory work, freezing of all embryos, a year's storage of up to ten embryos and up to two transfers; later transfers from stored embryos are THB 30,000 each. Its IUI prices run from THB 6,000 to 12,000 depending on medication.

Chiang Mai IVF Polyclinic did not show prices online when checked, so ask for a written quote. Fertility treatment is generally paid for by the patient; the UK government points out that Thai hospitals want payment guaranteed before they treat you.

If something goes wrong after egg collection

The HFEA advises contacting your clinic at once if, in the week after collection, you develop a swollen or painful stomach, nausea or vomiting, breathlessness, faintness or reduced urine. Ask your clinic how to reach it out of hours, particularly if it keeps short opening times.

For an emergency, call 1669. Round-the-clock emergency care is published by Bangkok Hospital Chiang Mai, and Chiangmai Ram describes ambulances staffed by emergency teams day and night.