IVF clinics and success data in Mississippi
0.8% of births, U.S. 2.3%.

Mississippi's ART use in 2021

274 of the 35,156 infants born to Mississippi mothers during 2021 were conceived with ART. Looking instead at the 779 procedures performed for residents that year: they included 677 embryo transfers and led to 316 live-birth deliveries and 331 live-born infants.

Source: CDC, State-Specific ART Surveillance, 2021 Data Brief (published December 2023). Procedures exclude cycles in which eggs or embryos were only banked.

These are counts by the patient's state of residence. A Mississippi woman treated at a clinic in another state still counts as Mississippi, so CDC cautions that state figures may not reflect the clinics located in the state.

When not to wait the full 12 or 6 months

Map to the Positive lists situations where you should see a specialist right away instead of waiting the standard time:

• No periods for 3 months or more without pregnancy.
• Extremely irregular cycles, more than 9 days of variation.
• Two or more consecutive miscarriages.
• A previous diagnosis of endometriosis, PCOS, large fibroids or polyps.
• Previous pelvic surgery, a past ectopic pregnancy, or an STD that may have affected the tubes.
• Previous cancer, especially with chemotherapy, or a family history of menopause before 40.
• Significant pelvic pain or pain during sex.
• A partner with testicular surgery, undescended testicles, a significant varicocele, or mumps after puberty.

This is one chapter. The map has 42.

These red flags open Station IV of Map to the Positive, in Chapter 29, alongside the age cutoffs and the kind of specialist to see. The station continues with choosing the right doctor, the treatment ladder and IVF explained step by step.