IVF Success Stories

I had IVF treatment because I want a fourth baby and I had PGD as well.

I read a lot about Dr Thanos Paraschos and I was keen on the success rates. Because, obviously it’s not free back in the UK.

Embio clinic is fantastic, very nice. Very well organized, I have to say. Dr Paraschos is a very nice man. If I had a friend who wanted a baby, I’d advise her to go to Embio clinic, because of my personal experience. Very good clinic.

I want to say thank you to everybody, all the staff.

Dear Dr Paraschos,

I am very pleased to let you know that P. and I are now very proud parents of a beautiful baby boy. P's water broke prematurely on September 27, and she delivered on October 11 (33 weeks 3 days gestation). Baby was 4lb 12 ounces at birth and has grown to almost 7 lb with no major issues and appears healthy. I wanted to thank you for all that you have done for us, and we might see you again if I can convince P. to go for number 2. Please also extend our thanks to S. whose help was immeasurable.

Meet P. P. P.!

Hello and how are you?

Just to let you know we had a baby girl yesterday, weighing 7.5, mother and baby are doing great.

Thank you all for all your help!

Dear Maria,

Please convey to Dr. Paraschos our greatest gratitude for his and your help in giving us joy with a baby girl.

My wife V. and I will always be in your debt.

Thank you!

As I promised to doctor I will attach here a photo of our baby girl V.

Hi Elena and Dr Thanos
Please see attached a couple of pictures from 12 week ultrasound of the triplets.
All babies look to be very healthy thus far.
My next ultrasound will be at 16 weeks for a full anatomy scan.
Much love to you both!

Hello Dr Paraschos,

My name is K. A. and I had visited your clinic with my husband last March for an IVF consultation and a hysteroscopy, during which a small polyp was removed.

You then provided me with a prescription of the IVF drugs, which I purchased at the time and 36 h before I was going to fly to Athens to start the IVF I had found out I had fallen pregnant naturally!!!!!

L. arrived on the 20th Dec, and he is healthy and a delight! I have attached some photos below....

Although we did not get to receive the IVF treatment we were intending to at your clinic, we wanted to thank you for the hysteroscopy and all your efforts and consultation at the time.
We still cannot believe I fell pregnant naturally, as I was 43 years old at the time...

Many thanks again and happy new year. We feel you have contributed to us getting Lucas, and we wanted you to know we are grateful.

Best wishes
K. and T.

Dear S. and Dr Paraschos,

I have been meaning to send this email for months but the truth is I've just been enjoying my baby so much!!

I gave birth to T. on 29th January 2015 so he will be 1 year old tomorrow!  The past year has flown by and we cannot believe how lucky we've been to get this last chance at becoming parents together and its all thanks to you.

If it had not been for the diligence and attention to detail given by Dr Paraschos it could have been a completely different story.  As when it was time to transfer the embryos, It was discovered that I had scar tissue from a cone biopsy which was preventing access.  This resulted in me having an anaesthetic in order for a small incision to be made to facilitate the transfer.

My pregnancy then went like a dream and I enjoyed it so much.

Theo is absolutely fantastic in every way.  Very happy and content, No sleepless nights, he's been a very healthy baby with no ailments, perfect skin colour, hair, absolutely everything about him is wonderful and he is totally perfect as you can see from the pictures I've attached to this email from birth, 6 months and almost 1 year.

Our lives have changed for ever and we can never thank you enough so from the 3 of us we wish you the best and thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Love & best wishes,

J., D. & T.

Hi Maria and Dr Paraschos! Hoping you remember us, we're patients from the US who came to Athens three times last year for donor egg IVF. I wanted to share some pictures of our beautiful baby boy. He was born on 4/8/16, so he's two months old today. He weighed 9 lbs, 2 oz at birth (big boy!!) and his name is Searc D'Artagnan McCall - pronounced "shark" :)

Everyone who sees him says he is so pretty! And he is healthy and strong and a really good baby.

We just wanted to express how deeply grateful we are to everyone at Embio for making our dream of a baby come true when it seemed impossible. Thank you so much for guiding us through the process and helping us make our son! He is going to have a wonderful life with parents who adore him <3

Thank you again!!!!

This is my 2nd IVF. The first was 3 months ago in Romania. It was positive, but I lost the baby. And then I lost faith in my Romanian doctor because he did not check my problem. If he had, I believe I wouldn’t have lost my pregnancy. He didn’t run any tests before egg collection (no blood tests for estradiol, no ultrascan. Here at EMBIO all these were done plus an electrocardiogram before egg collection.

This time we’re trying with our own eggs and sperm, so we had to be in Athens for 11 days. I could leave tomorrow, but I’ll stay one more day, because we’re driving home, and we want to be on the safe side. Before the embryo transfer we visited the Acropolis, and did some sightseeing by the coast of Saronikos. Athens is beautiful. There’s mountain, the sea, the people. All were so kind. And the clinic is in a very nice area. Besides, it’s very well organized. Not only Dr. Paraschos, but our nurse is very nice, very prompt. Everything is so much better than in our country. EMBIO fertility clinic is the best.

Many people come from Romania to Greece for IVF treatment. Of course, we keep it a secret. We don’t share it with the family. It’s taboo. They wouldn’t understand us.

I want to express my immense gratitude to Mr Paraschos and his colleagues for the help they offered me, so I could feel the joys of motherhood.

The first time I visited Embio I was already 44, and therefore the chances of getting pregnant were quite limited, if not negligible. On the first visit, I had the absolute certainty that I had come to the right person. Besides being a brilliant scientist (in my opinion, the best in the field of assisted reproduction in Greece and certainly, one of the best in Europe), Dr Thanos Paraschos is a great person. His deep interest and sensitivity made me feel confident and strong to go through the mental strain of ivf.

I got pregnant on the second cycle, without the difficulties I've heard in other cases of women my age. Monitoring throughout my pregnancy was perfect and everything went smoothly. Today, 18 months after the birth of my son, I live moments of pure happiness ... This I owe to Mr. Paraschos. I hope and pray each day to God to bless him, so he can go on helping women and couples with fertility problems make their dreams of parenthood come true.