Diminished ovarian reserve (DOR) — Chicago, IL

Diminished ovarian reserve means fewer eggs remain than typical for your age — usually flagged by AMH, antral follicle count, or FSH. It lowers the eggs retrieved per cycle, which is why DOR patients often face more cycles, banking strategies, or a donor-egg conversation.

Clinic choice matters unusually much here, and so does honest ranking: a clinic can look better by declining DOR patients. Our methodology credits clinics for treating harder cases rather than avoiding them — the case-mix component exists for exactly this diagnosis.

Fertility clinics in Chicago, IL

The share shown for each clinic is the percentage of its cycles with a diminished-ovarian-reserve diagnosis — a higher share means more experience with harder cases.

• Northwestern Fertility and Reproductive Medicine ranked #141 nationally · 24% of cycles: diminished ovarian reserve
• Institute for Human Reproduction (IHR) ranked #226 nationally · 20% of cycles: diminished ovarian reserve
• University of Chicago Medicine Center for Reproductive Medicine and Fertility ranked #229 nationally · 31% of cycles: diminished ovarian reserve
• Fertility Centers of Illinois-River North IVF ranked #153 nationally · 25% of cycles: diminished ovarian reserve

What to ask at a consult

• What retrieval numbers do you realistically expect for my AMH and age?
• Do you recommend banking embryos across multiple cycles before transferring?
• At what point would you counsel considering donor eggs — and what would that change?

Costs are a first-class question for treatment — see what IVF costs and how to pay less and whether insurance must cover treatment in Illinois.

Outcome data: CDC NASS 2022 Final ART Summary. Success rates vary with patient age, diagnosis, and clinic patient-selection practices; comparisons across clinics may not be meaningful (CDC). This page is general information, not medical advice.