Name: No.1 Fertility
Address: 120 Jolimont Rd, East Melbourne, Victoria, 3002, Australia
Telephone: +61 3 9132 9600

Profile last updated: March 2026

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Clinic highlights

Clinic volume (cycles/year)

More than 750 (high volume)

IVF cycle price

4983

AUD (A$)

Languages

English
Chinese (Mandarin)

Traveling patient support

Primary clinic focus

Advanced male infertility

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About the clinic

Clinic introduction

Meet the team

Clinic team photo

Key team members

Dr. Lynn Burmeister

Medical Director

Dr Lynn Burmeister, owner and Medical Director of No.1 Fertility, is one of Australia’s leading fertility specialists with over 20 years of experience in obstetrics, gynaecology and reproductive medicine. A Melbourne University graduate with honours, she holds the highest qualification in fertility, the CREI, earned after advanced study at Cornell University. Since opening No.1 Fertility in 2018, Lynn has built a network of modern, accessible clinics across Melbourne, supported by a compassionate team dedicated to personalised care.

Dr. Kelli Sorby

Scientific Director

Lab and embryology team photo

Lab and embryology team introduction

The laboratory team at No.1 Fertility is made up of highly qualified embryologists, each bringing extensive expertise in micromanipulation, cryobiology, and embryo culture. Our scientists are not only leaders in their field, they understand that behind every sample is a deeply personal story. They combine technical excellence with compassion, working collaboratively to help every patient feel confident and supported throughout their treatment journey. At No.1 your embryologist isn’t a faceless scientist hidden in the lab, they speak with you throughout your cycle, providing updates on your gametes and embryos and making complex information easy to understand.

The laboratories at No.1 Fertility are purpose-built to deliver scientific excellence, precision, and safety at every stage. Our facilities feature state-of-the-art incubators with time-lapse imaging as standard, advanced micromanipulation technology including polarised light microscopy, and enhanced environmental monitoring, enabling precise control of every condition that influences egg, sperm, and embryo development.

To maintain absolute reliability, our laboratories operate on an uninterrupted power supply system supported by backup generators. This ensures laboratory function remains stable and secure at all times. In addition, our cryostorage rooms are equipped with infrared scanning devices, weight monitoring scales and in-tank temperature sensors to continuously monitor environmental consistency. Every piece of equipment is tracked through multiple layers of 24/7 back-to-base monitoring systems, alerting our team instantly to any variation in conditions—providing complete confidence that every gamete and embryo is protected.

Clinic strengths and areas of focus

Fertility treatments and services

Fertility treatments offered

Conditions treated

Clinic-integrated surgery

Family building and supportive services

IVF add-ons offered

Add-ons listed here may be offered selectively, and clinics may offer additional options not shown.

Other IVF add-ons offered:

Intracytoplasmic Morphologically-selected Sperm Injection (IMSI)

Piezo ICSI

AI-Assisted Embryo Assessment

How this clinic uses IVF add-ons:

Many things that other clinics may consider add-ons (so that patients may be billed extra for them), we consider standard of care and provide for all patients at no extra cost. These include things like timelapse incubation, Embryo Glue media for transfer, and polarised light microscopy at ICSI. ‘Extras’ that involve no risk and potential benefits should be available to all patients and if we believe something is the gold standard then it becomes simply our ‘standard’.

Other add-ons are suitable only for certain patients or certain situations, or may have less clear evidence for their safety or efficacy. In these cases your doctor will clearly discuss the options with you, provide information and fact sheets on the potential risks and benefits, and work together to find the right treatment path for you.

IVF clinic costs and pricing

This section outlines the clinic’s self-pay pricing for IVF and related services (excluding medications). Prices may change.

All costs in AUD (A$)

Service	Cost	Includes
IVF/ICSI package	4983	Out of pocket cost for a first cycle including ICSI and fresh transfer (subsequent cycles are reduced by the expanded medicare safety net). Includes all monitoring, collection of eggs and sperm, insemination, embryo culture and embryo transfer.
Donor egg package
Frozen embryo transfer (FET)	1807	Includes all cycle monitoring, embryo thaw, embryo transfer and all facility or “bed” fees
PGT-A	780	Fee per embryo, covers biopsy and testing, note that the fee is capped at $4680 regardless of how many embryos are biopsied.
Donor sperm
Egg freezing	2500
Sperm freezing
Annual storage (embryos, eggs, or sperm)

Financial Options

IVF outcomes (official registry data)

This section links to verified, official IVF outcome data published by national registries (for example, SART or the HFEA).

IVF registry profile

Donor and donation options

External donor banks or agencies used: Born Donor Bank, California Cryobank

Internal donor programs offered:

Internal egg donor program
Internal sperm donor program
Internal embryo donor program

General donor ethnicity availability (internal program)

Traveling patient support options

Eligibility for international patients

Regions international patients commonly come from

Treatment policies and lab practices

Flexible treatment policies

These policies show where the clinic may offer treatment beyond typical eligibility limits and are general guidelines only; final decisions are made on a case-by-case basis.

Additional information:

Our clinic policies are always devised with the best interests of patients and potential children in mind. We also understand that not every case fits into neatly designed policies and we have a well established pathway, via our Clinic Review Committee, to thoroughly review any patient requests that fall outside our standard guidelines.

Embryology policies

Embryology information and access

Embryo types that may be transferred

Additional information:

Our standard, and strongly recommended, practice is that transfer of day 5 embryos. However, we completely understand that for a variety of reasons, some patients may wish to undertake a day 3 embryo transfer and we are happy to support you in doing so. You also have access to a direct number for your embryology team so that you can talk through any concerns you may have and decide on what is right for you and your embryos.

We do allow the transfer of a number of non-standard embryo types, for example those with unclear fertilisation, however, we require that confirmatory genetic testing is performed in these cases.

Options for unused embryos

Besides long-term storage and disposal, which most clinics offer, this section shows other options available at this clinic for unused embryos.

Lab safety and accreditations

How the lab prevents errors and protects embryos:

Since our inception in 2018 our laboratories have always functioned with gold standard witnessing and safety procedures in place.

No scientist ever works alone and procedures are always witnessed by both a second scientist AND an electronic witnessing system (RI Witness, a continuous RFID witnessing system that is constantly checking every dish or tube, even without any input from the scientist).

Getting this right is the single most important thing in any laboratory and our scientists have the safety possible systems without any limitations imposed by cost or staffing requirements, what they need is what they get, there can be no compromise when it comes to witnessing.

The safety of our stored gametes is equally uncompromising. All of our storage tanks are protected by three independent layers of monitoring (temperature sensors, weight scales and infrared monitoring) all with independent communication lines to alert our team to any deviations. Additionally, we are the only clinic in Australia to have our own liquid nitrogen generator onsite, ensuring that even in the event of supply disruptions our storage tanks remain secure.

Our scientists are paranoid so you don’t have to be, and we’re proud of how ‘over-the-top’ our extra layers of protection are.

IVF clinic research and studies

This section highlights research at this clinic, including studies that may be recruiting patients.

Studies currently recruiting patients

Ongoing research at No.1

We have a very active research program conducting studies both internally and in collaboration with world-leading institutions. You can read more about all of our completed and ongoing studies here: https://number1fertility.com/research-at-no-1-fertility/

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