IVF after 40: success and challenges
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Read the guideGynaecology, Infertility & IVF · Amman, Jordan
Dr. Najeeb Layyous M.B.Ch.B, MRCOG, J.B.O.G, FRCOG JMC Subspeciality in Infertility and IVF
Forty-five years helping families in Jordan and beyond — IVF and fertility treatment, women’s health, and care through every week of your pregnancy.
- 4.7 ★ 460 Google reviews
- 45+ years of clinical practice
- FRCOG Fellow of the Royal College
- Thousands of IVF cycles and deliveries
- International fertility society memberships
Meet your doctor
Forty-five years of the same question: what does this family actually need?
Dr. Najeeb Layyous has practised gynaecology, infertility medicine and IVF in Jordan for more than four and a half decades. He has cared for women through treatments that did not exist when he qualified, and delivered the babies of patients he once delivered himself.
The approach has not changed: start with the simplest option that could work, explain every step in language that makes sense, and never rush the appointment.
- MRCOG, FRCOG Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
- JMC Subspecialist in Infertility & IVF (Jordan Medical Council)
Areas of care
View all subjects Seven areas, one practice
Everything Dr. Najeeb Layyous treats, filed so you can find it. Each area opens onto its full list of topics and guides — hundreds of them, written over four and a half decades.
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IVF & Assisted Reproduction
IVF, ICSI, IUI and the full laboratory programme — with honest guidance on what to expect at every stage.
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Infertility
Finding the cause — in either partner — and setting out the options clearly, from the simplest first.
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Pregnancy & Antenatal Care
Month-by-month care from before conception to delivery, including higher-risk pregnancies.
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Childbirth & Newborn
Preparing for labour, your choices for pain relief and delivery, and the first weeks with your baby.
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Gynaecology & Women’s Health
Everyday and complex women’s health — from periods and fibroids to menopause and screening.
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Minimally Invasive Surgery
Laparoscopy and hysteroscopy — smaller incisions, shorter recovery, and clear before-and-after guidance.
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Ultrasound Imaging
Seeing your baby clearly, plus diagnostic ultrasound across women’s health.
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From the library
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Written and reviewed by Dr. Najeeb Layyous — plain-language answers to the questions patients ask most.
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Common myths versus facts about IVF
Bed rest, diet, stress, "one perfect embryo" — the beliefs that circulate most, and what the evidence actually shows.
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Egg quality: what every woman should know
Why quality matters more than number, how it changes with age, and what can and cannot be influenced.
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Causes of infertility in women
Ovulation, tubes, the uterus and the conditions behind them — a plain-language map of where the difficulty usually lies.
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Building a birth plan: a guide for expectant mothers
What a birth plan is for, the choices worth thinking through in advance, and how to stay flexible when the day arrives.
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Understanding 3D and 4D ultrasound
How the scans differ from a standard ultrasound, what they can show, and the best weeks to have one.
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Success stories
Read all stories The families behind the numbers
Every treatment plan belongs to someone. These are the journeys patients have agreed to share.
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Low ovarian reserve & later motherhood At 46, after two cycles that had failed, they finally held twins
Told her egg reserve was too low and her chance had passed, a couple came from Saudi Arabia for one more try — and went home with a daughter and a son.
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Low ovarian reserve & later motherhood Nineteen years of waiting, and a first cycle that worked
Low ovarian reserve, significant weight to manage, and a difficult semen analysis — and nineteen years without a child. Their first cycle here changed everything.
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Low ovarian reserve & later motherhood After six daughters and three failed attempts, twin boys
A mother of six from Yemen longed to complete her family. Three IVF attempts elsewhere had failed. Her cycle here brought twin sons.
Twin boys Read their story
The finest doctor in Jordan — may God bless him and his whole medical team. A doctor in every sense of the word. I advise anyone planning a pregnancy to visit Dr. Najeeb Layyous. His manner is wonderful, always smiling, with the highest ethics; he gives every patient her due, and the patient’s comfort matters most to him. We had been to many doctors and none understood and treated my case except him. Special thanks to him and the whole team, and to Dina in particular — a lovely person. I recommend anyone considering IVF or pregnancy to visit his clinic.
All thanks and appreciation to Dr. Najeeb Layyous — a national medical figure I am proud of — and thanks to the medical team for their cooperation and care.
Very experienced doctor with amazing staff. I’ve been visiting them for a long time and they always treat me with the utmost care.
Dr. Najeeb Layyous is one of the finest doctors, and the whole team is truly wonderful. May God give you all good health.
God bless — the doctor is courteous and kind. We came from Saudi Arabia; may God let others benefit from your knowledge. A thousand thanks to you and the team — more than wonderful.
One of the best doctors I have dealt with — highly skilled and expert in his field, with a specialised team of assisting doctors and nurses. Warm, attentive, with the highest ethics and taste. My deepest thanks for the care and attention you gave me. God bless you, and every success.
First, I thank Dr. Najeeb Layyous for his honesty and his lovely manner — may God grant him success and happiness. I also thank the wonderful team from the bottom of my heart: Shireen, Dina, Lara and Amani, for their great care. May God bless them.
Honestly one of the finest centres, and Dr. Najeeb has been brilliant for years. The doctor is refined and skilled and his manner is wonderful, and the whole team is lovely — so kind you feel they’re family. May God bless them.
Tools
All tools Quick answers while you plan
Three small calculators patients use most. They give estimates, not medical advice — bring the result to your appointment.
Imaging & media
Seeing your baby, years before the first photograph
The clinic has been producing 3D and 4D imaging since the technology arrived in Jordan. The galleries hold hundreds of scans — faces, profiles, hands, first movements — alongside Dr. Layyous’s television interviews and the clinic’s video library.
- Television interviews Jordan TV, Qatar TV
- 3D & 4D galleries Faces, profiles, limbs
- About the scans What each one shows
Getting started
Three steps, and no complicated forms
Most patients begin with a single message. Here is what happens next.
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Message on WhatsApp
Tell us briefly what you need. No forms, no account, no long wait — the clinic replies on the same channel you use every day.
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Come in for a consultation
A proper conversation with Dr. Layyous, with time to ask everything. Bring any previous test results you have.
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Get a plan that fits you
The simplest option that could work, explained clearly — with the next steps, the costs, and the timeline set out before you decide.
Travelling from abroad? Many patients come to Amman from the Gulf and beyond — the clinic is used to arranging treatment around a trip, and will plan the timing with you. Read the full guide
The emblem
Held in safe hands
This illustration — a mother and her child, cradled in a pair of protecting hands — was drawn by Jill Cassignol and became, over the years, an image closely associated with Dr. Layyous and his practice.
After an original illustration by Jill Cassignol
Ready to talk to Dr. Layyous?
Most questions are quicker to answer than to worry about. Send a message and the clinic will come back to you.
Consultations in Arabic and English
