The Team to Trust
Waterstone Clinic is an independent and Irish-owned fertility clinic. Our consultant-led team is renowned for its scientific excellence and exceptional success rates. We are scientific leaders with longstanding experience: we have built families together for over 20 years.
10,000 Babies Born From Our Treatments
Over 10,000 babies have been born through our treatments in Ireland. Our clinical team at Waterstone Clinic is internationally recognized and nationally celebrated for our exceptional success rates and long-standing expertise.
Our team is focused on making your dreams of parenthood a reality. We will give you the absolute best chance of having a baby. Our patients know they can trust us, and that we provide exceptional patient care. We guide and support you at every step.
Achieving Irish Medical Firsts
Our team are some of the most experienced fertility clinicians and scientists in the country. We pride ourselves on being at the forefront, bringing advanced and innovative fertility solutions to Ireland. We have achieved many medical firsts for Ireland, including the first baby born following an embryo biopsy for PGT, and the first baby born following a MicroTESE procedure. We were the first team in Ireland to be able to provide open-system vitrification for egg freezing and routine blastocyst culture, to name a few.
Our expansive expertise has led us to become an accredited Fertility Training Centre with the British Fertility Society to train specialists in the area.
7-Day Service
Our team delivers a seven-day service for our patients, and we do not use a waiting list. We carry out routine appointments Monday through Friday and perform procedures seven days a week. Our ability to perform egg collections and embryo transfers every day of the week means we schedule these procedures to optimise your chance of success and are not limited by restrictive schedules.
We also provide early appointments for scans so you can continue your normal working life while undergoing treatment.
Dr John Waterstone
Dr John Waterstone MD MSc MRCOG CCST leads Waterstone Clinic and has devoted his life to women’s health and fertility in the pursuit of parenthood for his patients. He has been the leader of many important milestones for reproductive medicine in Ireland.
Dr Waterstone established Waterstone Clinic (formerly Cork Fertility Centre) in 2002. The Centre has since expanded nationally, with additional clinics in Dublin, Limerick, and Waterford. Dr Waterstone prides himself on being at the forefront of Assisted Reproduction in Ireland. He and his team are known internationally and collaborate with top clinics in the USA, UK, Spain, and Cyprus. He has led the introduction of new fertility techniques to Ireland, many of which have become standard practice.
Dr Waterstone was the first to deliver the first babies born following Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) treatments; Pre-implantation Genetic Screening (PGS); and Microsurgical Testicular Sperm Extraction (MicroTESE).
Dr Waterstone’s clinic was the first Irish clinic to implement routine blastocyst culturing, paving the way for elective single embryo transfer. The clinic was also the first to successfully use vitrification for embryo cryopreservation, which improves the viability of frozen embryos.
Dr Waterstone’s career began in the Science Faculty (Genetics) and Medical School of Trinity College Dublin before moving to the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin. Dr Waterstone trained in Obstetrics & Gynaecology before continuing his training and teaching hospitals in London. Dr Waterstone is a consultant obstetrician at Cork University Maternity Hospital and is involved with undergraduate and postgraduate medical education at CUMH. He is committed to leading innovation in Reproductive Medicine in Ireland.
Dr Eithne Lowe
Dr Lowe is a Consultant in Reproductive Medicine and leads the Dublin team. Dr Lowe joined the Waterstone Clinic team in 2021. She has more than twenty years of experience in fertility.
Dr Lowe completed her specialist training at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, and worked as a Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist in Galway.
Dr Lowe is particularly interested in working with couples on lifestyle issues to improve the chances of natural conception initially.
Appointments for consultations with Dr Eithne Lowe can be made in both Waterstone Clinic Dublin and Waterstone Clinic Kildare.
Dr Peter Wiegandt
Dr Peter Wiegandt MD CCST MRCPI is a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with specialist training in Reproductive Medicine and extensive experience in fertility. Having previously worked in the largest IVF unit in Budapest, Dr Wiegandt joined the Waterstone Clinic team in 2007.
Dr Wiegandt’s interests and expertise centre on male fertility, pre-implantation genetic testing, and gamete donation.
Appointments can be made with Dr Weigandt in Waterstone Clinic Cork and Waterstone Clinic Limerick.
Dr Alexandra Toth
Dr Alexandra Toth is a Consultant in Reproductive Medicine at Waterstone Clinic Cork. She joined the team in 2022.
Following her medical training in Hungary, Dr Toth undertook specialist training in gynaecology, working in gynaecological surgery and fertility-related surgery, and completed her training as an Obstetric & Gynaecological Specialist. She had a keen interest in fertility and began working as an IVF Fellow and obstetrician in Budapest in 2016.
Working in IVF clinics and private hospitals, she gained invaluable experience in IVF procedures and obstetric practice, working with multidisciplinary teams before joining the Waterstone Clinic team in 2022.
Dr Toth’s area of special interest is pre-implantation genetic testing and egg donation. Appointments can be made with Dr Toth in Waterstone Clinic Cork.
Dr Komagal Selvakumar
Dr Komagal Selvakumar is a fertility specialist in the Waterstone Clinic Dublin team.
Dr Selvakumar completed her medical training (MBBS) in India and undertook specialist training in Obstetrics & Gynaecology. After working in this area for almost a decade in hospitals in India, she moved to Ireland to work at the Beacon Hospital.
She joined the Waterstone Clinic team in 2022 to pursue her passion for fertility medicine. She has a particular interest in fertility check, egg freezing and pre-conceptual care.
Delivering fertility care for over twenty years, across 5 clinics in Ireland, with over 90 staff.
All our numbers add up to the most important one: over 10,000 babies.
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Our Story So Far…
The team launched our Fertility Podcast “I’d Like To Know”
Waterstone Clinic celebrated 20 years of providing fertility services in Ireland.
The first babies (twins) in Ireland registered with both mothers on birth certificates were born through treatment at Waterstone Clinic.
Our Dublin IVF Clinic opened in 2021.
Our Kildare outreach clinic opened, growing our family to 5 clinics.
We introduced our Imported Frozen Donor Egg Programme, building families across Ireland.
The first baby born in Ireland following MicroTESE sperm removal, through treatment at Waterstone Clinic, was delivered.
We were first clinic in Ireland to offer gold-standard open-system egg vitrification.
Waterstone Clinic Cork relocated to the bespoke state-of-the-art facilities at Lotamore House
The first baby in Ireland born following an embryo biopsy at Waterstone Clinic was delivered.
The first clinical pregnancy in Ireland following embryo biopsy at Waterstone Clinic was recorded
Waterstone Clinic introduced our Pre-implanation Genetic Testing programme.
Waterstone Clinic introduced its Vitrification Freezing programme, transforming its IVF programme.
Our first babies (twins) from our egg donation programme were born
Waterstone Clinic launched its Egg Donation programme, now the longest-running in Ireland.
Our first baby from our surgically retrieved sperm programme was born
Our first baby from our Frozen Embryo Transfer programme was born
Our first twins following IVF were born
Our first IVF baby was born in May 2003
Our first ICSI baby was born in March 2003
Our first egg collection was carried out in July 2002.
Waterstone Clinic opened, then called Cork Fertility Centre.
“The [boys] are from the one cycle – so they’re brothers, but they were made on the same day. So he was made 3 and a half years before he was born – it’s magic!”
“Our experience with Waterstone Clinic was nothing but amazing from our very first consultation to seeing our positive pregnancy test! We will be forever grateful for the care from the amazing staff.”
“They know who you are as soon as you say your name…. they just know you.”
“We always felt comfortable coming into the clinic. From the front desk to the clinical team, you are treated so kindly and with compassion. Always felt fully informed and had no worries asking questions.”
“I want to let people know that IVF is successful. It does help people. I think a lot of people think, Oh god, it never works the first time for people, and you’ll have to try a few times. But I’m living proof that it can happen… I’ve had two babies through IVF and success with IVF the first time around on both babies.”
“We had an incredible experience with Waterstone Clinic. They made our journey positive and have been very supportive throughout. They were very kind and gave us hope. They always made us feel comfortable, and we can’t thank them enough for making our dreams come true”.
“If you have the right clinic, everything is easy”
“I’m almost 11 weeks pregnant with Baby #3. The care I received from start to finish was fantastic. Every call, query or question I had, every single time, was treated very well. I would highly recommend Waterstone Clinic without a doubt to anyone considering their fertility options. As daunting as the journey can be, I wouldn’t change a thing about my treatment.”
“I always knew it was going to be difficult to have a baby…. I became pregnant with my baby Casey and he’s now 14 months old, and I really still can’t believe he’s here, and I can’t believe he’s mine”