Quebec is planning to fund in vitro fertility treatments for women, revealed Health Minister Yves Bolduc on Thursday during a news conference in Montreal.

Up to three cycles of in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments will be funded by the end of this spring. This new plan will help the province save about $30 million a year, the money which was earlier spent to treat premature babies born out of fertility treatments. This will be no less than a gift to the couple who face problems in conceiving.

Regulations will be included in the plan, for instance, only three embryos can be implanted in a woman's womb during one cycle of treatment. This move will surely help in lessening the number of multiple births, according to Bolduc.

Bolduc revealed that though, the plan will cost $32 million in its first year, but in the next three to four years the funding will increase to about $80 million.

About 2,000 cycles are being performed in the province presently and $10,000 is charged per treatment.

While making an announcement at the McGill University Health Centre Reproductive Centre at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Bolduc said, "The more the stress factor is up - it's actually proven that's it's worse for conceiving," he said.

Royal Victoria Hospital is performing half of the IVF treatments in the region. Bolduc further proclaimed to invest $2 million to update and renovate the facility.