What is IUI Treatment ? Ridge IVF Center Delhi, IVF Doctors Delhi, Infertility Specialist.

IUI or Intra Uterine Insemination is a new reproductive technique which helps those couples who are not able to conceive. Artificial insemination can help you conceive if you have a sperm allergy or if your partner has a low sperm count or poor sperm motility. The reason for not conceiving may be some medicines taken by men, couples staying away due to job, male or female tube blockage, sperm count etc. This technique is completely a painless technique.

Procedure:

In this process when an ovum is releases semen is introduced in women’s vagina or uterus. The semen inserted in vagina may be fresh or sometimes frozen. When semen is supplied by sperm bank it is in frozen state and need to be thawed before use.  Semen is usually placed in the vagina using a needleless syringe. A longer tube, called a tom cat, may be attached to the end of the syringe to facilitate deposit of the semen deeper into the vagina. The woman is generally advised to lie still for a half hour or so after the insemination to prevent seepage and to allow fertilization to take place.

A more efficient method of artificial insemination is to insert semen directly into the woman's uterus. Where this method is employed it is important that only washed semen be used and this is inserted into the uterus by means of a catheter. Sperm banks and fertility clinics usually offer washed semen for this purpose. Semen is occasionally inserted twice within a 'treatment cycle'. A double intrauterine insemination has been theorized to increase pregnancy rates by decreasing the risk of missing the fertile window during ovulation.

Myth:

With this technique there many myths are related like this technique gives multiple pregnancy, the child who are born are abnormal for example the babies conceived through ART will have problems such as birth defects, low birth weight, developmental delays. The overwhelming majority of babies born as a result of fertility treatment are fine!

Length of treatment:

The insemination takes less than an hour, but you may be on fertility drugs for about a week before you ovulate. Depending on the cause of their fertility problem, most women undergo three to six cycles of artificial insemination before getting pregnant or trying another treatment.

 

Success Rate:

Success rates depend on you and your partner's fertility problem and your age. Most couples who turn to IUI have a 5 to 20 percent chance of becoming pregnant with each cycle. Your chances will be closer to 20 percent if you take fertility drugs in conjunction with the procedure.