IUI Treatment, IVF Procedure, IVF Treatment, ICSI Treatment

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IUI Treatment
Intrauterine Insemination (IUI)

• IUI has become the first line management in
  infertility. It is a simple technique that
  involves
• the deposition of a washed semen sample into
  the womans uterus around the time of
• ovulation. The rationale is to increase the
  density of both eggs and sperm near the site of
• fertilization. This increases the likelihood
  of pregnancy. Therefore, it has many benefits
• It is done at the optimal time around the
  rupture of the egg.
• It overrides defects in the vagina and cervix eg
  vaginal infections
• It ensures the deposition of sperms at the
  correct place.
• It involves the use of the best washed, motile
  sperms in a sample.
• It can be carried out with a fresh or a frozen
  sample.

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IUI Treatment

• IUI with a frozen sample gives a lot of
  flexibility to couples who lead a very busy life
  and
• cannot be together because of their careers.
  Semen samples of such husbands can be frozen
• and used whenever the wife is wanting to
  undergo an IUI cycle in her husbands absence.
  The
• success of an IUI cycle however, depends on
  many factors most importantly the doctors
• understanding of the patients problem, the
  individualisation of therapy and the cycle
• management.

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IUI Treatment
Prerequisites For An IUI

• You should be ovulating. If you are not, your
  doctor will give you some medication in order to
• ovulate.
• Your tubes should be open. This is checked by
  doing an Xray or U/S or Laparoscopy.
• Your husbands sperm sample should be normal or
  minimally subfertile. In case of severe
• problems some couples opt for IUI with donor
  sperms or ICSI.

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IUI Treatment
How is an IUI Done ?

• The man provides a semen sample on the morning
  of insemination. This sample is prepared
• and then inserted through the womans cervix
  and into the uterus. This is done through a thin
• plastic catheter. The procedure takes place
  in our clinic. It is relatively painless. Patient
  is kept
• in bed for some time.
• IUI is a relatively simple, non-invasive, cheap
  easily repeatable procedure. However, careful
• selection of patient is important.There is
  good evidence in the literature in favor of IUI
  as a
• cost-effective treatment for unexplained and
  mild, moderate male factor sub fertility.

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IUI Treatment

• Although it may take relatively more treatment
  cycles to achieve pregnancy, there are
• considerable advantages to the patient in
  terms of risk / benefit ratio and financial cost
• as compared with other ARTs. Failure of 3-4
  trials of IUI is an indication for IVF.
• We monitor the womans ovulation with home
  ovulation predictor kits and clinic
• ultrasounds and blood tests. We monitor her
  for any signs of adverse effects of fertility
• drugs. We also give the woman a hormone
  injection of human chronic gonadotropin
• (hCG) to regulate ovula.

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IUI Treatment
Specialized Services
Sperm And Embro Freezing
Ovum/ Embryo Donation
MESA/ TESA
Surrogacy
PICSI