IUI - Intrauterine Insemination

Intrauterine Insemination is the full form of IUI. IUI commonly called as artificial insemination-AI for fertility treatment. IUI is done when man’s sperm count is low or poor in quality or when a woman with a hostile cervical mucus, Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) or unexplained infertility, endometriosis. In some case whose husband is out of station or not staying together.

 IUI Procedure video 

Procedure

• The patient gives the semen/sperm specimen
• Specimen is washed and prepared for IUI
• Monitor the woman’s ovulation time
• Inject the best sperm into the uterus with the help of catheter so that the sperm has little distance to travel towards the egg
• Make her rest for some time after the injection

Age play a vital role in the process of fertilization. If IUI is not successful then the next step is to go for IVF-In Vitro Fertilisation.

Sperm Bank / Freezing

Sperm freezing is a process of preserving the sperm for future use, for artificial insemination or for donation. People usually do this due to medical reasons or social issues.

It is also called sperm banking and Semen cryopreservation.

Test Tube Baby- IVF

Looks can be deceptive. It is not always that a healthy person is sexually healthy. People get married to have a child. But when they cannot have children, their relationship becomes one devoid of happiness. In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) or test tube baby can be the ultimate for those couple.

In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) or test tube baby involves removing ovum/egg from a woman, fertilizing it with sperm in the laboratory and then transferring the fertilized ovum or the embryo into the uterus after a few days.

Semen Analysis- The Male Factor

Sperm fertilizes an egg to conceive a baby. The society earlier tended to blame women alone for infertility.  Now technology has proved that men are just as responsible for infertility, if not more.

 “WHO statistics show that the male factor accounts for 51.2 % of infertility cases and the female factor for 48.8% cases. It is well known that men must share equal responsibility,” said Dr. A.K. Bhattacharyya, a retired Biochemistry Professor.