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Assisted conception treatments. What are my options?
When you are having trouble conceiving, experts can help by providing assisted conception treatments. However, be warned: the success rate of these treatments is roughly 20 percent, and the treatments can be expensive. Also, the risk of multiple births increases with the use of assisted conception measures, and this poses health risks to the babies.
Fertility drugs are the mainstay of assisted conception. When drugs are unsuccessful, more invasive and expensive measures are taken. However, these are generally considered a last resort.
The options for assisted conception are varied. There are a number of different approaches utilising one or both partner’s genetic material. Intrauterine insemination (IUI), in vitro fertilisation (IVF), Gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT), and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) all utilise at least one partner’s genetic material, but provide some assistance in fertilisation.
In the IUI method your partner’s sperm will be injected directly into your uterus while you are ovulating.
When you undergo IVF, your eggs and your partner’s sperm are mixed together in a petri dish before being reinserted into your body as fertilized embryos.
The GIFT technique is similar to IVF except that the sperm and your eggs are reinserted without being fertilized first. Fertilisation occurs in your own body.
ICSI is similar to IVF except only one of your eggs is used in the process.
There is also assisted conception using donated sperm or donated eggs or embryos. And, of course, you could hire a surrogate.
Fertility drugs are the mainstay of assisted conception. When drugs are unsuccessful, more invasive and expensive measures are taken. However, these are generally considered a last resort.
The options for assisted conception are varied. There are a number of different approaches utilising one or both partner’s genetic material. Intrauterine insemination (IUI), in vitro fertilisation (IVF), Gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT), and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) all utilise at least one partner’s genetic material, but provide some assistance in fertilisation.
In the IUI method your partner’s sperm will be injected directly into your uterus while you are ovulating.
When you undergo IVF, your eggs and your partner’s sperm are mixed together in a petri dish before being reinserted into your body as fertilized embryos.
The GIFT technique is similar to IVF except that the sperm and your eggs are reinserted without being fertilized first. Fertilisation occurs in your own body.
ICSI is similar to IVF except only one of your eggs is used in the process.
There is also assisted conception using donated sperm or donated eggs or embryos. And, of course, you could hire a surrogate.
User Answers:
Re: Assisted conception treatments. What are my options?
had 3 IUI's which all failed and on first attempt at IVF have just got a positive pregnancy test result today. IVF is not as severe as people think I continued working and kept a normal routine and it was better as if you think too much about it you become obessesed with it all and the fun and excitement is lost. the drugs they give you while doing the egg collection are unreal and give a lovely floating feeling which is great! it'll all be worth it.
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hanoriaandsean | February 02, 2012 09:05 PM |
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