Develop and improve products. List of Partners vendors. IUI, or intrauterine insemination, is a relatively simple fertility treatment. It may be done with or without fertility drugs. The procedure itself involves transferring semen that has been washed and concentrated directly into the uterus via a thin catheter. IUI is done around the time of ovulation or in conjunction with fertility drugs to maximize the likelihood of conception.
IUI is a type of AI treatment. IUI is used to treat many types of infertility and is often done in multiple cycles until pregnancy is achieved—or another treatment is tried. IUI is often the first procedure tried before moving on to more invasive options, such as in-vitro fertilization IVF. When considering fertility treatments above and beyond taking fertility drugs, IUI is often the first tried because it's easier to do than assisted reproductive technologies like IVF. It also costs much less.
Some insurance plans will cover IUI and possibly other infertility treatments , while others do not. Check your coverage and all fees before getting started so that you can make a financially-informed decision. What you pay will depend on your insurance coverage, and whether the price quoted by the clinic only includes the procedure itself or also factors in fertility drugs, blood work, ultrasound monitoring, and other fees. Be sure you understand the price before you start treatment.
Two common treatment cycles that do involve fertility drugs include:. IUI may be added to a Clomid or Femara letrozole treatment cycle. You may also have an ultrasound. This is to confirm you're not pregnant and don't have any ovarian cysts. You may or may not have ultrasound monitoring and more blood work as the cycle progresses. If your doctor is monitoring your cycle, they will schedule the IUI procedure just before ovulation.
Or, your doctor may ask you to use an ovulation predictor test at home. Brand names you may recognize are Gonal-F, Follistim, and Ovidrel. The transvaginal ultrasounds will look for developing ovarian follicles. The ultrasound tech will look to see how many are there, how quickly they are growing, and whether they are nearing maturity.
The blood work will measure estradiol E2 , LH , and progesterone. Your medications may be adjusted based on your hormone levels and the size and number of follicles growing on your ovaries. When one or more follicles reach maturity, your doctor will schedule a trigger shot of hCG to prompt the ovaries to mature and release an egg. Then, you will schedule the IUI procedure. It will be done in your fertility clinic. It doesn't require any medications or painkillers and takes just a few minutes to complete.
If not, your partner will come into the clinic that day to give a semen sample. The semen sample is achieved via masturbation, similar to how a semen analysis is done. If your partner cannot produce a semen sample at the clinic, they may have the option of using a sterile home collection kit.
Keep in mind that for this method, they will need to get the sample to the office within an hour of collection, and it must be kept at body temperature until they get there. If your partner is unable to masturbate for physical, cultural, or religious reasons, there are collection kits that align with these needs. If your partner will be out of town, or if they had difficulty providing a sample in the past , they might be able to provide the semen sample before IUI day.
In this case, the sample is frozen until it's time to thaw it out and be prepared. Semen contains more than just sperm. For the procedure itself, you will lie down on a gynecological table, similar to the ones used for your yearly exam.
A catheter—a small, thin tube—will be placed in your cervix. You may have some mild cramping, similar to what you might feel during a Pap test. Before the fertilization can take place, the woman takes fertility medication to stimulate the ovaries to assist in successful egg retrieval. The egg retrieval is performed under sedation and insemination is performed the same day. After the fertilization, the embryo is monitored carefully to determine when transfer to the uterus should be made.
So, if fertilization is successful, the embryo implants there as well. With IVF, fertilization takes place externally, or outside of the uterus, in a lab. Ideally, the fertilized egg would then implant in the lining of the uterus, resulting in pregnancy and delivery of a full-term baby or babies. Artificial insemination is considerably less expensive than IVF and less invasive.
IVF and IUI have a few factors in common, and they mostly have to do with preparing for treatment and the basic processes of human conception. Before insemination or fertilization, both IUI and IVF may include a regimen of fertility drugs to increase success rates in fertilization or in the case of IVF, to assist in ovulation and aid in egg retrieval.
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