Artificial insemination is a general type of fertility treatment in which there are a variety of techniques that includes IUI and IVF. You will have to undergo this IVF if any of the below given problems are worrying you.
- If you are of the age of 36, still unmarried and want to have a baby, then you can go for IVF.
- You are married for 5 years, but you are not able to conceive. Tests show that your husband’s sperm count is very low and sperm motility is poor then you can go for IVF.
IVF is In Vitro Fertilisation. IVF is a surgical process and a fertility treatment which helps couples in conceiving. In this procedure the sperm and the eggs are allowed to combine in a Petri dish that is outside the womb in a lab till fertilisation is complete. After which the fertilised egg is injected into woman’s uterus and is allowed to be implanted and fertilised within her body. This is in contradictory to artificial insemination.
IVF is a very expensive and more technical kind of artificial reproduction. Hence it is normally used after the failure of less expensive alternatives. It costs somewhere from $8000 to $15000. Depending on the doctor and which part of the world you are the range of price may vary.
The success of this IVF procedure is only 10- 20 % which depends on the body of woman and also the skill of the skill. If the uterus of the woman is very weak and cannot accept the embryo means nothing can force her uterus to do so. So you have to be careful while choosing this procedure as it can end in failure and can cause loss of dollars.
The IVF procedure can be psychologically stressful and invasive for the couples. The danger of ectopic pregnancy will be high where the embryo begins to grow within the fallopian tubes instead of growing at the uterus. This kind of a pregnancy cannot be permitted and should be immediately terminated. The possibility of giving rise to multiple births is also more in case of IVF which in turn increases the risk for the life of both mother and child.
But now the success rate of IVF is improving over the period as the technology and knowledge is also advancing. IVF treatment is now faster than that in the past.
IVF is used among couples who have failed in conceiving after trying for at least one year and those who have the following fertility issues:
- Severe endometriosis
- Advanced female age like if her age is above 38 years
- Reduced ovarian reserve that means egg supply is poor. The ovarian antral follicle counts, day 3 FSH and AMH blood levels are tested to know about the egg quantity.
- If 2-3 cycles of ovarian stimulation is failed with the help of IUI procedure.
- Serious infertility in male factor that is the sperm count and its mobility is low.
- Blocked fallopian tubes or pelvic adhesions with deformed pelvic anatomy.
Each attempt at IVF is termed as a ‘cycle’ and the drugs that are generally prescribed actually control the hormone secretion of the woman so as to produce multiple eggs. They stimulate ovaries to churn out more number of eggs to make the most of the chances that some will be fertilised and can effect in pregnancy.