Acupuncture can be used in combination with IUI protocol. Following is description about IUI courtesy to www.baby.com.
What fits in IUI
Artificial insemination can help conceive if men have a sperm allergy or if man has a low sperm count or poor sperm motility, which means that his sperm can’t make the long journey to the egg. But if his sperm count or motility is really low, intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is the preferred treatment.
Artificial insemination can also help couples with an unexplained fertility problem.
Treatment: What to expect
To improve the odds of becoming pregnant, doctor probably will have woman take a fertility drug before undergoing artificial insemination. Woman starts taking the drug near the beginning of her menstrual cycle to stimulate her ovaries to develop several mature eggs for fertilization. (normally release only one egg a month.)
She will use an ovulation detection kit or doctor will perform an ultrasound to figure out when she ovulates so she can time the insemination. Sometimes, doctor will give her medication to induce ovulation. Once she ovulate, her partner will produce a sperm sample, which will then be “washed” — a process that concentrates the hardiest sperm into a small amount of fluid. Using a catheter, the doctor will put the concentrated sperm directly into her uterus through the cervix. She will be able to take a pregnancy test about two weeks later.
Length of treatment
The insemination takes less than an hour, but she may be on fertility drugs for about a week before she ovulate. Depending on the cause of their fertility problem, most women undergo three to six cycles of artificial insemination before getting pregnant or trying another treatment.
Success rate
Success rates depend on her and her partner’s fertility problem and her age. Most couples who turn to IUI have a 5 to 20 percent chance of becoming pregnant with each cycle. Her chances will be closer to 20 percent if she takes fertility drugs in conjunction with the procedure. There are no national statistics on live birth rates.
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