Many thanks to the advanced technology today infertility
treatments are like God stepping
in the life for the all the couples who are
unable to become parents on their own. All infertility treatments involve
bringing the husband’s sperm and the wife’s egg together. This can take place
in a woman’s womb or in a laboratory, and there are differing levels of
complexity, care and techniques needed.
Let’s see below a short introduction to the 3 most common
infertility treatments:
Intrauterine insemination (IUI)
IUI is usually the first line of treatment in most
infertility cases. In this treatment, the wife is given hormones to help her
ovulate (discharge mature eggs from the ovaries) at the right time, while the
husband’s semen is collected, washed (motile sperms separated from the seminal
fluid) and the sperms are then introduced into the wife’s uterus using a
special sterile tube.
In-vitro fertilisation (IVF)
In IVF, after hormone treatment and an ultrasound to
check ovulation, the woman’s egg is picked up and allowed to mingle with her
husband’s sperms in a glass dish in the lab, and