IUI process
IUI Process Step by Step
Step by step guide to IUI
Intrauterine insemination process popularly known as (IUI process) is artificial insemination that involves placing sperm inside a woman’s uterus to facilitate fertilization. With the growing technology in our world, the medication processes have grown too and doctors have discovered the processes to help infertile couples have their own baby.
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IUI is one of the most popular ways for treating problems that are causing problems for the occurrence of pregnancy like, poor cervical mucus, cervicitis, cervical scarring etc. in women, while ejaculation problems, mild sperm abnormality and erectile dysfunction in men.
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Also, what makes it the first thought for couples is that it is a non-surgical treatment and takes very less time to perform. This treatment may not be apt for women with blocked fallopian tubes, serious endometriosis or pelvic infections or for males who have extensively low sperm count.
IUI treatment is done after a thorough medical assessment of both men and women. Men go through a semen analysis whereas in the case of women, various hormone levels are checked and analyzed like, Anti-mullein hormone (AMH) and Follicle-stimulating Hormone (FSH).
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These hormonal examinations provide information about the egg supply and ovarian function in women. Physical tests and vaginal / TVS ultrasounds are also done along with the discussion regarding any past medical issues and history like medical diagnoses, previous pregnancies, if any, etc.
To finally achieve the positive results for which there is an estimated chance of 10-15%, you should carefully go through an IUI step by step treatment explanation of the complete procedure.
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There are 5 major steps which will result into a success towards having a baby:
- Preconception Admonishing from Doctor
Many doctors suggest for this step of taking medical advice from IUI specialist before you get started with the core process of IUI. In this part, the doctor advises you about how to focus on your maternal health by taking some medications, carefully planning your diet, giving up on things like smoking and drinking and other essentials to take you through a fair journey to a healthy pregnancy.
The doctor may examine you and suggest tests to determine the specific causes that are hindering the process of natural pregnancy in your body. The cause will help to see if IUI treatment process will work for you or not and if it does how effective will it be for you with respect to your infertility reasons.
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- Ensuring Production of Eggs
Women usually do this on their own for finding the perfect timing or insemination of sperm for IUI pregnancy while they are ovulating. If women have earlier problems with ovulation and have been through unsuccessful IUI procedures then doctors may prescribe oral drugs to deal with and stimulate ovulation.
The stimulation of ovulation can also be done by injecting drugs directly into your body but this process has now been reduced as it had resulted in the release of multiple eggs further creating a severe risk of multiple pregnancies in women.
- Tracking your monthly cycle
There are various methods to track your ovulation cycle; you can do it by tracking your cervical mucus and measuring its temperature whereas various ovulation cycles tracking kits are also available to effectively tracking your ovulation cycle.
Tracking ovulation cycle determines about the days you are ovulating so that you can go to the doctor within 24-36 hours for further carrying out IUI procedure step by step and successful result of it.
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- Harvesting of sperm
You can either use fresh sperm or the old frozen sperm for IUI treatment. If you are using a fresh one then your partner or your acquired sperm donor will need to be there. In case of non-availability of fresh sperm, there are plenty of other donated or frozen sperm that you can use for fertilization.
The frozen ones are defrosted for you if you need it by the clinic itself. After defrosting, the sperm is washed to clear out impurities if any and get hold of more of the sample part and less of the fluid of the sperm so that the more amounts of sperm can result into more chances of the egg to get fertilized easily and effectively.
- Insertion of sperm
After washing and clearing out all impurities of the sperm, the core IUI step by step treatment starts. The doctor inserts a thin long tube which is also called catheter in medical terms; it is medical equipment which helps in planting sperm in your uterus to carry out IUI procedure.
It is inserted into the uterus through your vagina passing through your cervix area and the tube then releases the sperm into your uterus and hopes to successfully carry out its further journey towards the eggs. It is said that IUI procedure is the treatment which is completely painless but it has been seen in some cases that mild cramps may occur while going through the procedure.
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- Pregnancy test
The last step of the whole procedure will come in occurrence after few days of insemination of sperm into your uterus. This is the step of taking up the pregnancy test to finally see if the IUI treatment turned out to be successful for you or not.
You can take up this test at least two weeks after taking up the IUI procedure. If it is not successful, you can consult the doctor and take up the procedure again and it still doesn’t work out then you can try the other infertility cure i.e. IVF.