Overcoming Infertility Problems
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 Subscribe To Our Feed
A mixture of fertility drugs and surgery are oftentimes used to kick-start treatment either before or during In Vitro Fertilization. Drugs can help spark off egg making for a woman who has unreliable or no monthly ovulation, that is when an egg is created and issued every month.
The proper term for this is ‘Ovulation Induction’ which is often all that is required to get pregnant but more often this process will be used in concert with In Vitro Fertilization or human artificial insemination such as Intrauterine Insemination.
Probably the most widely employed fertility drug these days, and the oldest, is Clomid or to give it the correct name Clomiphene Citrate. It is employed to trigger the brain to produce more estrogen which helps to activate the woman’s ovaries into growing more eggs.
Because Intrauterine Insemination and In Vitro Fertilization are more widely employed now, surgery, which used to be popular in assisting infertility, can still be used in certain cases. Inflammation and scarring which can cause clogged tubes are a perfect situation where surgical procedures is still useful, and for transmissions like Chlamydia. Others include Fibroids, Endometriosis and other circumstances impacting on the womb or tubes. Fortunately, these days keyhole surgery is the norm and your physician at the fertility clinic will be the easiest person to direct you on possible courses of action.
One cannot assume that infertility is always a female problem. A male fertility test should be done early to rule out any doubts.
Drugs used for infertility are in general for women as they do not play such an fundamental role with men. However, they may now and again be prescribed in certain circumstances. Although there is no definitive proof - from time to time men are prescribed vitamins C and E (male fertility vitamins) to aid sperm movement, and of course antibiotic drugs for inflammation or infection. Sometimes a man will have had a vasectomy and it cannot be undone so a small operation called ‘Surgical Sperm Retrieval’ is carried out where sperm are removed from the testicles, or to give it the correct medical term, Epididymis.
There is an increased chance of multiple births when employing fertility drugs which stimulate ovulation by artificial means. Many doctors will in reality cancel a cycle if fertility drugs are being used in conjunction with Intrauterine Insemination as it increases the likeliness of multiple births if a large number of egg sacks are made. This procedure of reducing the opportunities of multiple births is assisted by replacing one or two embryos when using In Vitro Fertilization treatment.
Because of the complexity of this subject, this article is only able to give a very short overview of the drugs and surgical procedures available. Your local fertility clinic will be in a position to go into much more depth on the options available with fertility drugs and surgery.
Technorati Tags: No Tags
Related Tags: No Tags
Possible Related Posts
