Before In Vitro Fertilization is begun, a combination of fertility drugs and surgical procedures are used to help start the treatment. For a woman - if you aren’t ovulating (producing and releasing an egg all month) at all, or only sometimes, fertility drugs – which trigger egg production in much the same way as your body’s own hormones – can help.
The proper phrase for this is ‘Ovulation Induction’ which is sometimes all that is required to get pregnant but more frequently this procedure will be used together with In Vitro Fertilization or Intrauterine Insemination. One of the fertility drugs used is ‘Clomid’ also known as Clomiphene Citrate and is one of the earliest fertility drugs available but it is still utilised the most. Taken as a tablet, it tells your brain that you are not making enough estrogen, which then stimulates your ovaries into making eggs.
Before In Vitro Fertilization and Intra-Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection were popular, and easily available, surgery was used more but it can still be instrumental with infertility. Blocked tubes, can be a result of inflammation and scarring as a result of infections such as chlamydia, for instance. Others include Fibroids, Endometriosis and different circumstances impacting on the uterus or tubes. Fortunately, these days keyhole surgical procedures is the norm and your doctor at the fertility clinic will be the easiest person to advise you on available courses of action.
The use of drugs in male infertility is not as conspicuous as they are with treating infertility in women. Although, there are distinct circumstances where drugs are prescribed to men to assist with infertility troubles. Antibiotics are used to address infection or inflammation and now and then vitamins C & E are given to help improve sperm movement but the there is still no practical proof that this works. If you can’t make any sperm, for instance (you may have had a vasectomy or a failed reversal) a small procedure known as surgical sperm retrieval can be carried out to remove the sperm from the Epididymis (where sperm are made) or the testicles.
The downside to using fertility drugs is that ovulation is being stimulated by artificial means and this often results in multiple births. To lower the opportunity of multiple pregnancies, doctors will often cancel a cycle where a large number of follicles or egg sacks are produced, if fertility drugs are being used in conjunction with Intrauterine Insemination. If you have In Vitro Fertilization, the danger of a multiple pregnancy is restricted by replacing one or two embryos.
The complexity of this area of fertility drugs, surgical procedures and intervention is such that only brief details can be provided in this short article. If you and your partner are thinking about your options in this area, the first thing you need to do is contact your local fertility clinic.
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