General Treatment Options
-Ovulation Induction
Ovulation Induction involves the administration of either oral or injectable fertility medication, to either establish ovulation , where a woman otherwise does not ovulate to improve the ovulation process or convert the usually unifollicular, monthly ovulation process into a polyfollicular process, to enhance conception chances. Whatever the indication for ovulation induction treatment, a conversion to a polyfollicular response will always take place. The woman has a greater chance of getting pregnant, but, consequently, any form of ovulation induction will be characterized by an increased risk of multiple births.
-Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) | Artificial Insemination
IUI is usually recommended to accompany ovulation induction cycles to increase pregnancy chances. When an IUI is performed, the partner’s semen, after its seminal plasma has been washed off is directly injected into the uterus. IUIs empirically improve pregnancy rates over regular intercourse, when male infertility is a factor. IUI also improve pregnancy rates if cervical factor infertility is present (i.e. the cervical mucus inactivates semen motility) and in the presence of mildly abnormal semen, which can constitute a case of general male infertility .
-Donor Insemination
Artificial insemination is also performed through donor insemination, which involves the same process as described for IUI, except that the semen sample comes from a donor.
-Gynecoradiology
Gynecoradiology is a term of the use of xray equipment to diagnose and treat causes of infertility. Most other fertility centres refer patients to radiology departments