Australia IVF - In Vitro Fertilisation - Infertility Treatments Information

What is Ovidrel used for?

Ovidrel belongs to a family of hormones known as gonadotrophins, which are involved in the normal control of reproduction.

the active substance of ovidrel is choriogonadotropin alfa that is produced in mammalian cells modified by recombinant DNA technology.

Ovidrel is used in women undergoing assisted reproductive techniques such as IVF ( In vitro Fertilisation). Ovidrel is used to ripen (mature) follicles that contain eggs. Ovidrel is also used in women who do not produce eggs, or who produce too few eggs. It is used to trigger the release of eggs, after other medicines have been used to develop the follicles.

This table below summarises the organs of the males reproductive system.

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Problem in conceiving a baby comes as a surprise to some couples. Many of them have no medical history to suggest a infertility problem, and  in fact,  they have spent years trying to prevent pregnancy. They assume that once birth control is stopped, conception will soon follow without any problem. While this is true for many couples, others find out that having a baby is not as simple as they expected.

up to 90% Infertility problem can be treated using conventional therapies, such as surgery, or medication . these treatment success rates are continually improving.

Potential male factors are described throughout this section of the site. Whatever are the cause, solving the problem with infertility is never easy. Many men feel robbed of their virility when they discover a fertility problem, and some struggle with feelings of poor self-esteem. These responses are normal. The key to overcoming them is a support by the wife. Whether difficulty conceiving is related to male factors, female factors, or both, infertility is a couple’s shared challenge.

Here are some of the causes of infertility in men, which related  to sperm:

• Sperm Creation
• Sperm Quality        

Androgen: Hormone that stimulates the activity of the accessory male sex organs and encourages development of male sex characteristics. Also produced in low quantities in females.

ART - Assisted reproductive Techniques: ART - Assisted reproductive Techniques

Artificial Insemination (AI): The depositing of sperm in the vagina near the cervix or directly into the uterus, with the use of a catheter instead of by sexual intercourse. This technique is used to overcome sexual performance problems, to avoid sperm-mucus interaction problems, to maximise the potential of poor semen, and for using donor sperm.

Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART): A variety of procedures used to bring about conception without sexual intercourse, including IVF, and GIFT.

Blastocyst transfer: A recent advance in infertility treatment, in which embryos develop for 4 or 5 days (until they reach blastocyst stage), rather than the usual 2 or 3 days in IVF.

Corpus luteum: A structure that forms at the site of an ovarian follicle after it releases an egg. The corpus luteum releases estrogen and progesterone, two hormones necessary for maintaining a pregnancy. If pregnancy occurs, the corpus luteum functions for five or six months. If pregnancy does not occur, it stops functioning.

Cryopreservation: Storage of organs or tissues at very low temperatures. Embryos that are not used in an ART cycle can be cryopreserved for future use.
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Causes of infertility can be related to the female or male.
Male Infertility
Male Infertility results from an ability to produce sufficient motile sperm for fertilization. If there are no sperm (azoospermia) or very few (oligospermia) then the couple will usually need to use Artificial Insemination or a technique like ICSI (Intracytoplasmic sperm injection) to conceive. If the sperm have defective tails or some other major abnormality then natural conception will be impossible. Most severe problems are caused by abnormal genes or chromosomes.
 

Female Infertility
Total female infertility results from either tubal damage or some condition (usually genetic or chromosomal) that permanently inhibits ovulation. There could be an absence of eggs or some other developmental defect. however,  however if there is difficulty getting pregnant but no tubal damage and there are cycles of some sort, whether long or irregular or low in mucus or they don’t match temperature charts or you can’t detect ovulation with home kits, it is very likely that the problem can be addressed by changes in lifestyle.

Causes of Infertility

• Immunological Infertility
• Hormonal Infertility
• Unexplained Infertility
• Tubal Ligation
• Male Causes

-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

• What is AH (Assisted Hatching)  ?
  The procedure in which the zona (or egg shell) is softened or thinned usually by laser or acid.
   
• What is Blastocyst ?
  Five-six days after fertilisation, at ‘normal’ implantation time, the multiple cell embryo develops a cystic central structure.
   
• What is Cervix ?
  The lower section of the uterus which protrudes into the vagina and dilates during labour to allow the passage of the infant.
   
• Donor Insemination
  The use of sperm from a male donor in order to achieve a pregnancy. Usually the husband has no sperm (or very few) and the chance of pregnancy is remote.
   
• Embryo
  After fertilisation the egg begins to multiply and is called an embryo.
   
• Endometrium
  The membrane lining the uterus. Read the rest of this entry »

IVF stands for In Vitro Fertilisation, is a procedure which egg and sperm are joined together outside the body in a specialised laboratory. The fertilised egg is allowed to grow in a protected environment for a couple days before being place back into the uterus.
The main procedure of IVF treatment are as follows:

• Ovulation Induction
• Eggs Retrieval
• Collecting and preparing the sperm
• Insemination of eggs and embryos culture
• Transferring embryos to the uterus