IUI or Intra Uterine Insemination is a procedure where the woman is given medication in order to increase the number of mature eggs and then inseminated with healthy sperms.IUI is usually carried out close to the time of ovulation to increase the chances of fertilisation.
It is among the most widely used practices to treat infertility across the globe.
If your doctor has recommended you undergo Intra Uterine Insemination, it is important that you learn more about this procedure.
What is the IUI success rate in India ?
It is important to note that IUI success rate in India is generally lower than the success of IVF (in vitro fertilisation). A good IVF clinic would have a success rate of one third (1/3rd) to half the rate (1/2). Many a times a good fertility clinic would try just one cycle of IUI, and if it doesn’t result in a positive pregnancy, they may ask you to consider undergoing IVF as the next step.
How is IUI performed?
We start the IUI cycle by stimulating the female and giving her medications to increase the number of eggs. By doing so, we increase the chances of conception. We perform an IUI before the egg is released or a pre-ovulatory IUI.
Once your menses start, you will have to call up the reception to book an appointment for the next day i.e. your Day2.
On Day 2/Day 3 you will be having an ultrasound and some blood tests. Some medications may also be started from the same/next day. Your partner may or may not accompany you on this day.
Once you start your medicines, the doctor needs to check the growth of follicles from the 7th/8th day.
From the 8th day onwards, you will be advised to visit the doctor every alternate day to check the growth of follicles. We would request you to take out time for the same.
The growth of follicles varies from one individual to another. The follicle may be ready by Day 8 or may be by Day23 as well. Hence we request you to take it easy. Approximately, by 11th/12th day, the follicles may be ready.
Once declared as ready, we ask the patients to go for a urine test at the clinic to confirm the maturity of eggs. We perform this by using an LH kit and get the result in 15 mins.
After this we plan the trigger. Trigger is an injection which ensures that the egg would get released after 36 hours. As we perform the IUI before the egg is released, we schedule the IUI within 24 hrs of the trigger. There may be variations to this as well.
On the day of IUI your partner has to give his semen sample for processing and insemination takes place approximately after one and a half hours.
You may be called for a follicle rupture monitoring ultrasound the next day to confirm ovulation. If there is still no ovulation, we repeat the IUI.
You have to report next, after 15 days. By 15 days we mean 15 days after IUI (second if applicable) excluding the day of IUI. Hence, a lot of the time to treat less complex cases of infertility, IUI is usually recommended.
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