IUI – Intrauterine Insemination

IUI – Intrauterine Insemination

Is a procedure which increases the chance of the egg and sperms meeting. In this your husband’s semen sample is collected into a jar, processed in the laboratory to remove the seminal fluid and to select the best quality sperms by addition of special medias. This processed sample containing best sperms are injected into the uterine cavity with the help of a catheter (thin tube).

Separation takes 1-2 hours .The insemination process is simple and takes few minutes .The wife lies down on a table and a speculum is introduced into the vagina .The doctor puts the cleaned processed sample through the cervix into the uterus.

Timing –IUI is done when the ovulation is imminent or just after .To increase the chance of success it is better that your wife take hormonal injection to recruit more egg. You may need to come for follow up for 2-4 times.

In which patients IUI   is a suitable option?

For IUI to be successful you need to have normal patent tubes. The indications are

Ø  Mild abnormality   in semen parameters.

Ø  When your husband cannot ejaculate in the vagina because of hypospadias, impotence, retrograde ejaculation, or spinal cord injuries.

Ø  Unexplained infertility.

Ø  Mild or minimal endometriosis patients may benefit from IUI.

Ø  Immunological- antisperm antibodies.

Ø  Cervical factors –poor or hostile mucus.