Before In Vitro Fertilization is started, a mixture of fertility drugs and surgery are used to help start the treatment. The drugs can help a woman start producing eggs if they are erratic or if they aren’t ovulating, and function in a corresponding fashion to the body’s hormone’s when they are released.
This is referred to as ovulation induction and while you may get pregnant applying fertility drugs alone, they are more frequently employed with other interventions such as Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) and In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). One of the fertility drugs used is ‘Clomid’ also known as Clomiphene Citrate and is one of the earliest fertility drugs around but it is still used the most. When administered in pill form it is used to direct a signal to your head telling it that it isn’t making adequate estrogen which then sparks off the ovaries into making more eggs.
Before In Vitro Fertilization and Intra-Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection were popular, and easily available, surgical procedures 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. There are other examples where surgery is the best course of action, with situations such as Endometriosis, Fibroids and other conditions that involve the womb or fallopian tubes. Fortunately, these days keyhole surgical procedures is the norm and your physician at the fertility clinic will be the best individual to direct you on possible courses of action.
Drugs are not as fundamental in the treatment of male infertility as they are in female treatment. Although, there are distinct circumstances where drugs are prescribed to men to help with infertility troubles. Although there is no definitive proof - from time to time men are offered vitamins C and E to aid sperm mobility, and of course antibiotic drugs for inflammation or infection. Sometimes a man will have had a vasectomy and it cannot be reversed so a small operation called ‘Surgical Sperm Retrieval’ is carried out where sperm are removed from the testicles, or to give it the proper medical term, Epididymis.
Fertility Drugs injected to activate ovulation do improve your chances of a multiple pregnancy and birth of twins, triplets or more. Many doctors will actually cancel a cycle if fertility drugs are being used in conjunction with Intrauterine Insemination as it increases the likeliness of multiple births if a large number of egg sacks are developed. If you have In Vitro Fertilization, the risk of a multiple pregnancy is restricted by substituting one or two embryos.
Owing to the complexity of this subject area, this article is only able to give a very brief overview of the drugs and surgery accessible. If you and your partner are thinking about your options in this area, the foremost thing you must to do is contact your local fertility clinic.
Posted on March 11th, 2009 by admin
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