Treatment Of Infertility

There are 3 main types of fertility treatment:

• Medicines
• Surgical procedures
• Assisted conception – including intrauterine insemination (IUI) and in vitro fertilization (IVF)

Medicines- e. g. clomifene – encourages the monthly release of an egg (ovulation) in women who do not ovulate regularly or cannot ovulate at all.

Laparoscopic surgery is often used to treat endometriosis, PCOS by destroying or removing fluid-filled sacs called cysts. It may also be used to remove submucosal fibroids, which are small growths in the womb.

Intrauterine insemination (IUI) also known as artificial insemination, involves inserting sperm into the womb via a thin plastic tube passed through the cervix.

In vitro fertilization (IVF), is when an egg is fertilized outside the body. Eggs are removed from the ovaries and fertilized with sperm in a laboratory. A fertilized egg (embryo) is then returned to the womb to grow and develop.