Request an appointment You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. First name. Last name. Phone number. Email address. Shannon Hee Kyung Kim Prof. Michael Chapman. Intrauterine insemination is a relatively simple and safe procedure, and the risk of serious complications is low. Risks include:. During a transvaginal ultrasound, your doctor or a medical technician inserts a wandlike device transducer into your vagina while you are positioned on an exam table.
The transducer emits sound waves that generate images of your uterus, ovaries and fallopian tubes. The visit for intrauterine insemination takes about 15 to 20 minutes and is usually done in a doctor's office or clinic. The IUI procedure itself takes just a minute or two and requires no medications or pain relievers.
Your doctor or a specially trained nurse performs the procedure. While lying on an exam table, you put your legs into stirrups. Your care provider inserts a speculum into the vagina — similar to what you experience during a Pap test. During the procedure, the doctor or nurse:. After insemination, you lie on your back for a brief period. Once the procedure is over, you can get dressed and go about your usual daily activities.
Ovulation usually happens 12 to 16 days before your next period. This can vary if you have an irregular menstrual cycle. You may be given an ovulation prediction kit OPK to help you work out the date of ovulation. An OPK device detects hormones released during ovulation in urine or saliva.
Sometimes, fertility medicines are used to stimulate ovulation before IUI. In this case, vaginal ultrasound scans are used to track the development of your eggs.
As soon as an egg is mature, you'll be given a hormone injection to stimulate its release. If a couple decides to have IUI using their own sperm, the man will be asked to provide a sperm sample at the fertility clinic by masturbating into a specimen cup. This usually happens on the same day that IUI takes place. The sperm sample will be "washed" and filtered to produce a concentrated sample of healthy sperm.
An instrument called a speculum is inserted into the woman's vagina to keep it open. CC ovulation induction — This option involves the use of medication to stimulate the ovaries and cause or regulate ovulation. This medication in combination with IUI has been shown to increase pregnancy rates in comparison to natural cycle insemination.
FSH ovulation induction — Ovarian stimulation is stronger with this option and has been shown to increase pregnancy rates over a natural cycle and CC insemination cycles.
Regular monitoring is required to minimise complications relating to overstimulation. Insemination The actual insemination is quite simple and painless — many women describe it as being similar to a Pap smear. Artificial Insemination is recommended for couples experiencing any of the following: Unexplained infertility.
Mild endometriosis. Ovulatory disorder responsive to fertility medication. Problems with intercourse, but potentially normal sperm production. Male partner is absent for long periods — sperm may be frozen. Hostile cervical mucus. IUI can also be recommended in cases where a woman or couple needs donor sperm. Is a carrier of a hereditary disease. Has HIV. Is unable to produce sperm.
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