Infertility has always been a huge issue for couples who want to become parents. As many factors can generate this condition, the Medically Assisted Procreation (MAP) solution can help identify its risk factors and provide the best technique to overcome it.
Let’s dive into details!
Infertility As A Disease
Infertility is a disease that deprives a couple of having a baby after more than one attempt of unprotected intercourse over a whole year.
Besides reproductive system dysfunction, age, an unhealthy lifestyle (tobacco use, marijuana, alcohol…), overweight and underweight are risk factors for infertility.
A couple can have infertility not only when they have never had a baby, but also when they already had one.
Medically Assisted Procreation (MAP)
As both sexes may lack chances of having a baby, medical assistance can be their way out.
Medically Assisted Procreation (MAP) is a technique that boosts a couple’s chance of having a baby.
The process consists of fertilizing a woman’s eggs either inside her uterus or outside of it, in a laboratory.
MAP Techniques
There are three techniques that a couple can opt for:
– Intrauterine insemination (IUI)
This technique aims to inject the spermatozoids inside a woman’s uterus after they have been collected and diagnosed. It is performed during ovulation time and is preceded by some medications to induce ovulation.
– In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
This technique aims to fertilize eggs with sperm in a laboratory, then transfer the fertilized egg inside the woman’s uterus.
The process starts by stimulating the ovaries for a couple of days, then retrieving the eggs from the uterus, fertilizing them with the collected sperm, and finally transferring the embryo (fertilized egg) into the uterus so the baby can grow inside the mother’s body.
– Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)
This technique follows the same process as IVF, but with a slight difference in the insemination stage.
After stimulating the ovaries, retrieving the eggs from the uterus and the sperm from semen or testicle, the biologists analyse the sperm and select the healthiest one to inject it directly inside the egg. A few days later, if the embryo (fertilized egg) develops in good conditions in the laboratory, it is then transferred into the woman’s uterus.
Fertility is no longer such a huge issue, as Medically Assisted Procreation has helped thousands of couples have babies.
Have you ever been through this technique? If yes, you can share your experience in the comment section below! If not, would you take the next step to welcome your first or next baby?