After scheduling your Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) session, the clinic schedules a time for sperm collection. Smith states that washing the sperm takes around an hour. The actual Artificial Insemination entails placing a speculum and a tiny catheter with excellent sperm into your vagina. The catheter is around 1 millimetre in diameter. The sperm is released when the catheter is inserted through your cervix and into your uterus. According to Smith, it just takes a few minutes and is usually painless, though some women are more sensitive and may experience a little pressure while the catheter moves around. Patients at her clinic then get up and resume their daily activities after resting briefly on the exam bed. The length of time you must rest varies depending on the clinic; in some, you might have to unwind on the table for 30 minutes before getting up.
Some fertility doctors could advise performing a second Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) timed to coincide with the patient using fertility medicines if the first IUI doesn't result in conception, according to Smith. Doctors may prescribe fertility medications like Clomid or Letrozole or an injectable hormone to patients in an effort to enhance the number of eggs their ovaries release in a single cycle. The start of the medication and the treatment are coordinated. The possibility of multiple pregnancies rises, she adds, and the cost grows as well. "That's a more aggressive technique to stimulate the ovaries," she says. "It becomes a balancing act between wanting to do something straightforward but not wanting to spend a tonne of money on something that will have a lower chance of pregnancy than IVF."
