Dr. Aruna Ashok MBBS, MS OG, DNB OG
- Clinical Director
Aruna Ashok | 08 Apr 2023
Infertility can be hard on a couple's emotions if they are trying to have a child. But advances in medical technology have made it possible for many people to treat impotence and have healthy children. This article will look at a few ways to treat infertility and make changes to your life that can help you become a mother and get rid of your infertility worries.
Before you go to the doctor, think about making changes to your lifestyle that might help you get pregnant. Keep a healthy weight, work out regularly, eat a varied diet, don't smoke, and limit how much alcohol you drink. These small changes could have a big impact on your general fertility and make it easier for you to get pregnant.
Fertility drugs are often the first treatment for people who can't have children. These drugs help women ovulate and can stop or start their periods, which makes it easier to know when ovulation will happen. Men can take medicine to make their sperm work better and make more of it.
During intrauterine insemination, clean sperm are put into the uterus when the egg is released. Couples with a small amount of male factor infertility, unclear infertility, or where the woman has problems with her cervical mucus may find this method helpful.
With in vitro fertilisation, or IVF, eggs are taken out of the ovaries, fertilised in a lab with sperm, and then put back into the uterus. IVF can be used to treat infertility caused by things like blocked fallopian tubes, serious male factor infertility, and infertility that can't be explained.
During ICSI, which is a type of IVF, a single sperm is injected straight into an egg. Couples with serious male factor infertility or who have tried IVF before and failed may find this method especially helpful.
Sometimes, surgery is needed to get to the root cause of infertility and fix it. Taking care of endometriosis, uterine fibroids, or closed fallopian tubes in women could be part of this. A varicocele is an enlargement of the veins in the scrotum that can make it hard for men to make sperm. It can be fixed with surgery.
Donor eggs, donor sperm, or gestational surrogacy are all ways that couples who can't get pregnant with their own eggs or sperm can achieve their dream of becoming parents. For these options to work, a third person would have to carry the baby or give the needed genetic material.
Even though it can be hard to deal with infertility, there are several treatments that have been shown to help couples reach their goal of having children. Many people can get over infertility and enjoy motherhood if they try different treatments and make changes to their lives. Always see a fertility professional to find out what the best course of action is for you and to make sure you get the right care and support as you go through the process.
