In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) is a fertility treatment that can help men, women, and same-sex people struggling with infertility issues. It is a type of assisted reproductive technology (ART) that uses advanced tools and techniques to help women achieve successful pregnancy rates. During the IVF process, medication such as gonadotropins is used to stimulate the production of multiple eggs. Ultrasound tests are then performed to monitor the growth of the follicles containing the eggs. When the follicles are mature, they are retrieved and the eggs are mixed with sperm for fertilization. The resulting embryo is allowed to grow for 5-6 days before being cryopreserved or placed in the woman’s uterus.

IntraUterine Insemination (IUI) is a popular method involving a motile sperm and is placed into the female uterus using a catheter. The sperm is placed after the release of an egg during a stimulated or natural cycle so that conception takes place.

The stimulated cycle is called superovulation, and Human Chorionic Gonadotropin hormone is injected to mature the female eggs when the follicles reach an ideal size. The success rate of this treatment is about 20-40% per cycle, and about 3-5 cycles of this treatment are attempted to achieve pregnancy before option for other fertility options.

Intra-Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) is a specialized IVF technique to treat severe cases of male infertility. The treatment involves injecting a single sperm directly into the female egg. The fusion of egg and sperm is done in a special medium (hyaluronic acid) that binds with sperm that is more likely to have normal DNA, and it also allows select the best sperm for injection. The sperm bounded with hyaluronic provides the doctor with better quality sperm and the most mature sperm for fertilization.

The sperm, oocyte, and embryo donation program can help. Consult today with the best IVF and Infertility treatment clinic in Delhi, Dr. Sowjanya Aggarwa IVF Clinic, to avail the benefits of the reproductive cells donor program.

Many couples often face the challenge of infertility. Many females are not able to get naturally pregnant, and sometimes fertility treatments also fail. Such types of couples need a third party donor or reproduction program as an option for fertility. These programs offer donor eggs, sperms, and embryos for assisting these couples.

Microsurgical testicular sperm extraction (microTESE) is an advanced surgical procedure performed to retrieve sperm from the part of the male’s testis, called seminiferous tubules.

The microTESE is most popularly performed in males suffering from non-obstructive azoospermia, a condition in which the males do not produce an adequate amount of sperm in the semen, which causes infertility.

In IVF and ICSI, the embryo transfer is performed after 2-3 days of egg collection in which the embryo has around 6 to 8 cells. However, due to laboratory advancement, now embryos can be cultured for 5 or 6 days. This results in the stage in which embryos have numerous cells and begin to raise two types of layers, known as a blastocyst. In the laboratory culturing of embryos to day 5 and 6 provide more possibilities for embryos development. It eliminates the chance of arrest for fertilized eggs prior to day 5.

Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) is a reproductive technique used in IVF treatment to increase a successful pregnancy. It is a type of genetic test that helps select the best and healthy embryo for achieving a successful pregnancy and avoid the risk of developing any genetic disease, in the case of a couple who is at risk of getting it due to hereditary factors.

This test must be considered for all IVF cycles and is the best option for a couple who are carriers of specific genetic diseases or chromosomal abnormalities. 

Physiological intracytoplasmic sperm injection (PICSI) is a technique that helps to extract healthy sperm for performing Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) technique. In this treatment, the sperm is placed in hyaluronic acid (HA), a natural substance found in the human body. The treatment selects the sperm that is able to bind with HA. It is a non-invasive step performed on a semen sample and a part of the ICSI process. The process helps to select the best sperm with good motility and morphology and is then injected into the egg. It is known that only a mature sperm is able to bind with the hyaluronic acid or oocyte complex to fertilize the female egg.

Male infertility is as common as female infertility, and now, with the help of several drugs and high tech advanced procedures, the infertility issues can be treated.

A variety of factors can cause infertility in males, such as physical problems, hormonal imbalance, to psychological problems. Males who lead a healthy lifestyle produce a healthy sperm, as the sperm production is regulated by diet and lifestyle choices of an individual. The following are the list of factors and some lifestyle choices that can cause male infertility.