About Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART)
By: Laurie Morse, L.Ac.
Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) has come a long way in the last 20 years. Without these remarkable advances, many couples would not have met with their dream of a baby. The aim of fertility treatments is to increase your chance of conception by optimizing the environment in which your egg and sperm meet.
Most reproductive therapy or fertility clinics that practice ART are set up to accommodate methods that include:
- In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) -- A procedure whereby eggs are retrieved after approximately two menstrual cycles that include a specified hormone protocol. After egg retrieval, egg quality is identified. The highest quality eggs are combined with the sperm in a laboratory dish for fertilization. An embryologist monitors what are now embryos until they are ready to be transferred back into the uterus for natural development. Embryo transfer occurs, on average, from 3-5 days after egg retrieval, depending on whether or not you are a candidate for blastocyst embryo transfer. The IVF success rate is the highest of all the ART procedures. If you want to improve that success rate even higher, get your copy of the "7 Strategies to Fertility Success eBook" now!
- Intrauterine Implantation (IUI) -- A procedure, also known as Artificial Insemination, whereby the sperm is washed and placed in a concentrated quantity as close to the egg as possible in the uterus at the time of ovulation. If you want to increase your chances of success with this procedure, get your copy of the "7 Strategies to Fertility Success eBook" now!
- Egg Donor -- a fertility treatment option if it is determined that the egg quality of the woman trying to conceive is poor. The procedure is similar to the IVF procedure (the eggs to be transferred are retrieved from the egg donor), with some adjustments in the hormone protocol. This allows a woman to carry and birth a child conceived by combining her male partner's sperm with a donated egg, in which the quality of the egg has a higher chance of fertilization leading to embryo transfer and natural development in her own uterus. If you want to increase your chances of success with this procedure, get your copy of the "7 Strategies to Fertility Success eBook" now!
The above is a brief overview of the primary Assisted Reproductive Therapies. There certainly are other options, as well as nuances to the above procedures. The choice for ART is a very personal choice for each woman and/or couple. The consideration often involves the individual's ethical stance, emotional wherewithal, financial abilities, religious and/or spiritual beliefs, and current male/female infertility diagnosis to name a few.
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Laurie Morse, L.Ac., is the author of the revolutionary e-book "7 Strategies to Fertility Success," providing skills and exercises to help women turn their fertility switch on by "pulling their weeds," optimizing their terrain and planting pregnancy seeds with their intentionality. She is the director of Holistic Health Services in San Diego CA , where she has successfully treated fertility for the past decade. In addition, she provides workshops and tele-classes on fertility success. For more information go to: http://www.myfertilitysuccess.com