IUI
with ovarian stimulation is in many countries first - line fertility treatment for couples with unexplained and mild male infertility.
Not exact matches
But in the meantime, non-IVF fertility treatments such as
ovarian stimulation and ovulation induction — for instance,
with the drug clomiphene citrate — have increased to become the predominant source of medically assisted multiple births in the country while IVF is increasingly producing twins.
Between them lies the common approach of IUI,
with prior
ovarian stimulation to increase the number of leading follicles and thereby the chance of pregnancy.
Given this risk, it is also a matter of some controversy of how the
ovarian stimulation for IUI should be performed, either
with a course of routinely used injections of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) or a shorter course of the non-hormonal drug clomiphene citrate.
Increased gonadotrophin
stimulation does not improve IVF outcomes in patients
with predicted poor
ovarian reserve.
Some women, particularly women
with Polycystic
Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), experience «multiple follicular
stimulation», a condition in which more than one follicle is selected during the course of a cycle.
PCOS responds very well to diet changes, natural blood sugar regulation and
ovarian stimulation with herbal medicine.
Multiple follicular
stimulation occurs frequently in women
with Polycystic
Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), but can also occur in women
with no particular fertility issue.