A couple, from Andhra Pradesh who made international headlines this week for becoming the world’s oldest parents went home with their twin girls on Sunday. 80-year old Raja Rao and 74-year old Mangayamma used IVF to finally have children, after not being able to conceive for 57 years. But the very fact of an 80-year …
Exercise is key to remain fit and maintain weight. But not many are aware that excessive exercising or certain exercises can lead to male infertility, while on the other hand, no exercise can give way to fertility issues. Too much of anything is bad. So what is needed is a healthy balance of exercises, including …
Unconsummated marriage are mainly due to vaginismus or erectile dysfunction. They contribute to about 5% of couples in an infertility clinic. Their incidence is increasing in the metropolitan cities because of stressful lifestyles. Many of couples are advised intrauterine insemination as fertility treatment. However, home insemination is a simple, inexpensive and effective way of achieving pregnancy in such couples. We present the first study to document pregnancy rates of artificial home intravaginal insemination in couples with unconsummated marriage. Aim: To assess the pregnancy rates (PR) with intravaginal insemination (IVI) by couples with nonconsummation of marriage. Setting: Infertility outpatient clinic, New Delhi. Design: Retrospective analysis. Material and Methods: 55 couples of unconsummated marriage were evaluated in a period of two years. Group 1 contains 29 patients aged between 20 to 33 years; group 2 includes 14 patients aged between 33 to 36 years and group 3 includes 12 patients aged more than 36 years. Result(s): Unconsummated marriage was caused by vaginismus in 67% of the cases, erectile dysfunction in 22% and premature ejaculation in 11%. Clinical pregnancy rate was 69% in group 1; 43% in group 2 and 25% in group 3 after 6 cycles of AI. Conclusion(s): Intravaginal insemination is a simple, short, economical, effective and painless procedure for conception in nonconsummation of marriage.
Unconsummated marriage are mainly due to vaginismus or erectile dysfunction. They contribute to about 5% of couples in an infertility clinic. Their incidence is increasing in the metropolitan cities because of stressful lifestyles. Many of couples are advised intrauterine insemination as fertility treatment. However, home insemination is a simple, inexpensive and effective way of achieving pregnancy in such couples. We present the first study to document pregnancy rates of artificial home intravaginal insemination in couples with unconsummated marriage. Aim: To assess the pregnancy rates (PR) with intravaginal insemination (IVI) by couples with nonconsummation of marriage. Setting: Infertility outpatient clinic, New Delhi. Design: Retrospective analysis. Material and Methods: 55 couples of unconsummated marriage were evaluated in a period of two years. Group 1 contains 29 patients aged between 20 to 33 years; group 2 includes 14 patients aged between 33 to 36 years and group 3 includes 12 patients aged more than 36 years. Result(s): Unconsummated marriage was caused by vaginismus in 67% of the cases, erectile dysfunction in 22% and premature ejaculation in 11%. Clinical pregnancy rate was 69% in group 1; 43% in group 2 and 25% in group 3 after 6 cycles of AI. Conclusion(s): Intravaginal insemination is a simple, short, economical, effective and painless procedure for conception in nonconsummation of marriage.
Infertility is a medical condition, which is a stressful and unexpected experience by a couple attached with social dimension. The reduction or loss of natural fertility is further deeply painful in couples that are considering the use of donor gametes or donor embryos. Infertility is estimated to affect 8%–12% of couples worldwide.[1,2] The WHO estimates the overall prevalence of primary infertility in India to be between 3.9% and 16.8%.[3] For most of the couples that seek treatment for infertility, when told about the severe male or female factor problem, it is a shocking response for them. They experience low self‑esteem, stigma, and depression.
The process of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) involves many important steps. Improvements in ovulation induction, oocyte retrieval and laboratory techniques to achieve maximal rates of fertilization and embryo development have resulted in at least one embryo transfer in 90 % of all cases where oocytes have been retrieved (1). Embryo transfer (ET) is the final and most crucial step of IVF. The successful pregnancy outcome is predicted by the implantation of embryo in uterus.
Many times couples try for 1-2 months to conceive and when they are not successful they start worrying. Conception is a process that requires proper timing. The lady is fertile in the middle phase of her menstrual cycle. In a 30 day regular cycle the fertile period is usually between the 12th to the 16th …
Couples deprived of having a child with them due to infertility issue do no longer feel dejected as the modern medical science has found them out a solution termed as ‘IVF’. Using In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF), an egg from a female is combined with a sperm of her male partner in a test center. The combination …
As per WHO, ten percent of women in the world are inflicted by infertility issue now-a-days. Also, almost, an equal percentage of men do carry the same biological glitch with them. To come over such a growing issue, the medical science has found several solutions to have a glimpse of happiness on faces of infertility victimized couples. In-vitro solution is one among them.
There is no doubt that IVF technology represents one of modern medicine’s success stories. IVF is one of the most recommendable infertility treatments when all other treatments have failed. Although it is one of the most successful infertility method and one of the factors that most of the couples ignore is IVF doctor. Largely your success rate
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Disclaimer – Dr Kaberi is not associated with any Hosptial/Clinic other than “Advanced Fertility and Gyne Center (AFGC)”. AFGC has only four centers at present 1. “Lajpat Nagar” 2. “CR Park Delhi” 3. “Noida” 4. “Gurgaon“.
