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What Do You Know About Intrauterine Insemination?

By Psyche Pascual
CONSUMER HEALTH INTERACTIVE

When it comes to getting pregnant, sometimes nature needs a little push. That often means bypassing more conventional methods of intercourse and inseminating a woman with sperm, either from her partner or from an anonymous donor. Intrauterine insemination (IUI) is a simple medical procedure in which the sperm are inserted into a woman's uterus through a tube. About 700,000 artificial inseminations are performed every year in the United States, of which intrauterine inseminations are the most common. IUIs are relatively uncomplicated and are easier to perform than other assisted reproductive technologies. What do you know about the process?


1. Women are considered good candidates for intrauterine insemination if which of the following is true?

a. A woman's been trying to get pregnant for a year and there's no apparent cause of infertility.
b. The shape of her cervix is keeping sperm out.
c. A male partner has a low sperm count or sperm that isn't able to fertilize an egg.
d. A woman does not have a male partner.
e. All of the above

2. Intrauterine insemination is successful in achieving a pregnancy about how much of the time?

a. Only less than 10 percent
b. 15 to 20 percent
c. 30 to 50 percent
d. 50 percent or more

3. The chances of getting pregnant through intrauterine insemination are higher than with natural intercourse timed to coincide with a woman's ovulation. True or false?

True
False

4. What's the best device to detect whether a woman is ovulating?

a. A thermometer to track body temperature
b. An ovulation kit
c. A blood pressure monitor
d. All of the above

5. Many women go through in vitro fertilization (IVF) first because intrauterine inseminations are expensive. True or false?

True
False

6. Women always take a fertility drug before being inseminated. True or false?

True
False

7. What tests are donor sperm put through prior to insemination?

a. DNA testing
b. Blood typing
c. Tests for sexually transmitted diseases
d. All of the above



First published Oct 07, 2002


Last updated Jun 05, 2008


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