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IUI success rates depend on elements like sperm quality, timing of the procedure and age of the people involved, Wright says. However, success rates are usually quoted between 5% and 15% per cycle.
In ovarian hyperstimulation combined with IUI, women aged 38–39 years appear to have reasonable success during the first two cycles, with an overall live birth rate of 6.1% per cycle. [12] However, for women aged ≥40 years, the overall live birth rate is 2.0% per cycle, and there appears to be no benefit after a single cycle of COH/IUI. [12]
For those who after weight loss still are anovulatory or for anovulatory lean women, ovulation induction to reverse the anovulation is the principal treatment used to help infertility in PCOS. Letrozole and Clomiphene citrate are the first-line treatment in subfertile anovulatory patients with PCOS. [12]
Polycystic ovary syndrome, or polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), is the most common endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age. [14] The syndrome is named after cysts which form on the ovaries of some women with this condition, though this is not a universal symptom and not the underlying cause of the disorder.
Intrauterine insemination has made headlines ever since the Democratic Vice Presidential nominee said he and his wife Gwen used the procedure to start their family
IUI is an economic option for same-sex couples and can be done without the use of medication. [36] According to a study from 2021, lesbian women undergoing IUI had an average clinical pregnancy rate of 13.2% per cycle and 42.2% success rate giving the average number of cycles at 3.6. [37]
Part of the ovary is removed, frozen and stored until after treatment. The tissue is then thawed and re-implanted. [18] According to a meta-analysis performed in 2017, the success rate of reestablishment of ovarian activity was 63.9%, [19] restoring normal fertility and endocrine function. Over 130 live births have been reported as of June 2017.
Once a pack of cyclical combined oral contraceptive pill treatment is completed, users start a new pack and new cycle. [ 38 ] Most monophasic combined oral contraceptive pills can be used continuously such that patients can skip placebo days and continuously take hormone active pills from a combined oral contraceptive pill pack. [ 9 ]