Infertility treatment for women - Surgery - InfertilityTV

What types of surgery can be used as infertility treatment for women? Find out on this week's episode of InfertilityTV with Dr Randy Morris MD-The BOARD CERTIFIED fertility expert with weekly TTC tips



Infertility treatment for women - Surgery



Surgery, as an infertility treatment for women is not nearly as common as in the past. There are still some cases in which surgery is a good treatment for women with infertility. Make sure you stay to the end for the complete story.



#Surgery for infertility can be divided into two main areas. Surgery inside the uterus and surgery outside of the uterus



#Hysteroscopy

Surgery inside the uterus is performed with a fiber-optic scope called a hysteroscope. The doctor looks inside of the uterus through the hysteroscope which is attached to a video camera with a monitor.



The types of problems that can be fixed with a hysteroscope includes growths like fibroids or polyps, scar tissue and abnormalities in how the uterus developed. Once common example of this is something called a uterine septum in which tissue divides the uterus down the middle so that the uterus is split into two smaller halves.



Hysteroscopy is a non-invasive surgery. It does not usually require an overnight stay in the hospital and most women will be able to return to their normal activities by the next day.



#Laparoscopy

Sometimes problems can occur outside the uterus which can interfere with fertility. The most common problems are endometriosis, scar tissue and blocked fallopian tubes. Surgery for these problems can also be treated with a fiber-optic scope called a laparoscope.



Instead of going through the vagina, this scope is inserted through the belly button through a 1 cm incision. Additional instruments can be placed through additional incisions near the pubic hair line.



Depending on how much is being done, some women might end up staying in the hospital overnight but most of the time they can go home right after the surgery. The amount of time they will need for recovery is also going to vary on how long the surgery took and how much was done. Most women will need at least a few days before returning to normal activities and some might require a week or more.





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Infertility treatment for women - IUI - 7 facts you should know

There are many infertility treatments for women. Is IUI the right infertility treatment for you? Dr Randy Morris MD-The BOARD CERTIFIED fertility expert with weekly TTC tips on InfertilityTV



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Infertility treatment for women is a big topic to cover. I am going to break it down into some broad categories to make it easier to understand. In today’s episode, I am going to explain IUI.



 IUI is also called intrauterine insemination or sometimes artificial insemination. It’s the process of putting sperm directly into the uterus.Why would this help you get pregnant?



When you have intercourse, sperm are deposited into the vagina. Most of them promptly die. Some leak out of the vagina. Most of the sperm that aren’t killed, get trapped in the sticky mucous of the cervical canal. The end results is that very few sperm make it into the fallopian tubes where fertilization happens.



With IUI, you put the sperm directly into the uterus. That way you get a lot more sperm into the tubes and the chance for pregnancy is higher. This is true even when a man has a normal amount of moving sperm on his semen analysis.



Of course, in order for IUI to work, a woman must ovulate and have at least one fallopian tube that is open.



Fertility medications are often used with IUI to further increase the chance for pregnancy.



Men who have really low sperm numbers, such as less than a million or two are not the best candidates for IUI and should instead consider IVF.



IUI does not increase the chance for a multiple pregnancy but the use of fertility medications will increase that risk.



Compared to other fertility treatments, IUI is pretty reasonable priced. Usually, it somewhere in the few hundred dollar range for each month.







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IVF Procedure - How Long Does It Take? | InfertilityTV

How long does it take to complete the IVF procedure? Find out from Dr Randy Morris MD-The BOARD CERTIFIED IVF expert with weekly TTC tips on InfertilityTV



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The IVF procedure - how long does it take? The answer is anywhere from a few weeks to a few months depending on what type of IVF procedure you do and what protocol you use.



To figure out the length of time that IVF will take, you first need to know what type of IVF medication protocol you are going to use. There are two main types: The long protocol and the short protocol.



The long protocol uses a medication called Lupron to stop you from ovulating during the treatment. Most women will need to be on Lupron for two to three weeks BEFORE they then start the fertility medication to stimulate the ovaries.



The short protocol uses a different type of medication to prevent ovulation. Two common brands are called Ganirelix and Cetrotide. The medications are given DURING the time that the fertility drugs are being given.



Most women will need to take fertility drugs for 10 to 12 days. At IVF1, we have seen some women who only needed 8 days and others who needed 16 days but most are somewhere between those extremes.



The egg retrieval is performed two days after the last dose of fertility medication.



So if you are doing the long protocol, you are up to 4-5 weeks. If you are using the short protocol, you are at about two weeks.



The next thing to figure out is whether you are doing a fresh transfer or a frozen transfer.



A fresh transfer is going to be performed three to five days after the egg retrieval. However, most of the really good IVF programs these days are no longer doing fresh transfers. At IVF1, we freeze all of the embryos and then put the embryos in the uterus at a later time.



Check out this video for more info on fresh versus frozen transfer.



Frozen embryos transfer will definitely add some time to the process. First, it will take about a week and a half for you to get your period after the egg retrieval. At that point, you will need to prepare the uterus for the transfer. How long this part takes will again be dependent on the protocol your doctor puts you on.



If you are using Lupron again, figure another 4-5 weeks. If not figure about two weeks.



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This Is Us | Real Infertility / IVF Doctor Analysis

Are you a #ThisIsUs fan? We are! Season 3 Blockbuster: #katepearson has #PCOS! Toby has low sperm counts! They need #IVF! #DrMorris gives an in depth analysis of Episode 1. See what they got right! See what they got wrong. How did you feel as #infertility patients? Let us know in the comments #invitrofertilization #Polycysticovarysyndrome  #RandyMorrisMD CAUTION: Spoilers!