|
One In Six
One out of
six couples experience difficulty or delay in conceiving. It must be
realized that infertility could be due to various reasons. After
initial consultation, investigation and counselling, a programme of
management will be created with an aim to achieve fertility for each
couple.
The Unit will have the ability to treat couples appropriately with
discretion, empathy and in privacy. After in depth consultation,
each couple will be offered a treatment plan tailored to their
personal circumstances, in order to ensure the greatest chance of
success.
A Range of Fertility Services
The Centre would
be self contained. Our patients do not have to experience the
inconvenience associated with traveling from place to place for
different elements of treatment and investigations. It will be under
one roof.
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
Ultra
sound monitoring of follicles |
Micromanipulator for ICSI procedure |
Full Investigative Service
The majority
of the patients referred to Assisted Reproduction Centre will have
already been fully investigated. However, some will have had no
preliminary investigations carried out. We are able to offer a full
investigative service including hormone profiles, semen analysis,
ultrasound and Doppler. The other procedures such as diagnostic
laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, hysterosalpingography and
sonosalpingography will also be carried out.
Intra-Uterine Insemination ( IUI )
Intraterine Insemination is beneficial when the woman has
unexplained infertility, problems with ovulation and poor / hostile
cervical mucus. The ovaries are stimulated to produce a small number
of follicles and the cycle is carefully monitored to pinpoint the
time of ovulation. At the time of ovulation a sample of the
partner's prepared sperms are placed high Into the uterine cavity.
By doing this, the cervix is bypassed, where large numbers of the
sperms may be destroyed, because of hostile cervical mucus.
In-Vitro Fertilisation & Embryo Transfer ( IVF-ET )
|
|
|
This
involves stimulation of ovaries to produce a number of
mature eggs which are retrieved by ultrasound guided needle
aspiration and then mixed with her partner's sperms in the
laboratory to allow fertilisation to occur Once the eggs
fertilise and cleave, s maximum of three embryos are placed
into the woman's uterus through the cervix. |
 |
Intra-Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection ( ICSI )
|
|
|
ICSI is
the injection of a single sperm into each viable egg, the
objective being to increase the chance of fertilisation and
development of embryos. Used in conjunction with an IVF
procedure, ICSI is designed to help couples where the male
partner has a recognized clinical problem, including
Congenital Bilateral Absence of the Vas Deferens (CBAVD)
and unsuccessful reversals of vasectomy. |
 |
|
