Basic and Advanced Fertility Treatment

There are a number of causes of infertility and corresponding treatments for these causes. Basic treatment for infertility may be performed by family physicians and OB/GYNs. These include treatment with fertility pills such as clomiphene citrate and also intrauterine insemination in which the sperm is injected in the uterine cavity at the time of ovulation.

Advanced fertility treatment involves the use of expensive fertility medicines that require careful monitoring to avoid having individuals getting pregnant with a multiple pregnancy. These injections can also be used in conjunction with an intrauterine insemination. More advanced fertility treatment involves in vitro fertilization in which these fertility medicines are used to cause a woman to create several eggs. These eggs are removed with a needle, fertilized in a petri dish and incubated for up to five days. Two or three of the resulting fertilized eggs, or embryos can then be placed into the uterine cavity of woman to attempt a pregnancy.