Artificial Insemination - Rama Sofat Hospital

Artificial Insemination

Artificial insemination involves injecting good quality motile sperms into the female genital tract for the purpose of achieving a pregnancy. Insemination can be done by two methods:

Depending on the provider of the semen sample, artificial insemination could be:-

1. Artificial insemination by husband (AIH) - Where the woman's husband provides the sample by masturbation which is then injected into the woman's uterus
2. Artificial insemination by donor (AID) - Where an anonymous donor's sperm is used usually as a frozen, thawed sample for insemination

Depending on the site of placement of sperms, insemination could be:-

1. Intracervical insemination (ICI) – This involves the deposition of raw fresh or frozen thawed semen into the cervix usually by injecting it with a needleless syringe
2. Intrauterine insemination (IUI) – Washed sperm, spermatozoa that have been removed from most other components of the seminal fluids, can be injected directly into a women's uterus in a process called intrauterine insemination (IUI). If the semen is not washed, it may elicit uterine cramping, expelling the semen and causing pain, due to content of prostaglandins