Sperm freezing is suggested when there is a problem with the male reproductive tract, and it’s worsening. It is also used when the father should get chemotherapy in the future, is prone to testicular cancer or azoospermia, or has a chromosomal disorder. The sperm can be frozen for more than 20 years and can be used in ART at any time.
The procedure of vasectomy involves numbing the scrotum’s skin and making a small incision in it to remove the vas deferens. Vasectomy works in %99 of cases, but you should use other birth control methods for 3 months after the operation as there may still be sperm in your semen. Favorably, this operation does not affect your testosterone production, orgasm, and libido.
Retrograde ejaculation can cause infertility, painful ejaculation, frequent urination, etc. Treating this disease with certain medications, supplements, surgery, and using homemade remedies improves your symptoms and increases your chance of fertility.
IUI is used for couples who have uterine issues or poor sperm parameters. Before this treatment, you need to perform several examinations, inject drugs, avoid unhealthy habits, and eat nutrients to increase your pregnancy chance. The IUI procedure involves four steps and takes almost two weeks. The result of this fertility treatment is determined 15 days after sperm insemination through a blood test.
Permanent testicular atrophy may happen due to trauma, using Anabolic steroids and Corticosteroids, genetic disease, alcohol and drug abuse, infection, cancer, taking hormonal medications, and testicular torsion. Lifestyle changes, medications, different surgeries, and other methods can treat this disorder.
Sperms with abnormal shapes cannot penetrate and fertilize eggs. Poor sperm morphology can be cured by changing lifestyle quizzes, getting bad habits, taking medications, and having surgical treatments like varicocelectomy or testicular biopsy. Fortunately, men suffering from abnormal sperm morphology can still father a child by using assisted reproductive technologies like IVF and IUI.
Having sex before IVF is not recommended because the ovaries are enlarged and painful due to hormonal medications. The couple can have sex two weeks after embryo transfer, but they must use a condom or diaphragm.
Women with ovarian cysts are not infertile, but they may have problems conceiving naturally. Functional adenoma and dermoid cysts do not impede pregnancy; however, endometriomas -cysts caused by endometriosis- lead to infertility as they form adhesions that prevent the sperm from reaching the egg.
Micro-TESE is a sperm aspiration technique with high accuracy and success rate. In this method, the surgeon identifies bunches of sperm in testicles with high-powered microscopes and extracts them using precise surgical tools. The retrieved sperms are either used directly in assisted reproductive techniques or frozen to be utilized later.
An IVF cycle may fail because of high maternal age, low quality of sex cells and embryo, low receptivity of the uterus, endometriosis, and chromosomal abnormalities of the embryo. Also, if the mother has uncontrolled elevated blood pressure, unbalanced TSH level, or blood clotting disorders, the IVF may fail.