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A 44-year-old member asked:

With today's ovulation kits, why is artificial insemination still needed?

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Dr. Gerard Honore
Fertility Medicine 31 years experience
Different problems: Insemination is used to treat low or poor quality sperm counts in a male partner, or to provide sperm for women without partners. Ovulation kits predict timing of ovulation: they do not treat the same problems.
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