A 29-year-old female asked:
if u smoke and have an iui will it still work?
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Dr. Derek Haasanswered
Specializes in Fertility Medicine
Smoking = bad: This is not an all or nothing situation. Women who smoke get pregnant all the time. However, smoking does decrease your chance to conceive. If you're at the point where you need an IUI to conceive, then you are at least experiencing sub-fertility. This should be a great motivator for you to quit smoking (which you need to do anyway).
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A 40-year-old member asked:
When do you need iui?
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Dr. Michael Opsahlanswered
Fertility Medicine 43 years experience
Sperm in uterus: Iui is process of putting prepared sperm in the uterine cavity. Used to treat poor mucus, mild male factor, unexplained infertility-ui, single women or lesbians and sometimes when couple cannot have sex themselves. It works but less than natural intercourse in fertile couples. Often we add superovulation. Works best when ui and normal tests. Best wishes.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
How does your husband give specimen for iui?
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Dr. Paul Williamsanswered
Family Medicine 35 years experience
IUI specimen: "manually" - normally a semen specimen is collected by the male masturbating into a glass container - plastic will interfere with sperm motility.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
After IUI what is the time gap allowed for intercourse?
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Dr. Garrett Garneranswered
Obstetrics and Gynecology 9 years experience
Whenever: I let my patients have sex whenever. That way you don't know if IUI or regular sex causes the pregnancy.
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Chances of conceiving in second iui?
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Dr. Garrett Garneranswered
Obstetrics and Gynecology 9 years experience
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A 28-year-old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: iui?
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Dr. Gayane Ambartsumyananswered
Fertility Medicine 20 years experience
Insemination: Intrauterine insemination is when the sperm is washed and is subsequently placed in the uterus with a small catheter so that it's closer to the egg for fertilization to occur.
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Dr. Edward Ramirez commented
Fertility Medicine 36 years experience
Intrauterine insemination (IUI), also sometimes called “artificial insemination’, involves placement of sperm following separation from seminal fluid into the uterine cavity. An IUI is useful for women who have structural problems, when the cervical mucus is unreceptive, when donor sperm are required, when the male partner’s semen contains very low numbers of sperm, or when unexplained infertility exists in both partners.
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