What Are Some of the Best Assisted Reproductive Technologies?

   

Assistive technology, or ART reproduction, is a term used to include all treatments in which eggs and sperm are manipulated to help people get pregnant. Most procedures involve surgical removal of the ovaries and eggs subsequent combination with sperm to form an embryo. The embryos are transferred to the uterus or other parts of the imaging system that can be implanted into the uterine wall and grow.
    The best-known assisted reproduction technology is in vitro fertilization or IVF. This procedure involves the combination of sperm and eggs in a dish in a laboratory to create embryos. The embryos are transferred to the uterus where they can implant and develop. Not all embryos are transferred in most IVF cycles and the remaining embryos can be frozen for use in future cycles or donated to another couple or individually and transferred to the uterus of another woman. Embryos for use in future cycles of freezing can help reduce the cost of subsequent cycles of IVF, which can run between $ 10,000 and $ 15,000, although the price can vary depending on several factors.
   Another type of ART is the gamete intra-fallopian transfer, or a gift for short. Female hormones are given to stimulate egg production and unfertilized eggs and sperm are placed in the fallopian tubes of women. Laparoscopy is used to place the embryos in the fallopian tubes, where fertilization occurs before the embryo makes its way to the uterus for implantation in the uterine wall.
    Similar to gift is zygote intrafallopian transfer, or ZIFT. In this process, the fertilized eggs are removed and in a laboratory to create embryos. They are transferred into the fallopian tube instead of the uterus. ZIFT different gift where fertilization takes place in a laboratory rather than in the fallopian tube and unlike IVF embryos are transferred into the fallopian tube instead of the uterus.
   Intracytoplasmic sperm injection or ICSI is a procedure in which a single sperm injected into a mature egg. The resulting embryo is then transferred to the uterus or fallopian tubes of women. This can be used in conjunction with IVF to help overcome cases of male infertility.
   If you are interested in art to help get pregnant, talk to a fertility specialist on the procedures themselves, as well as risks during the procedure and for the child. Each procedure success rate varies, but can range from about 11% to about 39%.