What are the potential advantages of intrauterine insemination (IUI) over intercourse?
A – IUI helps deliver much more motile sperm to the fallopian tubes at the critical times around ovulation, and is recommended to improve pregnancy rates in many instances, including: unexplained infertility; sperm issues (such as count, motility or morphology); when fertility medications (including Clomid or injectable medications) are being used; or when a cervical mucous abnormality blocks the ability of the sperm to swim in to the uterus. The sperm is first “washed” to improve the motility and to filter out the abnormal sperm which all men have, concentrated, and then placed into the uterus by the doctor. This is a painless procedure which is performed in the office in less than 5 minutes.
