Artificial insemination is a method of artificially injecting processed semen into a woman for the purpose of conception. According to the source of semen, there are artificial insemination by husband semen (AIH) and artificial insemination by donor (AID). What are the requirements for artificial insemination?
Artificial insemination must have 3 elements.
1. sperm of sufficient viability and normal morphology.
2. normal ovulation.
3. At least one of the fallopian tubes is open and functioning normally.
Indications and contraindications for artificial insemination by husband
1. Indications
(1) Male infertility due to oligospermia, weak sperm, abnormal liquefaction, sexual dysfunction, genital malformation, etc.
(2) Infertility due to cervical factors.
(3) Infertility due to deformities of the genital tract and psychological factors such as inability to have intercourse.
(4) epidemic infertility.
(5) Infertility due to unknown.
2, contraindications
(1) acute genitourinary infections or sexually transmitted diseases in one of the men and women.
(2) a party suffering from serious genetic, physical or psychosocial disorders.
(3) one of the parties is exposed to teratogenic amount of radiation, poison, drugs and in the period of action.
(4) One of the parties has serious bad habits such as drug addiction.
What is the approximate cost of artificial insemination?
In terms of the cost of artificial insemination technology alone, it costs about RMB 2,000 per cycle, but the above-mentioned contraindications must be excluded before the implementation of artificial insemination technology, i.e. the relevant laboratory tests must be completed, so the total cost is roughly about RMB 5,000.
What is the outcome of artificial insemination for pregnancy?
After obtaining a pregnancy through this technique, like natural conception, there is still a risk of miscarriage, premature birth, ectopic pregnancy, abnormal pregnancy, fetal malformation, etc. Therefore, patients need to be fully informed, undergo prenatal checkups on schedule after conception, and receive follow-up visits from the treatment unit carefully.