Using Artificial Insemination, Semen Can Be Injected Directly Into The Uterus To Treat Infertility

 

Artificial Insemination

To achieve a pregnancy through in vivo fertilisation using methods other than sexual activity or in vitro fertilisation, Artificial Insemination is the purposeful injection of sperm into a female's cervix or uterine cavity. It is a prevalent procedure in animal breeding, particularly dairy cattle and pigs, and it is a reproductive treatment for humans. Assisted reproductive technologies, sperm donation, and animal husbandry methods may be used during artificial insemination. There are several artificial insemination methods, including intrauterine insemination (IUI) and intracervical insemination (ICI) (IUI).

John Hunter assisted a linen draper's wife in becoming pregnant in 1790, marking the first instance of artificial insemination to be documented. The first example of Artificial Insemination by donor was documented in 1884 when William H. Pancoast, a professor in Philadelphia, secretly sowed a woman under anaesthesia with sperm from his "best-looking" pupil. A medical publication described the case 25 years later. Jerome Sherman and Raymond Bunge, researchers at the University of Iowa medical school, began work on the sperm bank in Iowa in the 1950s.

With her husband Bertold Wiesner fathering hundreds of children, British obstetrician Mary Barton established one of the first donor insemination clinics in the United Kingdom in the 1930s. Direct intraperitoneal insemination (DIPI), which involves injecting sperm into the lower abdomen through a surgical hole or incision with the goal of finding the oocyte there or after entering the vaginal canal through the ostium of the fallopian tube, was infrequently done in the 1980s.

The sperm used in Artificial Insemination might come from a known or anonymous sperm donor (see sperm donation (donor sperm)), the woman's husband or partner (partner sperm), or the woman herself. Women who want to become parents on their own—and who may be single—as well as lesbians and women in heterosexual relationships who have male partners who are infertile or have physical limitations that preclude full intercourse are the main benefactors of artificial insemination. Initially, artificial insemination techniques were primarily utilised to help heterosexual couples who were experiencing trouble conceiving.

Infertility affects both men and women, making it a global health concern. Male infertility is caused by erectile dysfunction, low sperm count, aberrant sperms, etc., while female infertility is brought on by ageing, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), obesity, and multiple miscarriages. The demand for Infertility Drugs is anticipated to rise as infertility rates rise. One in four couples in emerging economies experience infertility, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) survey from 2012.