What are other methods of assisted reproductive technology?

My husband and I want children.



I am now seeing a reproductive specialist who is encouraging me to have IVF. I just read that IVF is a major treatment in infertility when other methods of assisted reproductive technology have failed.



MY OB/GYN hasn麓t even tried any other methods. I麓m new to all of this, so please tell me other methods before we do something major to become pregnant.What are other methods of assisted reproductive technology?
You are asking good questions - do some research, find out why your specialist want to jump into big guns liek IVF so soon - maybe there are good reasons



A lot depends on reasons for the infertily



Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) is the umbrella term for a variety of medical procedures used to bring eggs and sperm together without sexual intercourse. The objective of ART is to create an embryo by bypassing the factor(s) causing the fertility problem.



There are meds, sperm enhancement procedures, intra-uterine insemination (IUS) etc

I had it Clomid and IUS and now have 3 children - only needed help the first time



I strongly advise getting involved in Resolve - a support organization for people with fertility problems

http://www.resolve.org/site/PageServer



http://www.fertilitylifelines.com/advanc鈥?/a>



Typically, ART will use therapies such as Gonal鈥揻庐 (follitropin alfa for injection) for controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) as part of the protocol. These medications either supplement or replace a woman's natural supply of hormones to stimulate development of multiple follicles and to control the timing of the reproductive cycle. A woman's eggs and a man's sperm are then collected and brought together to create an embryo in a laboratory. Perhaps the most familiar ART procedure is in vitro fertilization (IVF).