One in 6 couple has difficulty in conceiving, Around 15-16%. 80-90% of mild infertility problems can be corrected by simple measures like tablets, injections, or laparoscopic and hysteroscopic surgeries. Only 3% of the couples need advanced treatments like IVF/ICSI/PICSI/Donor Options/Surrogacy.

We are going to discuss options available for infertility patients. Advances in medical technology and greater acceptance by the patients made possible easy diagnosis and treatments.

1. Lifestyle modification and weight reduction
2. Ovulation induction with drugs like clomiphene citrate and letrozole
3. Ovulation induction with hormonal injections like HMG and FSH
4. Laparoscopic and Hysteroscopic correction of abnormalities like Ovarian drilling for PCOS, maintaining the tubo ovarian relationship, myomectomy, cystectomy, chocolate cyst removal. Hysteroscopic septal resection myomectomy and others.
5. Intra-Uterine Insemination with husband’s semen or donor’s semen.
6. Invitro fertilization (IVF)
7. Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IMSI/PICSI)
8. Donor options IVF/ICSI (Donor oocyte, Donor Sperm, or Donor Embryo)
9. Surrogacy
10. Adoption