IUI in Mumbai, Maharashtra

IUI, intrauterine insemination, is a short procedure in which prepared sperm are passed through the cervix into the womb at the time of ovulation. The semen sample is spun and washed so that the most active sperm are separated from the seminal fluid, then drawn into a fine catheter. The insemination takes minutes and feels much like a smear test. It can be done in a natural cycle tracked by scans and urine or blood tests, or alongside mild fertility medicines; with medicines, the scans also check that not too many follicles are growing at once.

IUI is the one treatment India's ART Rules allow a Level 1 clinic to carry out, so both levels may offer it. In Mumbai, 14 listings on this directory name IUI on their own website: 11 registered at Level 2, 1 at Level 1, and 2 with no level in the registry extract. If you think you may later need IVF, a Level 2 clinic can take you on without a move. The registry lists 46 Level 1 clinics in Mumbai in all, so many clinics that can offer IUI do not mention it on a page this directory holds.

Note that the registry treats Thane and Navi Mumbai as separate cities, and so does this directory, so their clinics appear on their own pages rather than here. The IUI explainer on this directory lists where the UK regulator considers IUI unsuitable, including blocked tubes and a low egg reserve, which is why a tube test and a semen analysis usually come first. 3 of the 14 hold an ART bank registration, relevant if donor sperm is planned.

Ask each clinic how ovulation will be timed, whether sperm preparation happens on site, what a cycle costs with and without medicines, and when it would recommend moving on. 1 doctor on this directory practises at a clinic on this list. Of the Mumbai listings below, 11 are at Level 2, the ones that could also offer IVF later.