IUI in Madurai, Tamil Nadu

IUI is often the first assisted treatment a couple in Madurai will be offered, and it asks less of the body and the budget than IVF. A semen sample is washed to concentrate the active sperm, and on the day of ovulation a doctor passes a fine catheter through the cervix and places the sperm high in the womb. The cycle may be natural, or tablets or injections may be used to grow one or two follicles, with scans to time the insemination. It needs at least one open tube and a reasonable number of moving sperm after washing, which is why a tube test and a semen analysis usually come first.

Tamil Nadu has no ART level shown for any entry in the national registry extract, and the 3 Madurai listings on this directory that name IUI on their own website are among them. IUI can be done at a Level 1 clinic, so the level is less critical here than for IVF; it still tells you whether the same clinic could carry on to IVF if needed. 1 of the 3 holds an ART bank registration, which covers screened donor sperm.

Ask how the clinic will time the insemination, how many scans you will need, and what it does if more than two follicles develop, since that raises the chance of a multiple pregnancy. Ask how long after washing the sample is used, whether the male partner can produce it at home, and whether you should rest afterwards. Ask how many IUI cycles the clinic advises before a review, and what would make it suggest moving on sooner.

This directory has no doctor recorded against these listings yet. Ask any of these clinics whether its certificate is Level 1 or Level 2, because that is not visible for Madurai's 65 listings in this directory.