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Results of Artificial insemination

Artificial insemination is successful in 5%- 30% of cases. Successful treatment often depends on what the cause of infertility was. Conception is more likely to occur when the female partner’s natural cycle is combined with hormone treatment to stimulate egg release, although this does carry the associated risk of multiple pregnancy.

The chance of getting pregnant by artificial insemination is increased if the female partner has healthy Fallopian tubes and ovulates regularly. Chances of conceptions are also linked to age. Female fertility decreases after the age of 30, until it is has almost gone by the age of 45.

For 90% of couples, if treatment is successful, it occurs within the first six cycles of treatment. If conception does not occur by this point, other forms of treatment may be recommended. This may include in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) and gamete intra-Fallopian transfer (GIFT).

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