Is artificial insemination dangerous? What are the dangers of artificial insemination?

Although artificial insemination can help women get pregnant, this measure also has certain risks. So what are the specific hazards of artificial insemination? What are the complications of artificial insemination? Let's take a look~

Is artificial insemination dangerous?

There are more and more people suffering from infertility, and there are many ways to treat infertility, among which artificial insemination is a major means of treating infertility. It should be noted that artificial insemination is not 100% safe, and artificial insemination can also cause harm to the body. The following are four types of harm that artificial insemination can cause to the body.

1. Lower abdominal pain, endometriosis.

If the speed of sperm injection during artificial insemination is too fast or the amount is too much, it will cause pain in the lower abdomen. For example, if the sperm is injected into the cervix too quickly or too much, it will cause excessive pressure on the cervix and cause spasmodic contraction of the uterus, resulting in spasmodic pain in the lower abdomen. For example, if too much sperm is injected into the uterine cavity, the sperm may flow from the fallopian tube into the abdominal cavity, causing irritation pain in the lower abdomen.

2. Get infected.

Artificial insemination may cause some diseases such as adnexitis and pelvic inflammatory disease. This is mainly because the semen used for fertilization cannot remain absolutely sterile and some improper surgical operations may bring in bacteria, causing women to be infected with bacteria and develop inflammation.

3. Impact on future children.

Artificial insemination may result in two or more women being fertilized by the same sperm, which may lead to the combination of half-siblings in the future, causing genetic harm.

4. Bleeding and injury.

Some operators perform artificial insemination in a poor or rough manner, which can cause injuries to women such as cervical canal damage and endometrial bleeding. In addition, improper or crude instruments may also cause such injuries and bleeding.

5. Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome: Since ovulation induction treatment is required before artificial insemination, ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome may occur.

6. The success rate of artificial insemination is not very high. Only 40% of mothers can successfully become pregnant, and the proportion of those who can give birth to a child is only between 10% and 15%.

In addition, who is the child's real father? The law stipulates that the wife's husband is the child's father, but the sperm donor is the child's genetic father. This is a serious psychological test for the wife and husband who want to undergo artificial insemination. This is also the disadvantage of artificial insemination. It is necessary to make careful considerations before deciding whether artificial insemination is necessary.

What are the complications of artificial insemination?

1. Infection is mainly related to the operator's weak sense of sterility and the fact that there is no way to keep the semen absolutely sterile. There are reports of adnexitis and pelvic inflammatory disease caused by artificial insemination. The use of appropriate antibiotics after artificial insemination has a certain preventive effect.

2. Bleeding and injury. Mainly related to improper operation methods, improper instruments (too crude), rough and unskilled operation.

3. Endometriosis is rare, but is mostly caused by excessive injection of semen into the uterine cavity too quickly and with too high pressure.

4. Lower abdominal pain. This is usually caused by too fast a speed of sperm injection and too much pressure, which leads to spasmodic contraction of the uterus. If intrauterine insemination is performed, if too much sperm is injected, the sperm may flow into the abdominal cavity through the fallopian tube, causing irritating lower abdominal pain.

5. Potential medical ethics and genetic risks In AID, when a sperm donor's semen is used to inseminate more than two women, the children born to these women will be half brothers and sisters in terms of blood relationship. Due to the confidentiality of AID, these half-brothers cannot and will not know each other. If they happen to get married when they grow up, it will result in a blood marriage, which may cause genetic harm to their offspring. Although the chance of such a coincidence is rare.

How does artificial insemination work?

First of all, infertile women who undergo artificial insemination need to undergo a detailed gynecological examination to check whether their internal and external genitalia are normal, whether the endometrial biopsy gland secretions are good, whether the bilateral fallopian tubes are unobstructed, etc. Only if these are normal, they are eligible for artificial insemination.

Then you need to estimate the ovulation date to choose the best time for fertilization. Commonly used methods for estimating the ovulation date include measuring basal body temperature and cervical mucus. Generally, 4-5 days before ovulation, before the woman estimates the ovulation period, the sperm donor or husband takes out semen after masturbation. The semen needs to be tested. If the results show that the semen density and activity are normal, wait for the semen to liquefy, and then use a syringe or catheter to inject the semen into the vagina, around the cervix and into the cervical canal. The woman rests in bed for 2-3 hours to prevent the semen from being discharged, or continuously measures the peak of urine luteinizing hormone close to the ovulation day, or performs continuous vaginal ultrasound examinations, etc.

Each woman can undergo artificial insemination three times in a menstrual cycle, starting three days before ovulation. If calculated by hours, it can be done once 72 hours, 24 hours before ovulation, and 24 hours after ovulation. If conception fails in a menstrual cycle, several cycles can be repeated. If necessary, drugs can be used to induce ovulation and adjust the ovulation period to increase the pregnancy rate. The success or failure of artificial insemination is generally determined by 12 cycles.