Treatment Options

Ovulation Induction

This treatment involves stimulating the ovaries with hormone therapy to induce ovulation in women who are not ovulating normally (typically women with irregular or infrequent menstruations). The goal of treatment is the release of one mature egg. The most frequently used medication is clomiphene citrate but if this medication proves to be ineffective injectable gonadotropins can be used to stimulate the ovary to promote egg development.

Superovulation

This treatment is a form of ovulation induction involving stimulating the ovaries with hormones called gonadotropins (FSH & LH). During superovulation therapy, the woman is treated with injectable medication that increases the number of eggs she ovulates each month. At the appropriate time, ovulation is triggered and sperm is washed and then placed into the uterus in a procedure called intrauterine insemination.