Are There Such a Thing Called New Fertility Treatment

For a couple wanting have children, learning that one or more of the partners is infertile can be a disheartening experience. Data shows that one in eight American couples are plagued with fertility problems. Fortunately, there are many new developments in fertility treatment that have successfully helped couples conceive.

Standard fertility treatments include medication or surgical repair of reproductive organs. Another traditional treatment involves using medication to stimulate egg production then inserting sperm in the uterus. If these are unsuccessful, then there are assisted reproductive technologies, such as in vitro fertilization, which have helped thousands of couples have children.

But there has been a growing acceptance among doctors to use Eastern medicine as a new option in fertility treatments. In particular, acupuncture has found favor among fertility specialists. However, it has gotten mixed reviews in medical studies, some showing that it has made a substantial difference, others showing that it had no effect in improving pregnancy rates. However, most doctors agree that acupuncture helps relive stress, an important factor in achieving pregnancy.

Homeopathic treatments are another ancient technique that represents a new approach to fertility treatment. Homeopathy is a traditional treatment that uses preparations whose effects mimic the disease’s symptoms.

Another possible new fertility treatment is a hormone therapy using the hormone kisspeptin-1. The hormone is seen as responsible for triggering ovulation in both humans and animals and has been tested on infertile women, with encouraging results. However, a study with a larger sample is needed to confirm the results.

Treatment with kisspeptin-1 is already being touted as being safer than in-vitro fertilization, since there is no need to use drugs that could cause hyper-production of eggs or shut down ovulation. Meanwhile, the kisspeptin-2 hormone has shown promise in treating reproductive diseases related to hormonal imbalances, as well as depression and mood disorders.

Further into the future, researchers are looking into promising new breakthroughs. For women who have no wombs, scientists have been looking into the possibility of transplanting wombs from donors. Such transplants have been attempted in animals such as pigs and sheep, although they did not result in successful pregnancies.

In Saudi Arabia, a womb transplant had actually been performed from an older donor to a much younger woman; although deemed ‘successful,’ the womb eventually had to be removed because a blood clot had developed. There have also been attempts to create an artificial womb.

Scientists have also conducted experiments which tried to keep sheep fetuses alive in synthetic amniotic fluid, in the hope that it could eventually lead to the development of an artificial human uterus; this could help women who have trouble taking pregnancies to term. There is also research on creating artificial sperm conducted in the hope of stimulating sperm production in infertile men. Scientists have also done work in developing methods of encouraging more than one of a woman’s eggs to mature in a month.

The above lines of research have yet to fully bear fruit, although they are already drawing criticisms for their possible ethical transgressions. But for women who dearly want to have children, these new fertility treatments offer the hope that they will someday be able to become mothers.

Eddy Kong and his wife, Esther are victims of infertility. Over the last 5 years, they gather enough research and personal experiences to publish a book, “How To Increase Your Odds Of Conceiving”. They have 2 kids and 1 more coming up. They lives in Singapore city and spends their time teaching others how to get pregnant naturally and getting their infertility treated.  Their latest book, “How To Increase Your Odds Of Conceiving Secrets” is available at http://www.17mininfertilitysecrets.com/tips/index.html