One of the earliest kinds of fertility treatment is still popular today, more commonly known as GIFT, the proper term for it is Gamete Intra-Fallopian Transfer. Just like In Vitro Fertilization, the eggs and sperm, or Gametes, are gathered up for later use. The heartiest are selected, mixed together and placed in one of the fallopian tubes. So using this intervention, the fertilisation happens inside the woman’s body just as it would normally without any other intervention.
In situations where the infertility cannot be understood and it seems that the fallopian tubes are healthy and clear, Gamete Intra-Fallopian Transfer is frequently employed. It is not just women who are assisted by Gamete Intra-Fallopian Transfer because men can be assisted as well if they have an indicated low number of sperm or poor sperm motility also called low motility. Your doctor may suggest you try In Vitro Fertilization to guarantee your sperm is able too fertilize your partner’s eggs. If successful, Gamete Intra-Fallopian Transfer may be used in the next treatment cycle or cycles instead of repeating In Vitro Fertilization.
Before proceeding with Gamete Intra-Fallopian Transfer, you may be provided with a uterine dye test and a laparoscopy to check your fallopian tubes are healthy and free from obstruction. Your physician will make a small three sixteenths of an inch incision in your stomach, under anesthetic, so that they can insert a laparoscope, which is a small telescope with a light attached, to view your uterus and fallopian tubes. In fact, right up to the point when the eggs are collected, there is almost no difference between Gamete Intra-Fallopian Transfer and In Vitro Fertilization.
A sperm sample is selected from the man on the same day as the eggs are gathered from the woman unless the sperm has been donated, in which instance the sperm will need to be unfrozen out first. The heartiest one or two eggs are then mixed with the checked sperm in a catheter (a fine, flexible tube). The doctor inserts the catheter to deposit the eggs at the end of one or both fallopian tubes, nearest the uterus. In order to guarantee that the uterus is a healthy and stable environment for the eggs, the woman will be provided with some progesterone in one of its forms to line the womb during a recuperation period before leaving the clinic.
The success rates using Gamete Intra-Fallopian Transfer are quite high with over twenty five percent of women getting pregnant in any one treatment cycle although this rate will vary from clinic to clinic. As with virtually every other fertility treatment, the younger the woman, the more successful Gamete Intra-Fallopian Transfer is, in all probability, to be.
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