Male infertility is a common experience for men trying to grow their families. In couples trying to conceive, one-third of men struggle with infertility.* Infertility, however, doesn’t mean that you can’t build your family. There are treatments for male infertility that you can access at First Fertility clinics. We have fertility specialists with extensive experience in treating male infertility.
Before beginning any fertility treatments, our fertility specialist will recommend fertility testing for you and your partner, if you have one. Fertility testing provides information to your fertility specialist on what may be contributing to your infertility. Based on what the fertility testing says, your fertility specialist can create a personalized treatment plan that may include one or more of the following treatment options:
Medications can be one treatment option for male infertility. If you’re experiencing a hormone imbalance, infection or erectile dysfunction, all of which can be causes of infertility, medication can help.
Medications may be used in conjunction with other fertility treatments depending on the cause of your infertility.
Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) are treatments available, mainly if sperm count or quality is the primary cause of infertility. ART treatments include:
IUI involves you providing a sample of semen to our lab. Our fertility specialists will do a sperm wash and select the best-quality sperm from that sample. These will then be introduced into the uterus via a flexible catheter during an in-office procedure. This increases the chance of pregnancy by allowing more sperm to reach the egg.
IVF is a process in which eggs are fertilized with sperm outside the body in our state-of-the-art lab. Our embryologists will watch the embryos develop and select the best one for transfer back into the uterus for hopeful implantation.
ICSI is a microscopic procedure in a lab where a provider selects the best sperm from a specimen you provide and injects a single sperm into an egg to make it more likely for fertilization to occur.
If there is an anatomical reason for your infertility, your fertility specialist may recommend surgery. These surgical procedures are typically completed laparoscopically to reduce scarring, pain, and recovery time.
Surgical procedures to treat infertility can include reversing a vasectomy, sperm retrieval directly from your testicles, MESA or TESA, or a Vasoepididymostomy, which removes a blockage preventing sperm from entering the semen.
Are you interested in having a family in the future? Many people choose to undergo fertility preservation in order to receive treatment for cancer or chronic conditions that may affect their fertility.
Cryopreservation can preserve your sperm for the future with either IVF or intrauterine insemination. You and your partner, or an egg donor, can also create embryos to freeze for future fertility options.
Male fertility treatments can help you grow your family. Our fertility specialists can perform initial fertility testing to determine a potential cause of your infertility and create a personalized treatment plan. Find a fertility specialist at a First Fertility clinic to discuss a male fertility evaluation today.
