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Male Partner :

1.Inability to ejaculate into the vagina.

2.This can occur in a number of clinical conditions such as diabetes and multiple sclerosis.

3.Trauma or injury to the spinal cord following a road traffic accident.

4.Retrograde ejaculation.

5.A condition where the sperms enter the urinary bladder rather than coming down the male urethra. This can be caused due to diseases like diabetes.

6.It can also result from an operation or surgery that destroys the value that prevents the backflow of sperms into the urethra.

7.Less commonly it can be the result of some drugs used for treatment purposes.

8.Men with sperm count lower than that required for successful fertilization

9.Men with poor quality sperms that poses difficulties with fertilization

10.Mechanical difficulties with intercourse (Structural abnormalities of the penis owing to trauma or injury).

11.Patients who wish to store their sperms prior to radiotherapy or chemotherapy

12.Patients who wish to store their sperm before vasectomy (Reversal of vasectomy is surgically expensive invasive and the success rate is highly variable.
13.Utilization of stored semen sample for fertilization when husband is not
available at the appropriate timing for treatment. It is indeed frustrating when the male partner is unavailable during optimal time for the procedure. It also helps preserve the time and finances from being wasted due to unforeseen circumstances.

14.Unexpected changes in a patient’s life such as new marriage, death of child or desire to have more children.

Female Partner:

1.Cervical mucus insufficiency

2.Poor quality cervical mucus

3.Structural abnormalities associated with the female reproductive tract

4.Contact allergy to semen (very rare)

5.Women with endometriosis

Couple:

1.Idiopathic or unexplained infertility


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Posted by:  guest  Posted on: 07/29/2008
The article is really good. The artificial insemination is really helpful for those couple who doesn't have children. The method is simple and affordable. The couple can have siblings of their own gene. ================== Jack Wide Circles


Posted by:  guest  Posted on: 08/08/2008
Adaption is the best way to have children not artificial insemination. That's immoral



Posted by:  guest  Posted on: 05/07/2010
i was googling adaption to see what technique thaqt was as we are trying to get pregnant after several articles on evolution I realized you couldn't spell



Posted by:  guest  Posted on: 07/08/2009
Children are born all the time through Artificial Insemination...so if God has a plan for all children then he has a plan for those too...some in which wouldnt be born without help from Artificial Insemination!




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