These infertility treatments use high technologies to combine sperm and eggs. Most couples go through extensive infertility evaluation and other treatment options before being considered for one of these advanced reproductive technologies.

Intrauterine insemination (IUI)
Intrauterine insemination is most commonly referred to as artificial insemination. It is a relatively quick procedure and is performed in the doctor's office without any anesthesia. IUI should not be painful, although some women report mild discomfort. In this infertility treatment the woman is injected with carefully prepared sperm from the husband or a donor. IUI is often performed in conjunction with ovulation stimulating medications. It is used to treat unexplained infertility or for women with cervical mucus problems.

Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)
Assisted Reproductive Technology is a procedure in which a woman's ovaries are stimulated, her eggs surgically removed, combined with sperm and returned to a woman's body. ART involves several types of medical treatment, including in vitro fertilization (IVF), gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT), zygote intrafallopian transfer (ZIFT), embryo cryopreservation, egg or embryo donation, and gestational carriers, designed to result in pregnancy. IVF is the most widely used of the ART procedures.

In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
IVF is a highly sophisticated, meticulously timed procedure, which involves removing a ripened egg or eggs from the female's ovary, fertilizing it with semen, incubating the dividing cells in a laboratory dish and then replacing the developing embryo in the uterus at the appropriate time.