a woman attains complete womanhood when she becomes a mother while a man graduates into newfound maturity when he holds his little bundle of joy in his hands but unfortunately there are many families that are not blessed enough to experience this joy for many who experience longterm infertility pregnancy remains an idealised dream countless times their hopes are shattered yet innumerable times they gather courage to give it another try with their dreams vacillating between hopeful fantasies of a successful pregnancy and fearful apprehension of yet another disappointment a childless couples life is often an emotional roller coasterblame it on the lack of awareness about popular fertility treatments or the myths surrounding them many childless couples still fall prey to apprehensions with just a lucky few enjoying the boon of medicaltechnology mental and emotional preparation together with demystifying the facts is very important before starting an infertility treatment suggest dr hrishikesh pai infertility expert fortis la femme so busting common myths and shunning dreaded apprehensions we explain the popular infertility treatmentsintra vitro fertilisation ivfthis treatment has emerged as a godsent therapy for infertile couples with about nearly 2000 couples taking the ivf cycle annually in india itself doctors term it as very patient friendly therapy as it doesnthamper with a patients routine activities this treatment can be used for a multitude of infertility problems including lownil sperm count in men nil egg count among women and unavailability of embryo oruterus among women in ivf fertilisation occurs outside the womb in vitro the egg is fertilised in a glass the mans sperm and the womans egg are fertilised in a laboratory dish and the resulting embryo is then transferred to the womans uterus depending upon the kind of problem in both the sexes various permutations and combinations of sperms eggs embryo etc can be used to find the desired solution informs delhibased infertility expert dr sonia malik 1 in case of a low sperm count in a man the donors sperm can be fertilised with the wifes egg2 when the wife doesnt have eggs another womans eggs are fertilised with her husbands sperms and the resulting embryo is then transferred into the wifes uterussurrogationalso readhome remedies for male impotencyayurveda to boost libidofertility issues try sperm proteinsyour bike could cost you your sex lifesexual woes dont upset womensurrogationan extension to ivf this can be a solution when the woman has a damaged uterus or no uterus at all as a result the chance of a successful implantation of the embryo in the uterus is poor in such a scenario a third woman is introduced whose uterus will be borrowed to nurture the embryo produced by ivf the embryo prepared by ivf using the semen and egg of the intended couple is transferred into the uterus of the third woman who nurtures the embryo for nine months this is popularly known as surrogating and the woman whose embryo is used is called the surrogate mother since the baby is formed inside another