Fertility treatment for single women

IUI treatment – the natural first step

If you are healthy and have a natural menstrual cycle, IUI treatment is often the first step in fertility treatment.

IUI (intrauterine insemination) is the most natural form of fertility treatment. It requires no hormonal medication or medical intervention.

During the procedure, donor sperm is gently introduced into your uterus using a catheter, allowing fertilisation to occur naturally within your body.

You can take a pregnancy test 14 days after the insemination.

IVF treatment

If IUI treatment is unsuccessful after a few attempts, you might consider moving on to IVF treatment.

IVF, also known as in vitro fertilisation, is more invasive than insemination and involves several steps.

The process begins with hormone treatment to stimulate egg production, followed by an egg retrieval procedure. The retrieved eggs are then fertilised in our IVF laboratory. If the fertilised eggs develop as expected, a blastocyst can be transferred back into the uterus.

Ten days after the transfer, a blood test can confirm whether or not you are pregnant.

Donor egg IVF

IVF with donated eggs is recommended if it becomes clear during IVF treatment that your own eggs cannot be used for fertilisation. This is often the final step in fertility treatment

As a single woman undergoing egg donation, you will need to select both a sperm donor and an egg donor. This process is also referred to as double donation.

The egg donor will undergo hormone treatment and egg retrieval, after which the eggs are fertilised with donor sperm.