Is there help for the couple with a male infertility factor?
Yes. Sometimes low sperm counts or poor sperm motility (movement) requires extra help to fertilize the oocyte (egg). A procedure called ICSI (Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection – pronounced ICK-SEE) overcomes these severe male infertility factors. In the lab, our embryologist, Shari Olson, Ph.D., performs this procedure by capturing an individual sperm cell and injecting it into the mature egg by means of a small pipette. This process is repeated for each individual egg. We are encouraged with the results that we have had using this procedure at the Rocky Mountain Center for Reproductive Medicine. For some couples, ICSI has overcome severe male infertility when only a few sperm were available for fertilization. This procedure gives new meaning to the phrase, “Sometimes it only takes one!
Yes. Sometimes low sperm counts or poor sperm motility (movement) requires extra help to fertilize the oocyte (egg). A procedure called ICSI (Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection – pronounced ICK-SEE) overcomes these severe male infertility factors. In the lab, our embryologist, Shari Olson, Ph.D., performs this procedure by capturing an individual sperm cell and injecting it into the mature egg by means of a small pipette. This process is repeated for each individual egg. We are encouraged with the results that we have had using this procedure at the Rocky Mountain Center for Reproductive Medicine. For some couples, ICSI has overcome severe male infertility when only a few sperm were available for fertilization.
