TY - JOUR
T1 - Pregnancy following use of the cervical cup for home artificial insemination utilizing homologous semen
AU - Diamond, M. P.
AU - Christianson, C.
AU - Daniell, J. F.
AU - Wentz, A. C.
N1 - Funding Information:
From the Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York. This work was supported in part by U.S. Public Health Service Grant, HL-15486, HL-21006 and HL-14148 from the National Insntutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Nichols is a Senior Investigator of the New York Heart Association, and Dr. Kaplan was a Senior Investigator of the New York Heart Association dunng the course of this study. Manuscript received September 7, 1982; revised manuscript received December 7, 1982, accepted December 10, 1982.
PY - 1983
Y1 - 1983
N2 - Sixty-one couples with infertility from 1 to 11 years were instructed in the use of the cervical cup for artificial insemination using homologous semen in the privacy of their own homes. There have been 36 reported pregnancies in 32 of these couples. Among women with primary infertility, the pregnancy rate was 43%; it was 67% for those with secondary infertility and 53% overall. Sperm counts and percent motility, as well as postcoital test results, however, failed to be indicative of eventual ability to conceive. Regardless, among couples with documented infertility, this method provided over half of the couples with at least one pregnancy. Additionally, the technique is simple, inexpensive, without significant risk or discomfort, and can be carried out by a couple at their convenience and in privacy.
AB - Sixty-one couples with infertility from 1 to 11 years were instructed in the use of the cervical cup for artificial insemination using homologous semen in the privacy of their own homes. There have been 36 reported pregnancies in 32 of these couples. Among women with primary infertility, the pregnancy rate was 43%; it was 67% for those with secondary infertility and 53% overall. Sperm counts and percent motility, as well as postcoital test results, however, failed to be indicative of eventual ability to conceive. Regardless, among couples with documented infertility, this method provided over half of the couples with at least one pregnancy. Additionally, the technique is simple, inexpensive, without significant risk or discomfort, and can be carried out by a couple at their convenience and in privacy.
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U2 - 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)46936-0
DO - 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)46936-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 6832404
AN - SCOPUS:0020640775
VL - 39
SP - 480
EP - 484
JO - Fertility and Sterility
JF - Fertility and Sterility
SN - 0015-0282
IS - 4
ER -