
Fertility treatment for HIV couples IUI /IVF/ICSI to have own bundle of joy If you are one among the serodiscordant couple and want to have a child of your own , then fertility treatments are there which can assist you to have your own bundle of joy. The serodiscordant couple in which one partner is HIV positive and other is HIV negative, there is a possibility that they can benefit from IVF (invitro fertilisation), IUI (intra-uterine insemination) and ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection). With help of these fertility treatment the risk of the woman being infected with HIV is greatly reduced, thereby reducing the risk of vertical transmission(transmission from mother to child) as well. There are two ways to take fertility treatment forward. One being the DONOR SPERM option wherein to conceive the HIV negative women will be using the screened donor’s sperm which is somewhat similar to the process which she might have undergone if her husband was ...