infertility

A Saudi woman in her third decade of life managed to conceive after a long treatment for delayed pregnancy that lasted more than 16 years. Comprehensive examinations were performed for both spouses, no specific reason for the delayed occurrence of pregnancy was shown, as their condition is called unexplained delayed pregnancy, which affects about 20% of the husbands. The woman and her husband underwent ICSI and IVF as one of the treatment options for unexplained delayed pregnancy, as 2 embryos were returned to The uterus was implanted, and the results of the ultrasound examination, 4 weeks after the embryos were returned, showed the success of a twin pregnancy after a long treatment period that began outside the Kingdom and many unsuccessful attempts, however, they met with more optimism despite the length of time and the many psychological, family and social pressures. Known causes of delayed pregnancy, according to Dr. Hamad Al-Sufyan, consultant of infertility and IVF, where the resulting reasons for a man''s delay in pregnancy by 40% lie in the husband''s semen from a lack of number, movement, or increased deformities of the sperm. As for the causes of delayed pregnancy in women, it also represents 40% of the causes represented in adhesions, obstructions in the uterine tubes, weakness or cystic ovaries, and 20% for unexplained reasons. The ICSI and IVF process succeeds in solving the problem of infertility at a high rate, where the psychological factor of the couple controls its success or Significant lack of it ..