Options infertile couples can explore to try to become pregnant
Resources in the Champaign-Urbana area offer services to those seeking help for infertility
About 10-15 percent of couples in the United States have difficulty getting pregnant. Infertility is defined as not being able to get pregnant despite having frequent, unprotected sex for at least a year for most people.
Fortunately, there are options infertile couples can explore to try to become pregnant. At least three resources in the Champaign-Urbana area offer services to those seeking help for infertility.
Carle Reproductive Medicine, located at Carle Urbana on Windsor, offers the most comprehensive infertility services in the Champaign-Urbana area.
Carle Reproductive Medicine offers a number of infertility services including:
- Diagnostic evaluation
- Genetic and preconception health counseling
- Educational seminars
- Intrauterine insemination with partner or frozen donor sperm
- Ovulation induction
- Monitoring for IVF and related procedures
- Counseling for patient/couple
- In-vitro fertilization (IVF)
- Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
- Pre-implantation genetic screening and diagnosis (PGD/PGS)
- Egg donation
- Embryo donation
- Gestational surrogacy
- Referrals are not required
In addition, assisted reproductive technologies offered through Dr. John Jarrett include:
- In-vitro fertilization (IVF)
- Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
- Pre-implantation genetic screening and diagnosis (PGD/PGS)
- Egg donation
- Embryo donation
- Gestational surrogacy
Christie Clinic’s Obstetrics and Gynecology Department also teams up with Carle and Dr. John Jarrett to help treat patients with infertility issues.
Women’s Health Practice in Champaign can help you plan and become pregnant with the management of common causes of infertility.
Providers offer:
- Hormone testing
- Karyotype testing
- Ultrasound and SIS
- Artificial insemination (donor or partner)
- Ovarian reserve testing
- Ovulation testing and induction
Additional Infertility Resources
Additional infertility resources in the Central Illinois area include the SIU Fertility and IVF Center in Springfield and Advanced Reproductive Center in Peoria.
You can also find more information about infertility and resources at Resolve: The National Infertility Association and ReproductiveFacts.org.
