What is sperm washing?
When artificial insemination techniques are used to help a woman to conceive a child, fertility clinics and sperm banks sometimes use sperm washing as part of the process. This step is used to separate sperm that will be used to proceed from the sample sample that one provides. Doctors also use sperm washing to get rid of any protective fluid in which the sperm can rest when it is stored before washing. While some artificial insemination techniques do not require sperm washing, this is important for the procedure referred to as intrauterine insemination (IUI), as the use of non -dead sperm can cause irritation and infection in this case. Sperm washing can also help ensure that the sample contains the most amazing sperm or with the strongest and fastest movement. With this procedure of fertility clinic, they separate the sperm, which are needed to fertilize the egg Zsperma and any protective fluid in which they are contained. Sperm banks sometimes also perform this procedure to prepare spermFor use on fertility clinics and individuals who will perform IUI at home, without the help of a doctor. Sperm banks usually offer individuals the possibility of buying a washed or non -acted semen from the sperm bank. If a person undergoes an artificial insemination with sperm embedded in a vagina or cervix, sperm washing is usually not necessary.
sometimes for washing technique involves adding protein and antibiotics to sample sample. Then the sperm is removed from the sperm and any protective fluid in which they were originally located. This process does not include sperm selection that has the best movement.
In some cases, doctors and recipients of artificial insemination can choose to choose more than just Basic Wash. In this case, this technique includes semen cleaning in the sample and removing only the most amazing semen. This is usually achieved by creating a liquid layer, Dabout which only the best sperm can swim. This highly movable sperm is then used for artificial inseminations and the rest is discarded. Processes that include the insulation of only the best semen and washing require more time than normal washing, but all these procedures usually last only a few hours.