Raising kids is always expensive, however for some couples; the costs start to add up even before the baby is born.
More than 10,000 Jamaican women from the parishes of Westmoreland, Saint James, Trelawny, Saint Elizabeth and Hanover have used infertility services, according to Reproductive Solutions, a Fertility Clinic based in Montego Bay, Jamaica. This large number includes simple treatments such as medications to help with improving follicle number and ovulation, all the way up to Intrauterine Insemination (IUI).
Naturally, cost plays a huge role in the decisions women make in order to become pregnant and ultimately deliver a healthy baby.
Here are some financial facts about different levels of assisted reproductive technology options:
FERTILITY MEDICATION
The most commonly used medication is Clomid (clomifene citrate). Taken in the early part of the cycle for five straight days, it works well to improve or encourage ovulation (egg release).
Some health care providers — and some women — choose to start with Clomid while continuing to have regular sexual intercourse to see if a little ovulation support is all they need.
INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION
collection that is washed and then placed into a long, thin catheter which is threaded up through a woman’s cervix into her uterus. IUI can be done in-office and has a set-up similar to a Pap smear with a speculum.
The insertion process does not usually take more than a few minutes.
April 21, 2016
Written by Dr. Gillian Chisholm OB/GYN
