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Fertility and Sterility

Volume 93, Issue 1, 1 January 2010, Pages 286-288
Fertility and Sterility

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A short period of ejaculatory abstinence before intrauterine insemination is associated with higher pregnancy rates

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An ejaculatory abstinence period of ≤2 days before IUI produced the highest pregnancy rates per cycle compared with longer intervals of ejaculatory abstinence. This higher conception rate occurred despite a lower total number of motile spermatozoa inseminated.

Key Words

Intrauterine insemination
infertility
ovulation induction
ejaculatory abstinence
semen analysis
sperm parameters

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Supported by the Health Services Foundation, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina.

P.B.M. has nothing to disclose. M.A. has nothing to disclose. M.L.M. has nothing to disclose. R.U. has nothing to disclose. M.H.P. has nothing to disclose. S.K. has nothing to disclose. B.S.H. has nothing to disclose.