Editing In vitro fertilisation (section)

== Alternatives ==
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Some alternatives to IVF are:
*[[Artificial insemination]], including [[Artificial insemination#Intracervical insemination|intracervical insemination]] and [[Artificial insemination#Intrauterine insemination|intrauterine insemination]] of semen. It requires that a woman [[ovulation|ovulates]], but is a relatively simple procedure, and can be used in the home for self-insemination without medical practitioner assistance.<ref name="Seattle Sperm Bank">{{cite web |date=4 January 2014 |title=Demystifying IUI, ICI, IVI and IVF |url=https://www.seattlespermbank.com/demystifying-iui-ici-ivi-and-ivf/ |work=Seattle Sperm Bank}}</ref> The beneficiaries of artificial insemination are people who desire to give birth to their own child who may be single, people who are in a [[lesbian]] relationship or females who are in a [[Heterosexuality|heterosexual]] relationship but with a male partner who is [[male infertility|infertile]] or who has a physical impairment which prevents full intercourse from taking place.
*[[Ovulation induction]] (in the sense of medical treatment aiming for the development of one or two ovulatory follicles) is an alternative for people with [[anovulation]] or [[oligoovulation]], since it is less expensive and more easy to control.<ref name="WeissBraam2014" /> It generally involves [[antiestrogen]]s such as [[clomifene citrate]] or [[letrozole]], and is followed by [[natural insemination|natural]] or artificial insemination.
*[[Surrogacy]], the process in which a surrogate agrees to bear a child for another person or persons, who will become the child's parent(s) after birth. People may seek a surrogacy arrangement when pregnancy is medically impossible, when [[pregnancy risks]] are too dangerous for the intended gestational carrier, or when a single man or a male couple wish to have a child.
*[[Adoption]] whereby a person assumes the [[parenting]] of another, usually a child, from that person's biological or legal parent or parents.