O casal homossexual e a inseminação artificial heteróloga

Abstract

Aims

To evaluate the epidemiological profile of patients undergoing heterologous artificial insemination (HAI), establish the rate of pregnancy and multiple pregnancy and recognize the prevalence of homosexual couples as an indication element for the procedure.

Methods

A descriptive, retrospective and quantitative study conducted from January 2009 to October 2014, in the Fertile Clinic ‐ Human Reproduction assessing the HAI procedures.

Results

We analyzed 67 patients who underwent 156 cycles of treatment with an average of 2.3 procedures per patient. The most prevalent age group was among 18 and 35 representing 55.2%. The main indication for the procedure was the male factor (70.1%). In most prevalent standard sperm concentration was between 1 and 5 million sperm/ml (53.9%) The cycle for pregnancy rate was 17.3%. Seven obtained multiple pregnancies (4.48%) and 5 of these were twins (3.2%) and 2 triplets (1.28%). Of the 67 patients, nine sought to HAI for being homosexual couples representing a rate of 13.5% of patients.

Conclusion

The epidemiological profile was represented as follows: age among 18 and 35, the main indication was the male factor and the spermatic standard donated semen was between 1 and 5 million. The cycle for pregnancy rate was 17.3% with a rate of multiple pregnancies of 4.48%, 3.2% were twins and 1.28% triplets. The prevalence of homosexual couples during the study was 13.5%.