Donor Sperm

For patients who experience infertility due to a complete lack of sperm, pregnancy can still be achieved using donor sperm. Patients can arrange for sperm through one of several national certified sperm banks, such as Fairfax Cryobank or California Cryobank, where donors are appropriately screened and the sperm is quarantined. After a patient chooses a suitable donor, a frozen sample of the sperm is shipped to our facility for use during a treatment cycle.

For women with no cause of infertility other than the sperm factor, an IUI can be done around the time of ovulation during a natural cycle, where ovulation is monitored with home ovulation predictor kits. Usually 1 IUI is done on each of the 2 days following a positive home ovulation test to cover the possible time of ovulation. Alternatively, the natural cycle may be monitored with ultrasounds and blood tests. When the egg is mature, ovulation is triggered with an injection of hCG and an IUI is done during each of the 2 days following the trigger shot.

For women in who natural cycle/IUI has been unsuccessful or who have other causes of infertility in addition to the sperm factor, such as irregular ovulation, a single blocked fallopian tube or endometriosis, IUI with donor sperm is coupled with ovulation induction or superovulation as discussed previously.

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