Treatment - Donor Sperm Insemination
This treatment is offered to single women, or to couples where there is a serious sperm problem, or no sperm at all in the ejaculate.
Some couples prefer to use donor sperm in order to achieve a pregnancy, rather than have invasive procedures to collect sperm from men, for example after a previous vasectomy. The female partner is assessed initially, to make sure that the fallopian tubes are open and that she is ovulating regularly. Often, insemination procedures are performed with no extra drug stimulation.
The cycle is monitored using serial ultrasound scans, from around day 10 (of a normal 28 day cycle). When a mature follicle is noted, insemination is performed the day after an HCG injection to trigger ovulation, or on the day after a positive urine ovulation test.
