beiker on "What is your usual post thaw numbers"
Just curious what kind of total count you get with your vials....I am using ICI vials and after my RE prepares them I have come up with 12 mil, 6 mil and most recently 8 mil and 4 mil. The lab seems to...
View ArticleSOFIADIMITRIOU on "Anyone know how long sperm lives?"
A sample in a collection cup that is kept slighlty warm - how long will it last? I might have to transport some and it may take an hour to hour and half before it will be used.Is this okay? Anyone with...
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beiker on "How many vials did you order at once?"
I'm a little confused. I was going to order 6 vials of donor sperm and have them ship 2 to my RE at a time (they do 2 days of inseminating) If I were to get pregnant the bank would refund me 50% of the...
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beiker on "How many DSIUI before you got pregnant?"
Hello, just wondering how many IUI's you did before getting pregnant from donor sperm? Thanks!Also, if you can respond here whether it was medicated or natural that would be a help too
View Articledany on "known donor sperm stories"
DH's mTESE was unsuccessful today and showed zero sperm. We are moving forward with BIL as our donor. Please share your stories if you used a known donor. Thanks!
View Articlegulesin on "Anyone checked out the Donor Sibling Reg to confirm your donor is...
I know that the sperm banks put a little "P" or whatever next to the donor number to represent "pregnancy reported." However, as I know all too well, a pregnancy does not equal a baby. So, I went to...
View Articlerossa on "Toronto, ON: 'Talking to children about donor conception', May 2"
TALKING TO CHILDREN ABOUT DONOR CONCEPTIONA safe, caring and supportive place for parents to discuss Telling and Talking with children about their conception via sperm, egg or embryo donation. Aimed...
View ArticleMarina on "searching for DS"
So my Dh husband and I (after 5 months of counseling) have decided to go with DS. It has not been easy and is still a very touchy subject. I am doing the searching on my own and I can say it is a very...
View ArticleKoliousis on "Any age limit for ds success?..."
I wonder if there is an age limit just like the egg donor age?My ob told me that my DH`s sperm is be too old for me to have a baby!!My DH is 53...Any one knows anything about it?
View Articlenaturoscope on "DS and Adoption"
I'm not sure if I'm posting in the right place, however here it goes. We are in the process of picking DS for our cycle. We keep coming back to the same question and would really like your experiences....
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beiker on "First DIUI"
I am on CD 6 of my first diui. I am taking 150 of follistim. I just started feeling really excited that this may work. I hate to get my hopes up because I have been let down so many times in the past....
View Articlesecnd on "Gender Selection w/ Sperm"
Has anyone used the Fertility Center of California (FCC) donor program and had gender selection done on the sperm? I believe they do the Ericksonian (spelling?) method. Would love to hear!Kimberly
View Articlequattrox7 on "DS, what to tell potential child? (loss, m/c ment'd)"
DH and I have been TTC 4+ years now, and have done the whole IVF with ICSI. ICSI fertilizes them just fine (only 1 out of 8 fertilized without it), and we have had dozens of eggs become embryos. But...
View Articlekoulaidis on "TTC for 5 Years (w/ DS for almost 3) - PG Mentioned!"
I don't know if anyone would remember me... I was very active on IVFC from 2006-2008. We tried for 5 years -- 3 IVFs (1 with DH, 2 with DS), 5 embyro transfers, 7 dIUIs and 4 DIY-DIUIS. I wanted to...
View Articleintsemba on "Ds and home insemination"
Hi I was wondering if anyone every tried to use DS for home insemination and if you have any tips or websites that are helpful? Thanks
View Articlesofia on "books available"
I have two books on sperm donation that I purchased last year when I was going thru IVF. They were highly recommended to me. Sperm Donor Offspring Identity and Other Experiences by Lynne W Spencer .It...
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semaalevcan on "Disturbing donor info on Calif Cryo"
I have just begun my donor search but I found a few on Calif Cryo I was interested in. i bought the baby pic and long profile and he says he smokes pot 1x a month for the past 5 years through...
View Articlesmarotsolaki on "DS and insurance"
Just wondering if anyone may know.....I am a Ma resident and most of my infertility treatment is covered.We are dealing with a male factor only, and are getting ready to do a fresh TESE procedure. We...
View ArticleMarina on "new to the group"
Hello all, I am new to here, I found it on another site (resolve) My husband and I got the deverstating news that we can not a child with his sperm. He does not have nay. We have no idea why. He had...
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estel on "what were you told were general frozen sperm w/ ICSI fertlization...
hi everyone, i'm trying to get an idea of what general frozen sperm w/ ICSI fertlization rates may be.thank you so much everyone! Jen
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