Donor Insemination process

Hi all, I've been a lurker here since 2008 and am about to take the DI path as unfortunately we are at the end of our options with our own swimmers with male factor infertility issues. I am going to see repromed in a couple of weeks but wondered if anyone who has been thru DI IUI could share any thoughts or experiences with me?

Hi Rubyrock, thanks for your reply. I guess I will be able to ask all I need to when we have our appointment at repromed. What's foremost on our minds at the moment is to whether we use our friend's kind donation or go completely anonymous. I'm not sure if it's something I can ask - when you use donor swimmers, do you know anything about the donor? Or does the fertility centre chose the donor for you?

Hi ya
We also have MFI and after doing IVF ICIS which didnt work we decided to go on the donor waiting list, then a friend offered. We talked alot about the pros and cons of both options and decided to go with the person that we knew. We know him and his family, we know what kind of personality he has, what temperment his kids have etc. We are now the proud parents of a 13month old and have just done DI a week ago in the hope of making him a big brother. DF is a fantastic dad and I dont think he could love our son any more than he does. We have talked about it many times and he always says that there is no doubt in his mind that this was the right path to go down. The donor is still a good friend, one of the first at the hospital after his birth, but the friendship hasnt changed.
We are very open about this issue and happy to talk about it to anyone so if you want to pm me and q's you have Ill happly answer them, same goes for your otherhalf, DF would be happy to answer q's from him too.
Good luck

Hey, sorry your having to look at going down this path.
My story is further up the page.
We decided to use a personal donor, we thought better the devil you know. This way we know not only his hight, hair and eye colour, but also his personality, what his kids are like etc. For us we decided that it was the best option but I know everyone is different.
We are still good friends with the Donor and his family, nothing has changed there.
We are still trying for #2 using the same donor and they are so supportive of everything that we are going through.
DF is the best Dad and I dont think he could be a better dad if DS was genitically his. He says he doesnt even think about it and some times he even forgets.
feel free to PM if you want, we are both very open about the whole process so if your DH has any questions for my DF he will more than happy answer them from the male side of view

we have used DI/IUI rather than IVF. We did IVF/ICSI with partners sperm and it didnt work, as soon as we put his bits with mine we fell off the bottom of the "average" range so we decided it wasnt worth doing it again.
I got preg with my first DI and now have a lovely 2 year old. I then got preg with second DI but sadly mc, we have now done a further 8 rounds with no sucess. Not wanting to put a damper on things but that is the way it goes.
As far as fertility goes I have a regular cycle and the clinic couldnt find any thing wrong with me apart from being over weight. I responded well to IVF and produced good eggs So we decided to tried the DI and it worked!
I am still over weight and age is playing a factor, 3 years makes a big difference it seams. So if you are all healty in the baby making area Id say try the DI first, its alot easier than IVF