Comments on: IVF logistics

By: erin

erin — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:59:33 +0000

Sweet! FWIW, though, my donor generally gets excellent ratings, too, and they still want me to do it. But I’ve always found them to be supportive of what procedures I wanted done, so I bet if you told them you didn’t want it, they would be okay with that.

By: Guinevere

Guinevere — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:52:13 +0000

The ICSI for donor sperm is interesting. We just found out that our known donor apparently freezes well: the lab coordinator called “stellar” and “couldn’t be better” so I think we may try to cut out ICSI…

By: erin

erin — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:40:01 +0000

Thanks!

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:21:20 +0000

You know I have been reading about these things for years (I fortunately never had to do IVF personally) and this was one of the best explanations of what actually goes on that I have ever read. Thanks for the info!

By: Erin

Erin — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:43:09 +0000

Sure. I was thinking partly of y’all when I wrote it. I’m not positive why donor sperm makes them want to do ICSI, but I think it’s because the sperm is less hearty, as you also guessed.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 07:31:16 +0000

Thanks for posting this! It’s especially interesting since we’re probably going to be doing it at the same clinic, so everything will be totally the same. (Of course, it’s always possible that the DIY method will work before our 6 months of quarantine are up, but we’re pretty much figuring on the IVF. Thank you, tax return.) How come donor sperm means you use ICSI – is it because the freezing process makes them less feisty?