Known donor + meds/monitoring/dr?

LolaBelle515

Hey everyone,

I know our situation is extremely rare, but if anyone else has experienced it...it would be one of you!  If anyone has any experience here, I'd love to hear it:)

As most of you know, after conceiving our first with a known donor, we have now been trying to conceive our second with the same known donor at home since August 2013 with a miscarriage in the middle.

It's so discouraging.  We have an appointment set up with a fertility specialist next month.  I suspect she will not have a lot of experience with couples with a known donor, though I'd love to be surprised.

Has anyone here done known donor at home insemination (the low tech way)...while getting monitored by a doctor? Or receiving fertility drugs? Or other support from a specialist?  We'd love to continue what we've been doing, but would welcome the consideration of additional medical support.

I'll be asking lots of questions, but since specialists take a long time to get into, I thought I'd ask here to get a preview of what the specialist might suggest, if anything.

Thanks:)

JGY

Hey There,

I'm going to PM you some info as well, but it seems to me that this would be right up the alley of an RE, if they were to compare it to a hetero couple who has had trouble TTC.  Many REs/OBs will move to meds/monitoring as a first step for those couples (instead of IUI).  I hope you are able to find success with an undersanding professional!

 

ball.and.chain

I agree with JGY -- for a lot of hetero couples, the first step with an RE after testing is just meds + monitoring + TI (timed intercourse), so it wouldn't be much different for you to do the same routine with home insems.

Twochickshavinachick

Don't have any experience with meds/monitor/dr but just wanted to offer best wishes that this route brings you success

meskalamdug

Hello

Maybe that is a bit too late now of an answer. I had the same thing done. Known Donor via an RE however I am living in New York and the laws are extremely strict. Doctors would only accept working with me if a directed donor program was completed. Even then New York requires additional criteria (sample has to be collected within the first week of testing, psychological evaluation etc.). Also check on the known donor registry forum. This is a board that is all about known donor and the success rates. They are not bad at all. My donor had 4 children 2 of them on the first try with one women being in her 40s. 

Let me know if you have more question. Especially with the legal sides of things. I learned the hard way.