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Please call the office when your period starts to schedule insemination between day ___ and ___ of your cycle. |
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Call the office (or answering service) when you have detected the LH surge in your urine. Schedule your insemination for 18 to 30 hours after you first noted the LH surge. If you call and get our answering service, tell them you must speak with the doctor. |
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Prior to your visit, you should have discussed with the doctor/nurse whether your partner would be producing his semen specimen at home or in the office. If the specimen is produced at home, keep it between room and body temperature. In the winter this may best be accomplished by keeping the specimen jar in an inside pocket. Be sure to hold the jar upright at all times. |
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We must receive the specimen within one hour of the time that it is produced. In order to reduce the chance of infection, the specimen should be produced into a sterile container. Label the specimen container with the names of the man and the patient intended to receive the insemination as well as the date and time the specimen was produced. The specimen may be rejected if it is not properly labeled. When you arrive at the office, one of the nursing staff will take the specimen from you. |
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If the man is going to produce the specimen at the office, he will be provided with a quiet, private room. The wife is permitted to accompany/help the man produce the specimen. If "reading material" is desired, the man should bring it with him. |
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Prior to insemination the semen will be analyzed by a doctor or nurse. The specimen will then be processed (or washed) prior to insemination. Intrauterine insemination is accomplished by loading the processed semen specimen into a soft plastic catheter which is then threaded through the patient's cervix into her uterus. |
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A moderate amount of cramping may be experienced as the doctor deposits the washed sperm in the uterus. If is also common to experience a small amount of bleeding and continued cramping for several hours after the insemination. We ask our patients to remain in the procedure room for ten minutes after the insemination to allow the sperm to "set" within the uterus. |
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Although rare, complication will occasionally occur from intrauterine insemination. Infection or allergic reaction to the sperm should be suspected if you experience chills, fever, or severe abdominal pain within a week of the insemination. Remember, if you are also on fertility drugs, you may be experiencing some pelvic symptoms form your stimulated ovulation. |
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When your insemination is performed, the doctor will discuss with you any other procedures or medication you should take during the remainder of the cycle. A date will be set for you to check to see if you are pregnant, usually about two weeks after the insemination is performed. |
Patient Instructions for Intrauterine Insemination (IUI)