13337 IUI or IVF anyone?

Mollybby

This donor is clearly popular and has been around quite a while. My partner and I have tried IUI with this donor with no success. His counts were somewhat low ~6 mil after wash each time. He does have > 5 reported pregnancies but CBC won't indicate to me over the phone whether those were successful through IUI or IVF. We can not afford IVF and don't want to waste any more money on an impending almost guaranteed and yet again doomed IUI trial. Have any of you out there had success with 13337 via IUI? If not we are switching donors.

Sweettheartt

I do not have experience with this donor, but with another donor I tried and tried through IUI with no luck and he had good numbers. I kept reading about how other people would have no luck with one donor and finally when they switched get pregnant the first go. I switched and got pregnant. I'll tell you once I was pregnant with the new donor I never really thought about the old donor again. I think it is a mistake to get attached to a donor. I always think about how in dating just because they look good on paper doesn't mean I'd like the person in reality and that is the same with a donor. I'll tell you I would FOR SURE not continue with a donor with low numbers. What you want is a baby and he clearly isn't giving you one.

Mollybby

Good point Sweettheartt. We are about to do what will be our last IUI with this donor and switch if this one doesn't work. Thanks for sharing your experience and advice!

cryo-admin

Hi Molly,

Donor 13337 has 5 or more reported pregnancies. Our clients may use donor specimen for IUIs, IVF, or even at-home inseminations. While we don’t share specific details of pregnancy reports, I can assure you that reported pregnancies for Donor 13337 include results from IUIs.

There are a few important factors to keep in mind while going through the donor insemination process.

- Numerous studies find that pregnancy rates with IUI are maximized with 5 million total sperm. In other words, 5 million and 50 million motile sperm offer the same chance of success. (Our established vial standards well-exceed the number of sperm required to achieve pregnancy.)

- It takes an average of 3-4 IUI cycles to achieve pregnancy. Several predictive variables for the outcome of IUI with donor semen in terms of clinical pregnancy rate include: number of treatment cycles, number of mature follicles, the cycle day for insemination, the occurrence of ovulation at the time of insemination, and maternal age.

Also, please note that we have a very extensive donor screening process where less than 1% of applicants actually become CCB donors. All of our donor vials must meet our specimen quality standards. We perform a post-thaw count on one vial from every donation to confirm the sperm survive the freezing process and still meet our high standards. If your physician’s lab is washing the specimen, the total motile count following the wash is outside of our control. In addition, when vials are evaluated in a physician’s office the thawing process, counting technique, even the devices used can significantly affect the total motile sperm concentration result. I mention this because if your lab’s process and equipment differ from ours, it’s possible that using a different donor will have the same result. If you decide that you would like to switch donors, we offer a Vial Exchange for vials stored at CCB, but I just want to make sure that you take all of these considerations into account.

Regards,

Nicole
CCB

Mollybby

Nicole, that information is very good to know and the answer I was looking for in regards to this donor. Thank you very much! I will report later whether or not we have success in the future :)