LGBTQ+ FAMILY PLANNING WITH DONOR SPERM
In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
IVF cycles are more medically involved, typically requiring multiple daily injections; medications often must be refrigerated, and injections must be administered at roughly the same time each day. Though the injections are not necessarily painful in and of themselves, some patients experience soreness at the site of the injection or a reaction to the medium in which the active ingredient of the medication is delivered. With IVF, the cycle itself takes longer than with an IUI, so more monitoring appointments and lab draws are involved. For all of these reasons, some patients experience IVF cycles as more intrusive than IUI cycles, though the emotions may feel somewhat less intense due to the fact that the process occurs over a more extended period of time. Though it can be just as devastating when a first attempt isn’t successful, there is usually more time taken between cycles and, therefore, couples may have more time to process their feelings, regroup, and ready themselves for a next cycle with IVF than with IUI.
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