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Artificial Donor Insemination
Author(s) -
Leeton John,
Backwell June
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1976.tb02655.x
Subject(s) - artificial insemination , insemination , pregnancy , semen , gynecology , obstetrics , medicine , donor insemination , sperm washing , sperm , andrology , biology , genetics
Summary: This paper discusses the indication, need, and methodology for artificial donor insemination in Australia by describing the management of 111 referred couples over a 15‐month period. Insemination was carried out with either deep frozen or fresh semen in 97 women. Using deep frozen sperm insemination, 2 pregnancies were achieved in 19 women, with a mean of 9.5 cycles per pregnancy. With fresh semen, 42 pregnancies were obtained, with a mean of 2.8 cycles per pregnancy. In both programmes the insemination was carried out only once each month in 80% of cycles and was timed to coincide with the temperature dip preceding the rise in the basal temperature chart. The majority of pregnancies occurred when insemination was performed on the day of this dip. All babies conceived 2 to 3 days before this dip were female and all babies conceived after the dip were male. Two spontaneous abortions, one tubal pregnancy, one set of twins, and one case of mild hypospadias occurred. The overall attitude of the husband and wife to each other, to the pregnancy, and to the baby was excellent.