What are the requirements for artificial insemination?
Well, first of all, you need to be old enough to pay for the services, because insurance rarely covers infertility or insemination treatments. And you’re going to have to be screened to determine why you need an IUI. And it’s unlikely a reputable physician is going to impregnate a 19-year-old on public assistance, for example. (Not to imply that’s your situation, just a “for instance” sort of comment.) For the cost, it depends. Could be around $250-$500 per attempt. Then, of course, you have to pay for the donor sperm, etc. To get the right timing, you can expect to use ovulation predictor kits to determine when you are going to ovulate, so the IUI can be timed along with that. These would be about your costs for unmedicated IUI–if you get more ultrasounds or anything else, you can expect to pay lots more. What can you expect? Well, assuming there are no fertility issues other than needing sperm, you can expect the standard 20% chance of conceiving every month that others have. Your p
