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[Becomingamummy]

Morning All,

I'm new here!

I am doing some research about IUI/IVF, Basically i am in a same sex relationship, were married, i am leaning more towards IUI to be honest, but i wanted to know if any one has had this done on NHS? The research i have done it seems to say, the NHS will fund it after we have tried 6 cycles of IUI ourselves, but how can we, we need donor sperm. I am confused. Can someone please help me understand better?

Our Local NHS is in Merseyside.

[leanneski]

Hi there,

Welcome to the forum.

I live in Scotland, we have been given 4 attempts at IUI and then three IVF on the NHS. Hoping the IUI will work(we’re on our 3rd cycle now). I don’t know the process for same sex couples and sperm donation but wishing you all the best! X

[Kyell2]

Hi, welcome to the forum.

We too need to use donor sperm due to male infertility and so I’m in the same kind of position.

We decided to do ours privately (didn’t want to wait) and have just had an unsuccessful IUI. We’re moving to IVF next as the costs mount up fast. IUI in itself is about £1200 to have privately but then you need to use a vial of sperm each time and that’s another £1000 on top of that.

Have you spoken to your GP about referring you for treatment? The rules are different in every area but I know in Scotland that you can have IUI with the NHS in a same sex relationship. Hopefully it’ll be the same for you🤞🤞🤞 x

[Becomingamummy]

Thank you for taking the time to reply. We are in the very early stages, we are going on holiday in June, so have decided to wait until after we come back to start the process. We have done loads of research, fingers crossed we can get IUI on the NHS.... good luck to everyone on their journey xx

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In London the NHS asks you to "prove yourself infertile" before it will fund infertility treatment such as IVF. The most logical way of doing this is to fund rounds of IUI yourselves. Depending on your local area, you may decide that one round of IVF is cheaper than the required rounds of IUI. But don't forget that IVF only has a success rate of around 20%, and a private clinic may insist on the standard blood tests first so the costs of IVF may suddenly increase. You may also lose any NHS funding if you jump straight to private IVF. It's best to speak to your GP to understand what rules apply locally to you, and then look into the costs.