Review of our first IVF cycle at Malpani Infertility Clinic

My husband and I went to a renowned mother-child hospital in the suburbs of Mumbai to seek fertility treatment since we had an issue of male factor infertility (low sperm count and morphology). As per the doctor ’s advice (which matched what we had read ourselves), we decided to go ahead with IVF-ICSI since this would the best suited for our condition since a single sperm would be injected into a single egg, thus dealing with the low sperm motility issue. The specialist told us that my husband could give sperm deposits which would be frozen and pooled along with a fresh sample for best chances of embryos developing. We made one sperm deposit and got a call that the sperm count was very low so could not be frozen. Earlier when we were discussing the process, the specialist had told us about the possi bility of donor sperm but I was very clear that I didn’t want to consider any other option before at least one attempt at IVF with my husband’s sperm since we were mentally and financially prepared to go through more than one cycle.After the first sperm deposit, the specialist called me and asked me again if I would be willing to consider donor sperm and fertilise half my eggs with my husband's sperm and half with the donor sperm. In earlier visits as well, we had felt she was not very optimistic about our chances and kept highlighting the male infertility issue as affecting the quality and number of embryos. This period was quite stressful for both of us because we were thi...
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