What are the risks of artificial insemination?
What are the risks from artificial insemination? Artificial insemination is usually a painless procedure, although some women experience cramping. The inseminations are performed by our physicians on a rotational basis, and the doctor doing your insemination need not necessarily be the one you met when you were first seen at our facility. On rare occasions, inseminations are done by the nursing staff. If you are undergoing artificial insemination with your husband’s sperm, then your risk of contracting an infection from this insemination should be similar to that associated with normal intercourse with your husband. Donor sperm is subjected to extensive testing before use. Although no test is 100% accurate, and falsely negative or positive results may occur, donor sperm is relatively safe. After initial screening, donor sperm is frozen and held until the sperm donor is re-tested six months later for the presence of HIV-AIDS. Although there are several hundred thousand artificial insemi