Remind me... DH has to abstain for how long?

[leorira11]

Before I call my clinic for the 1 billionth time...

I have retrieval scheduled for Thursday morning (trigger today! yay!). I got the special little sterile cup we are supposed to bring our 'sample' in.

It's been a while since our last fresh IVF and SA.... how long is ideal to abstain before producing the 'sample' ?

Thanks!

[angeinhull]

I was told 3 - 7 days but ideally 5 -7 days.

Good luck

[DandMe]

I was told 2-3 days.

[TammyS]

I was told 2-3 days, too.

[to_have_fun08]

I was always told to make sure that DH ejaculates on the day of trigger. This was the same at the 3 clinics that I have been too. Good Luck!!

[jeandawga]

They had my husband ejaculate and discard the night of the trigger, too (both times), so essentially 36 hours before the transfer. Not sure if they change that if there are any sperm issues (low count, low motility, etc.).

[karin1]

I was told 2-3 days too.

Good luck!

[leorira11]

Thanks everyone!

We weren't really expecting retrieval on Thursday (more like next Sunday), so we, ahem, 'produced a sample' (the good old-fashioned way) on Monday night. (I triggered Tuesday evening) I guess we should be okay!

(too bad we couldn't, ahem, 'celebrate' the good news!)

[angeinhull]

The longer time we were told may have been something to do with needing ICSI. The first time it was 3 days and we had to have ICSI, the second time was 5 days and we had a choice between ICSI and IVF once they had checked the sperm. So who knows, but for us the longer was the better