Shady Grove donor sperm storage?

[Anonymous]

So Shady Grove says to have the frozen donor sperm arrive 5-7 days before you expect to inseminate but they charge a storage fee if the sperm is there more than 7 days. Is this accurate? How does this work in practice? We want to have the sperm there a little bit in advance to avoid stress, but don't want to pay a storage fee. We'll be doing natural IUIs timed around OPK results, and when my partner has been ovulating has varied a little from cycle to cycle, so we don't know exactly when we would need to inseminate. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

don't worry, they won't charge you unless you really push their limits and take advantage of them. that's my experience. a bit over 5-7 days is fine. just not 20-30 days.

[Anonymous]

They won't hold you to 7 days.

Basically, they will hold the 1-2 vials for your current cycle until you complete it. Anything for upcoming cycles or held over unused from the current one will be subject to the storage fee.