Hi,
With a sperm bank, the costs are pretty reasonable. Probably about $500-$800 for one vial. You can check out Outreach Health Services (www.creatingcanadianfamilies.ca) as they are the Canadian distributor for several sperm banks. The benefit of a sperm bank is you could get the samples pretty much immediately so that they could be used on your next cycle. With using a known donor, they would have to do a bunch of screening first including HIV/AIDS testing and it takes a while to get the results. But certainly they are some benefits to a known donor too.
Good luck and sorry to hear about your break up with your SO.
Me: 40
No DH (Doing this on my own)
DS - already 8 years old (conceived via IUI using a donor)
Trying for number 2
May 2009 - IUI #1 - BFN
June 2009 - IUI #2 - BFP, ended in chemical/early M/C
August 2009 IUI #3 - BFN
September 2009 - Sonohysterogram shows one tube probably blocked
September 2009 - IUI # 4 - lead follicle on blocked side - BFN
October 2009 - IUI #5 - BFN
December 2009 IVF #1 - 15 eggs, 7 fertilized, transferred two 8 cell embryos - BFN
February 2010 - FET #1 eSET - grew 5 - 3 day embryos to blast, transferred 1 blast - BFN, 1 blast frozen
April 2010 - Sonohyterogram - Both tubes open and clear!!!! Must have been a muscle spasm in Sept.
May 2010 - IUI #6 - BFN
July 2010 - IVF #2 - 16 eggs, 14 mature, 12 fertilized, transferred 2 blasts - BFP, ended in chemical/early M/C - 7 blasts frozen
September 2010 - Endometrial Biopsy - nothing out of the ordinary found
October 2010 - FET #2 - transferred two blasts, BFP,but only came back at 3.4,ended in chemical/early M/C
November 2010 - FET #3 - Transferred 3 blasts BFN again
February 2011 - FET #4 eSET CANCELLED Neither blast made the thaw....
February 2011-April 2013 - took a well needed break
April 2013 - Thinking of trying again for child #2
April 2013 - Sonohysterogram -very painful, surprised to find both tubes blocked!
June/July 2013 - IVF #3 (Third time's a charm???) - 8 eggs, 6 fertilized, 4 blasts frozen
August 2013 - 3 blastocysts tested using PGS, one tested chromosomally normal, one they could not read the DNA, and one tested as having a lethal trisomy condition (but the doctor says the tests may only be about 60% reliable so it could be wrong)
September 2013 - FET #5 Transferred the one "good" embryo! BFN
November 6 2013 - FET #6 Transferred the two other blasts on the recommendation of my doctor (Beta Nov. 20) another BFN
December 2013 - WTF Appointment - My doctor says it's time to stop trying with my own eggs.
March 2014 - Considering using donor eggs.
April 2014 - I have picked an egg donor from My Egg Bank.
June 2014 - Extremely stressed out about my decision, developed shingles, Dad dying of brain cancer, cancelled order for donor eggs
August 2014 - Ready to try again, picked a new donor from My Egg Bank.
October 2014 - Waiting for updated blood work results so that My Egg Bank can go ahead with embryo creation.
November, 2014 - Eggs and sperm thawed. Only one embryo made it to blastocyst stage and was frozen. 3 more eggs thawed, but no embryos made it.
December 8, 2014 - FET #7 (Donor Egg/Donor Sperm)Transferred one little embryo
BFP!!!!!! Estimated due date: Aug. 27, 2015