Infetility

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My husband and I just found out that his sperm has low motility. The option that was given to us would require the insemination of his sperm into my uterus. I need to know what the church teaches about this. What they do is take his sperm-- and inject it into me to make sure it is placed in the area of my egg to fertilize. Is this wrong to do-- I know that it is not the natural way but we really want to be blessed with children and are having a hard time dealing with everything. We are 28 years old and have been married for 5 years. Please help.

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Hi Bubbalove,

**You have asked a very good question! I know that there are those who will disagree with me, but I do not believe it is be inseminated with you own husband’s sperm in this way. **

I have a daughter who has polycytic ovaries. she and her husband went this route with their first child (they now have three, and are planning a fourth). It worked! Her husband had some sperm problems, too…

**Believe me…going through any kind of infertility problems requires a great deal of love and committment…It isn’t easy, and isn’t always pleasant…Anyone can have sexual intercourse…it’s fun, pleasant, and sometimes results in a pregnancy. But not everyone has the strength and fortitude to withstand the intensely personal procedures involved with the treatment of infertility. **

**Some people need a little help, and I believe God has provided us with the knowledge to deliver that help. We should avail ourselves of that help if it is needed, just as you would undergo the proper treatment for any other medical problem. **

This is not to say that procedurs such as selective reduction (abortions) are right. Far from it…But, the procedure you are contemplating does not involve anything like that…

I know people will rant and rave about “natural law”, but I believe in the goodnessof the responsible treatment of infertility…There would have been no Michael in our family without it…He is a constant source of joy and love for all of us. BTW…It does seem that our daughter’s problems got better after Michael’s birth, because the other two required no treatment other than high doses of Glucophage…A drug given to diabetics that has been proven to help those with polycystic ovaries. Perhaps if they had not used fertility treatments to have Michael, there would have also been no Alex or baby Daniel. And…no assurance that another baby is not out of the question.

Go to head out for Michael’s t-ball practice!
Good luck.
 
Simply pray and TRUST IN GOD! Pray to the Holy Spirit especially. he is the Lord; the Giver of Life as our Creed says.

Prayer still works miracles. I have witnessed it for myself. A friend of mine was told that IVF would be the only option for her to have a baby. She asked me what I thought. The advice I gave her was the same I give to you.

After many years of marriage, she is now pregnant naturally.

God is the author of time and space and he wishes you to have a child when the time is right. Let’s not be selfish about wanting one now, but in God’s time.

Pray, Hope and don’t worry.

I will pray for you.
 
Here’s what the catechism say about this subject:
[2374](javascript:OpenPopupWindow() Couples who discover that they are sterile suffer greatly. “What will you give me,” asks Abraham of God, "for I continue childless?"164 And Rachel cries to her husband Jacob, "Give me children, or I shall die!"165

[2375](javascript:OpenPopupWindow() Research aimed at reducing human sterility is to be encouraged, on condition that it is placed "at the service of the human person, of his inalienable rights, and his true and integral good according to the design and will of God."166

2376 T****echniques that entail the dissociation of husband and wife, by the intrusion of a person other than the couple (donation of sperm or ovum, surrogate uterus), are gravely immoral. These techniques (heterologous artificial insemination and fertilization) infringe the child’s right to be born of a father and mother known to him and bound to each other by marriage. They betray the spouses’ "right to become a father and a mother only through each other."167

2377 **Techniques involving only the married couple (homologous artificial insemination and fertilization) are perhaps less reprehensible, yet remain morally unacceptable. They dissociate the sexual act from the procreative act. **The act which brings the child into existence is no longer an act by which two persons give themselves to one another, but one that "entrusts the life and identity of the embryo into the power of doctors and biologists and establishes the domination of technology over the origin and destiny of the human person. Such a relationship of domination is in itself contrary to the dignity and equality that must be common to parents and children."168 "Under the moral aspect procreation is deprived of its proper perfection when it is not willed as the fruit of the conjugal act, that is to say, of the specific act of the spouses’ union. . . . Only respect for the link between the meanings of the conjugal act and respect for the unity of the human being make possible procreation in conformity with the dignity of the person."169 My husband and I went therough infertility until the only option for us was some sort of artificial means. We didn’t do it, rather choosing to submit this aspect of our lives to God’s will. So, I know how you feel and how easy it is to justify “medical knowledge” as God’s will etc. If I were younger and knew about it I would have contacted the Paul VI institute (mentioned above).
 
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