How to Become Pregnant While Husband is On Chemo?

When a partner is being treated for cancer using chemotherapy, building a family can become difficult. Sources such as Cancer Research UK and the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania state that patients should not try to conceive during treatment; at least six months should pass between the final treatment and trying for a baby. If building a family is in your future, you can plan ahead before chemotherapy to save healthy sperm or embryos through cryopreservation, allowing for you to become pregnant while your partner is undergoing treatment.

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      Talk to your doctor prior to the start of chemotherapy. As a treatment, chemotherapy can have a large effect on the sperm, reducing the count and potentially creating defects. Becoming pregnant naturally during chemotherapy is not recommended, so talking to your doctor prior to treatment will allow other options to be explored.

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      Have your husband's sperm banked through cryopreservation prior to chemotherapy. This process freezes sperm and allows them to be kept indefinitely. They can be thawed and used for processes such as intrauterine insemination or home insemination, allowing you to become pregnant with healthy sperm while your husband is undergoing treatment.

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      Have your eggs harvested and fertilized with your husband's healthy sperm prior to chemotherapy. The resulting embryos can be frozen and used for in-vitro fertilization at a later date. You can also choose to donate the eggs or embryos if this option stops being viable later.

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      Consider using a sperm donor. If your husband has started chemotherapy and there is no chance to collect healthy sperm from him, using a sperm donor will allow you to become pregnant through in-vitro fertilization or insemination.

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