Followup question Re: 'Washed' sperm - life span?

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At Fri, 24 Aug 2001, R. Daniel Braun, MD wrote: >
>At Thu, 23 Aug 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>>
>>I had read somewhere on the internet that the life span of the "washed"
>>sperm that are injected during an IUI is just 5-10 hours and thus it is
>>critical to determine exactly when ovulation is happening to time the
>>IUI. However, when I asked my doctor, she said they are like regular
>>sperm and find mucous to get into
>
>There is no cervical mucus in the uterus. That is why you are putting
>the sperm directly into the uterus.
>
> and can live for up to a week. Which
>>is it? Does anyone have any information? Thanks!
>

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