Intratubal insemination success, at age 39 – Aslyn’s story
If you’ve found yourself deep in Google looking for FemaSeed reviews at midnight, trying to figure out whether this could be your next step, you’re in very good company.
Many of us at TRB HQ know from experience that it can feel like a lonely road. Maybe you’ve already tried a few things, maybe medication, maybe IUI (intrauterine insemination). Perhaps IVF (in vitro fertilization) feels financially or emotionally out of reach right now, which is why FemaSeed might now be on your radar.
If you’re not in the loop – FemaSeed is a groundbreaking and gentle intratubal insemination (ITI) procedure that places sperm directly into the fallopian tube, where conception happens. It’s clinically-backed, and created by an incredible female founder and inventor at Femasys.
We were lucky enough to catch up with Aslyn, a FemaSeed patient with an inspiring journey behind her, to get the lowdown on what the procedure is really like.
We’re honored to be amplifying her story, and we hope that it can help anyone feeling uncertain or overwhelmed by their options see what’s possible, and perhaps feel a little less alone.
Read on as she shares her very real intratubal insemination success story with FemaSeed.
FemaSeed reviews – Aslyn, 39, Florida
Where we began – two losses, medication & failed IUI
By the time FemaSeed came into the picture, Aslyn and her partner had already walked through natural conception, loss, medication and an IUI cycle.
“My partner and I had been trying to conceive, and we had gotten pregnant naturally twice,” she shares.
“Unfortunately, the first pregnancy ended in an ectopic pregnancy and the second ended in a miscarriage, which was really difficult for us both.
We decided to try some fertility treatments this past summer. We started with medication alone, then did a cycle of IUI, which didn’t work out for us.”
Feeling lost & finding hope
“After losing our first two, we definitely felt lost and a bit hopeless, and unfortunately lacked the financial means for IVF.
Once we discovered FemaSeed and realized we could afford to try it a couple of times, we finally felt a little hope,” she explains.
“For us, the success rates were about the same as IVF for my age, so it gave us great hope knowing that we might get lucky trying something much more affordable and less invasive.”
That word, affordable, matters. So does less invasive. And for Aslyn, the idea that FemaSeed success rates could be comparable to IVF for her age group gave her something steady to hold onto.
“Why not give it a try?”
For Aslyn, intratubal insemination was a considered decision, another door to open when they needed it most.
“We honestly heard about the treatment from a friend who had just heard of it themselves and thought, ‘Why not give it a try?’,” Aslyn explains.
“We were the third couple to ever receive the treatment at our clinic. Wild!”
The procedure experience
“The first time we did it, it was a little bit painful but everyone, including ourselves, were learning,” Aslyn tells us.
“The second time, our NP at CNY Fertility knew how to calm me and used some topical lidocaine to make me more comfortable. It was much easier on my body.”
This part matters because so many people search for FemaSeed reviews wanting to know what it actually feels like.
Two rounds later & a positive pregnancy test
“It honestly wasn’t until we got the positive pregnancy test that we knew for sure that things had worked out,” shares Aslyn.
“We had experienced so much loss and so many failures that we were in a bit of a defeated mode, but we were so incredibly thankful to know it worked. Now I’m seven months pregnant with our first child and could not be happier.”
Now, in 2026 at seven months pregnant, she’s able to look back at that decision to try intratubal insemination and see it as the turning point in her fertility story.
3 quick intratubal insemination FAQs
1. What is intratubal insemination (ITI), exactly?
Intratubal insemination (ITI) is a procedure that places prepared sperm directly into the fallopian tubes, which is where fertilization naturally happens.
With IUI, sperm is placed in the uterus and then has to travel up into the tubes. With FemaSeed, a soft catheter system is used to guide sperm closer to where the egg is released. It’s done in clinic, around ovulation, and doesn’t involve egg retrieval, anesthesia or surgery.
2. What should we know about FemaSeed success rates?
Success rates will depend on you, and will hinge a little bit on your age, your fertility baseline, sperm quality, tubal health and ovarian reserve.
That said, in FemaSeed’s prospective study, 1 in 4 women became pregnant, with most success occurring on the first cycle.
This proves that ITI has promise for higher pregnancy rates than traditional IUI, particularly for those with male factor infertility.
3. Who is FemaSeed for?
Reading unique intratubal insemination success stories can help, but FemaSeed can support a range of cases
If you’re:
- experiencing male factor infertility
- diagnosed with unexplained infertility
- feeling stuck after failed IUI
- looking for something less invasive than IVF
- working within financial limits
And have at least one open fallopian tube, it may be worth asking your clinic whether intratubal insemination and FemaSeed is available to you.
It’s not a guarantee, but it is another medically backed option that has worked for some people, including Aslyn.
Visit the FemaSeed website for more detailed information to support your next steps, and use their Practice Locator to find a practice offering the procedure near you.
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