IUI places prepared sperm directly into your womb around the time you release an egg. It's simpler and less costly than IVF, using your partner's sperm or a donor's, often with gentle medication to help you release an egg.
It might be right for you if you're a solo parent by choice or in a same-sex couple using donor sperm, if you have mild male-factor issues, irregular ovulation or unexplained fertility. A fertility test is what tells us which of those applies to you.
If IVF would give you a materially better chance, we'll say so and show you the numbers. And we'll tell you when to stop.
IUI at Veya Fertility in London costs £1,250 a cycle with partner sperm and £1,500 with donor sperm, plus the cost of the donor sperm itself. Medication is extra, and ovulation induction is £850 if you need it. Three-cycle packages are £3,250 with partner sperm and £3,900 with donor sperm. No GP referral is needed.
IUI is one of our lower-cost treatments. The total depends on whether you use partner or donor sperm, and whether you need medication to release an egg. You'll know the full cost before you start, and we'll tell you clearly if we don't think a second or third cycle is worth it.
No referral needed, and no obligation to book anything afterwards. If we do not think we are the right clinic for you, we will tell you and point you towards one that is.
Medication is not included in our treatment prices, and we say so on every package rather than in the small print. It is quoted separately because the drugs and the dose depend on your body, your protocol and how you respond.
You will get the actual figure for your prescription before you start, not a range. If there is a cheaper equivalent that works just as well, we will tell you about it.
We sit down with you and go through what happened, honestly. Sometimes there is a clear reason and something we would change. Sometimes there isn't, and we will say that rather than invent one.
Then we tell you what we actually think about trying again, including when we think you should stop, or try something different, or go elsewhere. Counselling is there for as long as you want it, whether or not you continue treatment with us.
It is the gap between your embryo transfer and your pregnancy test, and most of our patients tell us it is the hardest part of the whole process.
There is no trick to it. What helps is knowing that nothing you do in those two weeks will undo the treatment, having someone to talk to who is not tired of the subject, and knowing exactly when your test is and who will call you with the result. Your nurse stays in touch, and counselling is there whenever you want it, including if the news is not what you hoped.
It depends on why you are having IUI, and UK guidance changed in 2026.
For unexplained infertility, NICE NG257 now says to consider up to four cycles of IUI with ovarian stimulation before moving to IVF. If you are using donor sperm and have not conceived after six cycles, it recommends a further six unstimulated cycles. Where intercourse is not possible, or where donor sperm is needed because of azoospermia, it recommends twelve cycles of unstimulated IUI before considering IVF.
We will review honestly with you after each cycle, and we will not push you to keep going past the point where it still makes sense.
IUI with partner sperm is £1,250 a cycle. With donor sperm it's £1,500, which doesn't include the cost of buying the donor sperm itself. If you need ovulation induction alongside it, that's £850. Three-cycle packages are £3,250 with partner sperm and £3,900 with donor sperm.
Medication is quoted separately. You'll know your total before you start, and we'll tell you clearly if we don't think another cycle is worth it.
Per cycle, yes. The UK national register puts live birth at around 27% per IVF cycle against around 11% per IUI cycle, and the HFEA puts it more roughly as IUI being “around a third” of IVF.
But that compares everyone having IVF with everyone having IUI, and the gap narrows considerably once you compare people for whom either treatment would work. A 2024 meta-analysis of randomised trials in unexplained infertility found no significant difference in live birth between IVF and IUI with stimulation.
IUI is simpler, cheaper and less intensive, and for the right situation it is a sensible first step — UK guidance now recommends considering it before IVF for unexplained infertility. What actually decides it is whether your tubes are open, your partner's semen analysis, your ovarian reserve and your age. We will be honest about whether it suits your circumstances, and if IVF would give you a materially better chance, we will say so plainly and let you decide.
IUI places prepared sperm directly into your womb around the time you release an egg, giving it a shorter journey. It's quick, gentle, and can use your partner's sperm or a donor's.
IUI is simpler and less costly, and can be a sensible first step. IVF is more involved but has a higher chance per cycle and suits more complex situations. On your free consultation we'll tell you honestly which gives you the best chance.
Absolutely. We support solo parents throughout, from donor-sperm options to the clinical and practical steps, without any assumptions about what your family should look like.
