[Avodah] halachic infertility

[sober at pathcom.com]

The end of my previous post on this subject was very garbled. Based on 
rough recollections (still without sefarim), I think there are a bunch 
of approaches to artificial insemination before mikveh - some poskim 
approve, some don't, some require tevilah d'oraita first so that she is 
only niddah d'rabbanan at the time of insemination. Obviously no 
problem starting zayin neki'im earlier, but it presumably would get 
interrupted and have to be resumed due to potential for pleitat 
shichvat zera.

Probably better to ignore that whole section of the post, which wasn't 
well thought out. But if you didn't ignore it and are planning 
(justifiably) to jump on me, I hope I have ameliorated it slightly.

- Ilana