 [ Symptoms ] my husband and i are doing our first iui and are collecting the semen specimen at home can sperm survive very long  it takes 30 minutes minimum to get to the doctor is office so the doctor said it was ok to collect the specimen at home [ Disease ] in this article it mentions that many ectopic pregnancies are diagnosed around 8 weeks so the mother should be safe until about that time here is the article with lots of interesting and helpful information <link>