fecal transplant questions

I've read a lot of posts about fecal transplant and have learned a lot--thank you all for sharing your experiences! I do have a few remaining questions that I am hoping someone could help me with.

For those of you who have done home fecal transplants for UC, did you have the "donor" stool tested? If so, did you ask your GI to do it? Was it covered by insurance? My husband would probably be my donor--would I bring the sample to my GI or does he see his own doctor? For what exactly are they testing?

I have read a lot of posts on this and is seems like no one has found a GI to do the transplant for him/her (unless it was c. diff related). Is it actually "illegal" to do them for people with UC? Does anyone know of a supportive/sympathetic GI in the Washington DC area (a doctor who will guide me in the process even if he/she won't actually do the procedure)?

I haven't had the courage to talk to my GI about this yet, but if my prednisone taper doesn't go well, I'm going to bite the bullet.
As always, thanks for your help.
Bridget

The procedure was so new, and I didn't have the time or money to get it done in Australia. So, no, I didn't get the poo tested. It was one of the reasons I used my six-month old granddaughter's poo.

I would have your donor ask his doctor to get the poo tested. More is known about fecal transplantation today.

I used my daughter as well. I had been planning to use my husband, but then I read that a genetically related donor might be better.

My husband was set up to do the test. I took all my research and notes to my family Dr - very open-minded - and she prescribed the antibiotics and all the testing for my husband. We are in Canada though, so it might be different in the US.

If using your husband, I do recommend trying to get the testing done, just in case.

Good luck!