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Asian couples 'forced abroad' for donor eggs

Posted on 17th May 2013 in Egg Donation, Sperm Donation

According to a new BBC report, increasing numbers of Asian couples who need a donor egg to have a baby are having to resort to foreign clinics in India for help, because of the shortage of ethnic dono...

Your questions about egg donation

Posted on 9th May 2013 in Egg Donation

Here are the most common questions we are asked by women considering donating eggs. These may help answer some of your own questions about egg donation, if it’s something you have ever thought a...

What sort of woman donates her eggs?

Posted on 7th May 2013 in Egg Donation

Ever considered being an egg donor? Whilst we are now able to offer our patients donors eggs with no waiting list for treatment, in order to help the increasing number of women needing our help to hav...

Pre-2005 donors can 're-register' to become identifiable

Posted on 26th April 2013 in Egg Donation, News, Sperm Donation

Did you know that if you donated sperm or eggs anonymously before the 2005 law change – which removed anonymity for donors – then you can ‘re-register’ your information so any ...

Who will use my sperm or eggs to have a baby?

Posted on 24th April 2013 in Egg Donation, Sperm Donation

If you’ve ever considered being a sperm donor or an egg donor, it’s natural to wonder who may go onto use your donated sperm or eggs to have a baby.

 Donated sperm:

 Single wom...

How many children could your donated sperm create?

Posted on 11th April 2013 in Sperm Donation

How would you feel if the sperm you donated helped to create 20 or more children? HFEA figures have shown that 500 donors have between them had 6,111 children.

Of these, eight donors helped create 20...

Donor anonymity: Would it stop you donating?

Posted on 6th April 2013 in Sperm Donation

If you are accepted to our sperm donor programme, then as a registered sperm donor you have to agree to your details being made available to any children born from your sperm in the future.

 Con...

Our care for egg donors

Posted on 5th April 2013 in Egg Donation

More women than ever are now donating eggs, some initially driven by the compensation of £750 a cycle came into effect last year, others through egg-sharing programmes where they donate half the...

Gay sperm donors - and why we need more donors from ethnic groups

Posted on 4th April 2013 in Sperm Donation

Are you able to be sperm donor? There’s a common misconception that gay men can’t be a sperm donor. But actually, this doesn't mean you can’t donate your sperm. 

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Is sperm health 'seasonal'?

Posted on 14th March 2013 in Sperm Donation

Is there ever a right time of year to try for a baby? According to a new study, sperm is at its healthiest during the winter months.

Researchers in Israel studied sperm samples of over 6,000 men and ...