One of the common reasons why people need to use a sperm donor is because their own sperm isn’t of good enough quality to be used. But a new study has shown that Vitamin D – produced by our bodies when we’re exposed to sunshine - may help to boost sperm quality. In a study of 340 men, sperm was shown to have improved motility, speed and better penetration in those with enough levels of vitamin...
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Thursday, May 26th, 2011Soldier launches campaign to protect fertility of troops
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011A soldier left unable to have children after being injured in Afghanistan has launched a campaign to urge fellow comrades to preserve their sperm before frontline deployment.
Sergeant Rick Clements says soldiers should be given free treatment to freeze sperm and warned about the risks they face where their fertility is concerned. Currently, the MoD provides fertility preservation information to soldiers on...
Egg sharing and egg donors – Can you help?
Friday, February 4th, 2011At Manchester Fertility Services, we are proud to say that all of our sperm donors, and egg donors, are well-known to us.
Unlike other fertility clinics, we don’t buy in sperm from other licensed donor banks, or from the European sperm bank. We have no need to, as we are one of the North West’s largest and most successful sperm banks, with a good number of licensed sperm donors who donate their sperm for use by our patients.
We are aiming to become the same for egg donors. Our egg-sharing programme – which gives infertile couples reduced rate...
Can cycling affect your fertility?
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010We’re always told that exercise is good for you, but could your choice of sport be damaging your fertility? New research appears to suggest that men who cycle for more than five hours a week have fewer and less active sperm than men who don’t exercise at all. Over 2,200 men who were all attending fertility clinics were surveyed in the Boston University study, with each giving a sperm sample for...
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Monday, November 15th, 2010One of the questions we are commonly asked is what the options are if you want to donate your sperm or eggs to someone you know. Firstly, it’s not unusual for people to want to do this. Perhaps you have friends who can’t have children without using a donor egg. Or maybe you have single female friends, who want you to donate sperm to help them get...
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