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Egg donors increase – but are you eligible?

April 11th, 2012

Since the new compensation rate began on 1 April for both egg and sperm donors, we’ve had over 100 enquiries from women wanting to be egg donors. This is promising news of course, it’s exactly what the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority hoped for when they reviewed the...

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Compensation rise leads to more donors?

April 3rd, 2012

In the wake of this week’s rise in compensation for egg and sperm donors, the media were saying there has been – and predicting there would be - a huge rise in the number of women coming forward to be egg donors. This is because the compensation rate has...

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Interfamilal sperm donation – would you?

March 29th, 2012

You may have read our recent blog about known sperm donation, and once again it’s come into the spotlight with a case in the Netherlands where a father is donating sperm to his son and daughter in law to enable them to have a child, because the...

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Will more money be your motivation?

March 27th, 2012

From 1 April if you decide to become a sperm or egg donor you’ll get more money as compensation for the time and effort you give to help someone else have a child. Egg donors will receive £750 per cycle, whilst sperm donors will get £35 for each visit made to donate – both these new rates include any...

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How do people choose their sperm donor?

March 15th, 2012

In America choosing a sperm donor is as simple as flicking through a catalogue. Photographs, biographies, personal details, even educational information – it’s all there so you can choose the traits you want your baby’s donor to...

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