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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Compensation rise leads to more donors?
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012Why sperm donation is regulated
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012There have been many media reports recently, concerning sperm donors in the US, who have passed on genetic or hereditary illnesses and conditions to donor children. One sperm donor, who is thought to have fathered 35 children, has...
Read More »Do you have the super sperm to become a donor?
Friday, November 4th, 2011We need more sperm donors. Why? Not only do we have more patients than ever who need donor sperm to achieve a family of their own, but did you know that not many men have the right quality of sperm to be a donor? Donor sperm has to be ‘super...
Read More »Which work best for pregnancy – frozen or fresh donated eggs?
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011New research reported in medical journal Human Reproduction has suggested that frozen eggs are just as effective at achieving pregnancy as fresh eggs.
Women who were implanted using frozen donated eggs got pregnant at almost the same rate as women who were given fresh donated eggs.
Over 500 women took part in the study, at a clinic in Spain, and all were given donated eggs fertilised and implanted through IVF.
Half of the implanted eggs were fresh – fertilised in the laboratory just a few hours after they were removed from donors.
The remainder of the eggs had been frozen for at...
What makes a great sperm donor?
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011An interesting poll last month revealed that the ideal celebrity sperm donor according to women would be a cross between George Clooney for his looks, Stephen Fry for his intellect and David Beckham for his body.
It’s a frivolous way to look at the issue of sperm donating but it does raise an interesting question. In the US, people who need to use donor sperm to achieve pregnancy, depending on the clinic they choose, can pick a donor based on looks, brains, physique, personality, education and any other manner of qualities. It’s almost like being able to ‘design your own daddy’....
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