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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
A landmark High Court ruling has given sperm donors the right to be involved in a child’s life. The judgment by the Family Division comes on the back of a complex case involving three le...
First it was France who reported that the sperm counts of their men were decreasing, following the biggest study in the world of over 26,000 men over a 17-year period.
Now Spain has reported that spe...
Why is the criteria for egg donors, sperm donors and indeed those who want to egg-share, so strict when there are so many couples who need to use donor sperm or eggs to achieve their family?
Thanks to an increase in the number of women coming forward to donate eggs, and through our egg-sharing programme, we’re now able to help our patients who need donor eggs without the need for a lengthy waiting list. But we still need more sperm donors to come forward...
What’s on your New Year’s resolutions list? Stopping smoking? Eating healthier? Exercise….donating sperm? That last resolution may seem out of place, but 2012 is a year in which we’ll be seeing many more people in our clinic who need donor sperm to have a family...
Sperm donors are always needed to help infertile men become fathers, but they’re also needed to help women who are in same-sex relationships to have a child. One of the topics which we publicise regularly at Manchester Fertility Services is the fact that for these women, using sperm from licensed clinics is the only safe option...