What is sperm donation?
Sperm donation is the process by which a man donates his sperm to a recipient and it is used to achieve a pregnancy and produce a baby in a woman who is not the donor’s sexual partner.
Donation may be done privately and directly to the recipient, or through a sperm bank or fertility clinic. Donor sperm is used in many methods like IVF, IUI,etc.
When to go for sperm donation?
If female’s partner isn’t producing enough healthy sperm (Male infertility) to get pregnant, or he wants to avoid passing on an inherited disease then a healthy donated sperm is used. It is also used to help single women and coupled lesbians to have children.
How does sperm donation work?
Sperm is donated by a healthy man to a sperm bank or fertility clinic for the purpose of artificially inseminating a female. Most recipients of donor sperm are heterosexual couples dealing with male infertility, lesbian couples and single women. Sperm donors get paid for their samples.
Every man can’t become a sperm donor. There are few things to be kept in mind.