Sperm Donor, Sperm Bank and Infertility Blog

Qualifications for Purchasing Sperm

Recently we had a question concerning the qualification for purchasing sperm from a visitor. Anyone can buy sperm from a sperm bank, but keep in mind sperm has to be frozen to remain viable.

If you're doing a home insemination, you can purchase the vials, which are sent in a special container, and a home insemination kit - you aren't required to have a doctor for this. However, before you purchase sperm, you should  ALWAYS talk to a doctor about your options first.

Treatment May Heal Uterine Fibroids, Not Harm Fertility

Uterine fibroids (benign, though painful, tumors in the uterus) are one of the most common reasons for hysterectomies, afflicting about 30% of women in the U.S. However, there is a treatment that kills the tumors but not the option of having children.

It is called uterine fibroid uterine fibroid embolization, or UFE. A doctor will go in and thread tiny spheres that block the branches of the artery that go to the fibroids, This cuts off the blood supply to the fibroids, making them shrink, then die, becoming scar tissue.

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Oldest Woman Has InVitro Pregnancy With Own Eggs

Here is an excellent article from the New York Post about a 49 year old woman who recently gave birth to a  baby conceived through in vitro fertilization using her own eggs.

How Many Children is Too Many?

What do you think? How many children is too many for a donor to have? Should they be limited by geographic area? Number? It would be interesting to hear your thoughts on this...

Women Who Relax May Have Better Luck With IVF

A recent article from Reuters Health examines findings by researchers who say women coping with the stresss of infertility treatment by "letting go" may be twice as likely to get pregnant as those that don't.

They (being Dr. Nathalie Rapoport-Hubschman of the Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva and her colleagues) suggest that techniques like meditation and similar exercises that relax you may help improve your chances.

IVF Isn't the End of the Road for Infertile Couples

New York Daily News health and lifestyle author Katie Charles wrote an interesting article that nicely lays out other options besides IVF for those needing a helping hand to conceive.

IVF is often considered the "last line of defense" against infertility, but before you go straight to it, you may want to think about other, possibly cheaper forms of artificial insemination like Intrauterine Insemination and Intracervical Insemination.

Where do Extra Embryos Go After IVF?

Excerpt from CNN Health:

“By the time she was in her 40s, Andrea Cinnamond was afraid she'd never be a mother. Then came the day in 2005 her daughter was born through in vitro fertilization, followed two years later by twin sons…”

Link:
http://edition.cnn.hu/2009/HEALTH/09/01/extra.ivf.embryos/index.html

Medical and Psychosocial Issues in Egg Donors

Excerpt from OxfordJournals.org:

“US oocyte donors: a retrospective study of medical and psychosocial issues"
W. Kramer; J. Schneider; N. Schultz

Full Text:
http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/dep309?ijkey=cGrcQgqwbOI2dWz&keytype=ref “

Sperm Bank Applications Increase

Applications for sperm donation are way up across the country. And why shouldn't they be? Selling sperm for cash has long been considered a get-rich-quick scheme of sorts for men during recessions.