The practice of sperm donation is not new but and has been used for some time to help a woman conceive, sometimes this service has been done for free but more likely it is for a fairly large fee.
Still a relatively simple treatment, it dates back over fifty years and is one of the oldest procedures in reproductive medicine. Many couples use sperm donation as a conception method of choice if the male partner has no sperm and as such it has become very well established.
Male infertility rates are on the increase so sperm donation has become very popular as a method to aid conception although multiple treatments are often required before conception actually occurs.
Many single women who resort to sperm donation do not have, nor want a male partner but still wish to enjoy being a mother. Natural conception is difficult for some couple and sperm donation is a way for them to enjoy parenthood naturally.
Often a family member may donate their sperm but this is sometimes avoided owning to a genetic disease within the bloodline. For women that do not want or cannot afford to adopt, but instead would like to carry the child inside them and have a natural pregnancy, then sperm donation is the ideal solution.
Some men who are undergoing chemotherapy to cure germ-cell tumors or hematological malignancies are routinely offered the option of sperm donation to offset the chance that they may not be able to father a child at a later date.
No longer just a medical matter, sperm donation is now related to the law and ethics and no doubt will become more complicated. Many young men now use sperm donation as a method of raising money as the market for specimens is a lucrative one and at 0 a time, far more than donating blood.
To infertile couples, egg and sperm donors are probably saviors but without them the fertility business wouldn't have become as big as it is today. More importantly, while sperm donation is a fairly quick and easy procedure, the same cannot be said of egg donation as a woman will have to go through several weeks of injections. Procreation through sperm donation is, at present achieved by insemination either in the uterus or in vitro, always from ejaculated and washed spermatozoa.
The worldwide laws regarding, sperm, embryo and egg donation are complex with no two countries anywhere, agreeing on what should be allowed or on the matter of donor anonymity. Until there is international law regarding this, there will be an increase in couples traveling to different countries to have sperm or egg donation as infertility rates rise and adoption becomes an increasingly costly and difficult option.
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