IUI and IVF treatment using donor sperm can be offered to patients who cannot produce sperm and cannot be helped by Surgical Sperm Retrieval.
The normal practice is to obtain donor sperm from sperm banks for use for treatment. However, the recent change of law relating to sperm donors anonymity has made it almost impossible to get donor sperm in the UK. As a result some patients are having to import donor sperm from the United States. This is done under strict HFEA guidelines, and we are happy to facilitate the process.
More information can be obtained by contacting the unit.
Some women prematurely stop producing eggs, whilst others repeatedly produce a very low number of poor quality eggs (or none at all) when stimulated for IVF/ICSI. These patients can be treated using donated eggs fertilised by the partner's sperm. The resulting embryos are then transferred into the female partner.
There is a severe shortage of egg donors throughout the country, therefore this type of treatment can only be offered to couples who can provided their own donor.
Couples who undergo treatment using donated sperm and eggs are recognised by law as the legal parents of the resulting child.
All couples using donated sperm and eggs will receive counselling (implication counselling) before treatment is started.