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Donor Insemination
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Before proceeding with Donor Insemination we recommend that the female partner is thoroughly investigated by blood tests, vaginal ultrasound scan and tubal patency testing.
All of these will be discussed at your initial consultation.
We aim to use sperm from a donor who has similar physical characteristics to your partner. e.g. eye, hair, skin colour, body build, and blood group.
If we cannot obtain sperm with similar characteristics to the male partner, then we will match with the female partner. Once the sperm has been assigned, the physical characteristics, and a short biography of the donor can be disclosed to the recipients.
Under the terms of the Human fertilisation and Embryology (HFEA) Act 1990, the HFEA licenses and regulates centres which provide donor insemination. Any child horn to a woman following donor insemination will be the legal child of that woman and of her partner at the time of treatment (whether or not they are married). The identity of the donor is kept strictly confidential, and only the HFEA and the sperm bank would have access to this data.
It is not possible for the donor to find out details of the recipient, and neither is it possible for recipients to find out identifying information regarding the donor.
One situation where a donor may be identified is if the child is born with an hereditary disorder that the donor was aware of at the time of the sperm donation, and deliberately did not disclose.
You and your partner will be given detailed information about donor insemination. you will also he given a suitable opportunity to receive counselling about the implications of this treatment. We would advise you to have at least one session with an independent counsellor before you embark on this treatment.
Although, it may seem a daunting prospect, we encourage you to consider telling your child about his or her origin by donor Insemination, because he or she will have the legal right at the age of 18 to apply to the HFEA to find out whether he or she was conceived by donor insemination. Only non-identifying information about the donor may he made available to the child at the moment, but the law may change in the future. The donor register is maintained by the HFEA so that a child, on reaching the age of 18 (or if the child wishes to marry at 16), can discover whether he or she is related to any prospective spouse.
Finally, we suggest that you read the HFEA leaflet on Sperm Donors and the leaflet that is provided by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, these are available in the Centre.
This page should be read in conjunction with the information on intrauterine insemination.
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