There is some speculation out there that says that older sperm, like older eggs, can be linked to more birth defects. It's not a definite, sure... but I don't know if I want to risk it. I mean, I know lots of 50, 60, heck, even 70 year old men father babies... but still.
Well I think that sperm gets manufactured daily. While eggs you have only a finite number. I think that's why older eggs can have more birth defects, but I don't think sperm has that problem but I think that there might not be as many good sperm in older men which is part of the reason there's a greater chance for fertility problems if you marry an older man. But the more birth defects one I have not heard.
Of course not. But the reason sperm banks recruit younger donors is because it's felt that sperm, like eggs, is best when you're young. There are possible links to increased risk of genetic concerns/congenital problems with older sperm.
It is hard but after doing it for awhile you just go for a healthy one. It is to hard to match looks and stuff. Good luck. To tell you the truth I only now my donors number but can't remember what he looks like or how tall he is.
Ok, this is late as usual, but I'm of the Suzuki philosophy on talent, which considers that everyone has talent; it's just a matter of how well one develops it. I don't really believe artistic talent is inborn anyway; it will matter more how you raise and encourage the child.
And hells, kiddo could have all the artistic inclinations in the world and still decide to be an accountant when it grows up. :)
Which brings to mind my friend who went to Eastman and got her degree in bassoon performance, and then returned to Iowa and is now a very happy pig farmer. You never know.
I don't know that I ever went into it in great detail online.
The reproductive clinic that I've been going to only does IUIs (intra-uterine injections). There are a lot of laws/policies governing who can participate in an IUI and also what sperm can be used. I guess this is to cover their butts and make sure everything goes as well as it can.
In order for us to have used a known donor at my clinic, the donor would have had to have submitted a sample, agreed to be tested for every STD, CMV, and any genetic complications he could be carrying. (And he would have to pay out of pocket, and it's 'spensive!) Then his sperm would have to have been quarantined for 6 months and tested again.
People who donate to sperm banks get all of these tests by the sperm bank, and the quarantine is already done. Since we didn't want to wait 6+ months, and didn't want to incur the testing expenses of a known donor, we didn't even try to ask someone.
Sometimes I think it would be much easier if we could just induce ovulation and then try some home inseminations... and we might do that at some point, I suppose, if we run out of money or get burned out on IUIs. But it's really hard to find a male you know, too... not a lot of people want to be a biological link to a child they have no rights to.
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Date: 2006-03-06 04:06 am (UTC)It's like everyone has some sort of "catch." We found this dude that we kind of liked, and he's almost 50 years old! ACK!
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Date: 2006-03-17 03:10 am (UTC)And hells, kiddo could have all the artistic inclinations in the world and still decide to be an accountant when it grows up. :)
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Date: 2006-03-20 02:43 am (UTC)For the record, I agree with you.
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Date: 2006-03-07 01:49 am (UTC)The reproductive clinic that I've been going to only does IUIs (intra-uterine injections). There are a lot of laws/policies governing who can participate in an IUI and also what sperm can be used. I guess this is to cover their butts and make sure everything goes as well as it can.
In order for us to have used a known donor at my clinic, the donor would have had to have submitted a sample, agreed to be tested for every STD, CMV, and any genetic complications he could be carrying. (And he would have to pay out of pocket, and it's 'spensive!) Then his sperm would have to have been quarantined for 6 months and tested again.
People who donate to sperm banks get all of these tests by the sperm bank, and the quarantine is already done. Since we didn't want to wait 6+ months, and didn't want to incur the testing expenses of a known donor, we didn't even try to ask someone.
Sometimes I think it would be much easier if we could just induce ovulation and then try some home inseminations... and we might do that at some point, I suppose, if we run out of money or get burned out on IUIs. But it's really hard to find a male you know, too... not a lot of people want to be a biological link to a child they have no rights to.