SPERM DONATION PROGRAMME

Sperm donation and use of donor sperm have been in practice since the beginning of assisted conception treatment for more than hundred years. The use of donor sperm is most applicable in the following group of couples:

	Couple who wishes to have a child, the female partner appears to be fertile but husband has either a very poor sperm or no sperm in his semen.
	Couple who wishes to have a child, but there is a risk that the husband may pass on an inherited disease such as Haemophilia, Duchene’s Muscular Dystrophy etc. The husband has an incurable sexually transmitted disease such as HIV.

At Victory A.R.T. Laboratories, both the donor and recipient couples are adequately counseled, screened, matched and made aware of the psychological, moral and legal implications of sperm donation before they are accepted into the programme.

Conditions for man to become a Sperm Donor:

	Men of normal average intelligence.
	Age between 18 and 45 years old.
	Healthy and free from genetic and infectious diseases such as HIV, Hepatitis B & C and sexually transmitted diseases.
	Educated, non-smoker and no history of drug abuse with good family health history.

Information to prospective Sperm Donor:

	All prospective donors will be given adequate counseling, acceptance which is obligatory.
	All prospective donors will undergo compulsory medical interview and examination.
	Blood test screening will also be done for blood group type, genotype HIV status, Hepatitis B & C and for sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhoea etc.
	Donor’s identification will not be revealed at any time.
	Recipient’s identification will not be revealed to the Sperm Donor at any time.
	Donor will not have any legal rights to the child(ren) born through the programme using his donated sperm.
	Donor sperm will not be used once the number of children believed to have been born from them has reached three, in order to decrease the chance of offspring intermarriage.

What happens to the donated sperm:
All donor sperm are frozen and stored for a maximum of six months (quarantined) so that retesting for infectious diseases particularly HIV can be carried out before sperm sample is used. It is however essential to note that no screening programme can be totally guaranteed and there is always a small risks of infection sand genetic diseases.

For more information or interested to be a Sperm Donor, please contact us at enquiry@victoryivf.com

EGG DONATION PROGRAMME

Donated eggs may be an option for any woman, whom for whatever reasons, is unable to use her own eggs. The use of donor eggs is most applicable in the following group of couples:

	Early menopause.
	Persistently poor or failed response to ovulation induction drugs.
	Repeated unsuccessful IVF cycles involving poor egg or embryo quality.
	A risk of transmitting a chromosomal or genetic disorder.
	Removal of the ovaries.

At Victory A.R.T. Laboratories, the matching of donors and recipients together will be taking into consideration of their physical and biological characteristics. Our egg donation programme is managing the complex donation process and to ensuring the confidentiality of our donors and recipients.

Conditions to women to be an Egg Donor:

	Women between the age of 18 – 35 years old.
	Height and weight within the normal range.
	Healthy and free from genetic and infectious diseases such as HIV, Hepatitis B & C and sexually transmitted diseases.
	Educated, non-smoker and no history of drug abuse with good family health history.
	Preferably have had healthy child(ren) of their own (not compulsory).
	High level of responsibilities and commitment to meet the requirements of the programme.
	Willingness to complete one or more donation cycles.

Information to prospective Egg Donor:

	All prospective donors will be given adequate counseling, acceptance which is obligatory.
	All prospective donors will undergo compulsory medical interview and gynaecological examination.
	Blood test screening will also be done for blood group type, genotype HIV status, Hepatitis B & C and for sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhoea etc.
	Donor’s identification will not be revealed at any time.
	Recipient’s identification will not be revealed to the Egg Donor at any time.
	Donor will not have any legal rights to the child(ren) born through the programme using her donated eggs.
	The same Donor will not be used once the number of children believed to have been born from her egg donation programme(s) has reached three, in order to decrease the chance of offspring intermarriage.
	For a qualified and committed donor, on the commencement of an egg donation cycle, she will go through an average 3-5 weeks of medical process. The medical process leading up to the actual egg retrieval begins with a series of hormonal injection. Blood tests and transvaginal ultrasound scanning will be carried out between the hormonal injections. At the end of the hormonal injections, she will go through transvaginal egg retrieval process under general anesthesia or sedation. The egg retrieval process marks the end of an egg donation cycle.

What happens to the donated eggs?
The donated eggs will be used to fertilize with recipient’s husband’s sperm. The resulted embryos will be either transferred into the uterus of the recipient in a fresh egg donation cycle or frozen for subsequent Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET).

For more information or interested to be an Egg Donor, please contact us at enquiry@victoryivf.com

EMBRYO DONATION PROGRAMME

Couples who need donated embryos are those in which both partners have impaired fertility. The wife may be unable to produce eggs because of previous surgery, premature menopause or genetic disease. The husband may be unable to produce sperm or have a severe sperm problem. Alternatively, the couple may carry some hereditary disease.

The embryos are usually donated by couples who have had IVF or ICSI treatments, completed their families and have spare embryos in storage at Victory A.R.T. Laboratories. The characteristics of the Embryo Donors are recorded. These characteristics are used for matching with the Recipient Couple if possible.

After the couple have been seen by the medical staff and provisionally accepted into the embryo donation programme, it is essential that they receive independent counseling before they are finally accepted.