Sometimes starting a family with one’s own gametes isn’t possible, and donated sperm may be the only way to fulfill the long-held dream of having a child.
Your decision to donate sperm can change someone’s life, bring hope and turn the dream of parenthood into reality.
Sperm donation is possible if you are healthy, between 20 and 45 years old, and there are no hereditary diseases in your close family. At the beginning of the process, we assess whether your semen quality is sufficient through a semen analysis and a trial freeze.
During the semen analysis and your consultation with our physician, you’ll also receive valuable information about your own fertility and the factors that may affect it. All examinations and visits for donors are completely free of charge.
Donated sperm is needed by female couples, single women, and couples whose infertility is caused by missing or poor-quality sperm. In some cases, donor sperm is used because of a genetic condition in the recipient.
Even after extensive tests and treatments, sperm cannot always be found. In such cases, donor sperm becomes the couple’s only option.
There are many possible reasons for absent sperm production, which are investigated during fertility treatment. Genetics, infections, and various environmental factors can all affect sperm quality. Sometimes no clear reason is found. In these situations, sperm donation becomes a precious gift, which may allow life’s small miracle to be born.
Donated sperm is also used in treatments for single women and female couples. For recipients, it is essential that the donor is a healthy man who voluntarily wishes to help those struggling with infertility.
Would you like to help someone fulfill their biggest dream? Fill out the preliminary information form and we will contact you!
Any healthy man who wants to help infertile couples can become a sperm donor. An infertile couple can choose a donor based on the following characteristics: height, eye color, hair color, skin color, nationality, education, and number of children. Ovumia Tallinn has clients from various ethnic backgrounds and from many different countries.
A nurse interviews the potential donor about health, age, family medical history, and explains the donation process.
We examine semen quality; only high-quality sperm can be used.
Your completed health questionnaire is reviewed, and the donation process is thoroughly discussed.
To rule out infections and chromosome abnormalities.
5–10 visits to Ovumia.
Yes, you can revoke your donation but without an effect on the treatments in which your sperm was already used for fertilization. It is not possible to revoke use of embryos that were created with sperm donated by you. A sperm donor can restrict the use of sperm for example to allow only treatments of couples or for treatment of a disease.
You get compensation for each donation visit as regulated by the Finnish legislation. The most valuable reward, however, is the knowledge that by donating you can help those hoping to have a child and to achieve the parenthood they have long awaited.
Donation of gametes is regulated by the Act on Fertility Treatments. Every donor is registered in national registry.
According to the Act on Fertility Treatments, a child born after the use of donated sperm, once turned 18 years, is entitled to know donor`s identity. The donor has no legal rights or obligations towards the child. The parents of the child are supported to openly share with the child his/her genetic origin. The parents of the child do not have the right to know the donor´s identity.
