I believe you have to write out a few paragraphs about yourself so that sperm-receivers feel they have some choice in the matter. But that’s a good point, i do feel a bit eased to hear that. Regarding race, i think they tell this to donors as well because 1. a lot of people like to have children from a similar genetic background to their infertile partner + themselves, and 2. Certain diseases are more prone from mixed races, right? That’s what i’ve heard from stem cell donation
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sanguinepar@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You have to put stuff like what job you are, which made me think “oh so people are only selecting really smart/successful people? I probably shouldn’t bother then?” because i simply study full time.
I’m only speculating here, but that might just be for monitoring purposes to see which demographics donate more than others (and therefore, where to concentrate efforts to recruit).
I’d hope they weren’t letting people choose a potential donor based on that sort of thing.
Swaus01@piefed.social 1 week ago
communism@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
People do pick based on career (not sure about UK specifically but generally sperm recipients can see that kind of biographical info), but it’s not like nutting in a cup is difficult, and someone might want sperm and not care what career the donor has. Why not just donate in case if someone wants it?
I’m not sure how long sperm lasts, but when I was doing egg retrieval I was told that frozen eggs can last at least 10 years, probably a lot longer but they only store them for 10 years as they have limited space. If sperm is similar then there’s a decent enough chance someone will want to use it.