There are many evil jokes and terrible urban legends about trafficking in human organs. Meanwhile, there are completely legal and healthy ways to share part of your body with people in need. At the same time, you can get a little rich and feel like a necessary and useful person. You can donate not only blood and its components, but also seminal fluid, if you are a man. Who are sperm donors and how to become one of them?
What is all this for?
A lot of regular “employees” of sperm banks openly say that they share their own biomaterial for the sake of additional material income. This is a really good way to make a substantial amount of money. Those who are looking for donor sperm should not worry - they don’t take material from everyone. In order to become a sperm donor, you need to undergo a complete medical examination. With repeated delivery of seminal fluid, analyzes are also done periodically. In addition to remuneration, donors always (and absolutely free) learn about their health status. If you evaluate this activity from a philosophical point of view, you can call the "profession" prestigious. Just imagine, women and couples will be happy to use your biomaterial to conceive their children.
The financial side of the issue
It’s not so hard to guess that, like with blood donation, the payment is piecework. The donor receives money for all donated material suitable for use. How much do sperm donors pay and does it make sense to do this for money? In large cities, you can earn up to 8-10 thousand rubles per month. Not so much, but as extra income, not bad. At the first delivery, the semen is in quarantine for several months; its quality and composition are also evaluated. Accordingly, the payment to the new donor will not be so high at first. It is about 500 rubles. If there are no complaints about the material, you will be accepted “on staff” and an individual plan for the collection of material will be developed. An important difference from blood donation is that sperm donation is not associated with a decrease in working capacity and a general deterioration in well-being. You can continue to live in the usual rhythm, replenishing the sperm bank.
General requirements
There are even legislative rules governing the possibility of sperm donation for those who wish. Allowable age of the candidate is from 20 to 40 years. Lack of physical and mental abnormalities is also necessary. The presence of congenital chronic diseases and many acquired makes donation impossible. It is very good if sperm donors have a “portfolio” - that is, healthy children. These are general requirements for those wishing to try themselves in a new field of activity. If you meet them, it's time to start looking for a "job."
Where to go to work?
In large cities, there are whole sperm banks that work, like blood transfusion stations, without stopping. If your region doesn’t have seminal donation, try contacting a family planning center. It is possible that if you are ready to work regularly, you will be brought into the general base of the region, having carried out all the necessary analyzes. You can try to act in private. Sperm donors often place their ads on thematic Internet sites, and also look for women who are interested in conception in forums. But even if you yourself find a “client” on the Internet, do not be too lazy to conclude a legal contract. The main disadvantage of this option is the lack of anonymity. If desired, the mother of the child can independently find a donor. Only the concluded agreement will legally protect his rights. As statistics show, most of the regular employees of sperm banks would not even want to get acquainted with their offspring and advertise their activities.
Letter of the law
You already know how to become a sperm donor, but often fears arise at this stage. If the child is really born from me, will his mother file for child support? For this, legal documents are required.
Sperm donors sign an agreement with a bank or a specific person that they do not claim to establish paternity. Accordingly, a child born legally does not have a father. Even if artificial insemination was performed in a married woman, she does not have the right to record her husband's father. Parental rights are established in this case after receiving a birth certificate. The mother, at her request, can hide information about his conception from the child. The sperm donor has no obligation to the baby and his family. Still, the situations are different, so anonymity is important in the delivery of biological material. It is guaranteed by almost all medical centers operating in this segment. Women who wish to have a baby are provided with only general information about the donor. This is the color of the eyes, skin and hair, as well as weight and height. Of course, all people with problems with conception want to give birth to a baby similar to them. For this reason, sperm from donors with a neutral appearance is in great demand. For example, if a candidate has a large nose, slanting eyes, age spots throughout his body, he is unlikely to be allowed to take biomaterial.
What else do you need to know about donation?
You can donate seminal fluid only 6 times a month. Before each sampling, you need to refrain from drinking alcohol, smoking and sexual intercourse. It is also advisable to eat right and experience as little negative emotions as possible - all this can also affect quality.
Note that if you violate the regime, it will be noticeable in the composition of the material. After such a misunderstanding, you may be suspended from giving sperm for a while or forever in this medical center. Artificial insemination with donor sperm is carried out only after cryopreservation. Processing with liquid nitrogen is required. Moreover, in the frozen state, the material must be at least six months old. Before conception, the analyzes are carried out again, and only after that the insemination procedure itself is prescribed. To donate sperm, the donor goes to a special room. It is necessary to obtain biomaterial manually by masturbation. The most important thing is to collect at least 0.2 ml of sperm in a prepared container. After that, the material is immediately transferred to the laboratory for analysis and subsequent freezing.