Sperm Donation

These treatments have an important psychological component and we always look after the physical and psychological safety of our donors. Therefore, this interview with our psychology team will be a pleasant time to chat and rule out any type of pathology that could be transmissible to the offspring.

Once you have passed the interviews, we will begin the process and for this it will be necessary to perform some simple medical tests to confirm that you are in perfect health and that you are not exposed to any risk.

With a small blood sample, we can test for more than 600 possible genetic diseases and we can rule out possible diseases in your genes.

A simple sample can rule out diseases or infections in your current health, such as hepatitis, AIDS and syphilis.

You must provide us with an initial semen sample that will be evaluated in the andrology laboratory by the embryologists. They will analyze total sperm concentration, motile sperm count and sperm morphology.

If the fresh quality is good, a survival test will also be performed to see what % of them survive freezing and a motile sperm recovery test (REM) to analyze their capacitation behavior.

One of the samples you provide will be sent to us for analysis to determine the degree of fragmentation of the DNA of your spermatozoa.

Through this analysis of your sperm we can know if the chromosome endowment is correct or if there is excess or defect of any of them.

To rule out any type of infection. As with serological tests, they will have to be performed every three months because semen that has been frozen cannot be used for six months (or two negative controls).

You can stop being a donor whenever you want or if the number of pregnancies achieved exceeds the maximum allowed by law, which is 6. In that case we will let you know.

Donation does not affect your future fertility at all.

Without prejudice to the altruistic and non-profit nature of semen donation, donors will be strictly compensated for the physical discomfort and travel and labor expenses that, if any, may arise from the donation, without this compensation being an economic incentive.

There is no risk involved, no medication is required during the process and you simply need to visit the clinic a couple of times a week for donations.

From the time you go to the first informative visit until the donation period begins, it will be approximately 3 weeks, since the results of tests such as genetic tests take about 15 days to arrive. Thereafter, you will need to come to the clinic twice a week for 2-3 months to make donations.

In Spain, Law 14/2006 does not allow you to know the identity of the recipient or the offspring generated. In the same way, they will not be able to know your identity either. In case of doubt, you can ask us during your first visit to the clinic.

At the ERGO Clinic we have a wide schedule of attention to patients. We are sure to find an appointment at the best time for you.

The legal framework regulating assisted human reproduction is mainly constituted by Law 14/2006, of May 26, 2006, on assisted human reproduction techniques.

• Gamete donation is a free, formal and confidential contract between the donor and the authorized center. Both the gamete bank and the registers of donors and activity of the centers are obliged to guarantee the confidentiality of the donors’ identity data.
• The donation can only be revoked when the donor needs the donated gametes for himself, provided that they are available on the date of revocation. Upon revocation, the donor shall reimburse the recipient center for all expenses incurred.
• The maximum authorized number of children born in Spain that would have been generated with gametes from the same donor must never exceed six. For the purposes of effectively maintaining this limit, donors must declare in each donation whether they have made other previous donations, as well as the conditions of these, and indicate the time and the center where these donations were made.

In any case, the authorized centers may refuse the donation when the donor’s psychophysical conditions are not adequate. In the event that a donor is not accepted as such, he/she will have the right to know the reasons for his/her exclusion, guaranteeing the confidentiality and privacy of the information.