July 20, 2010

feelingbrody.com for all kinds of potential parents

Filed under: Infertility — Alan @ 5:23 pm

infantFor those who are in same sex relationships or single, or those who are simply in mixed-sex couples and are infertile, tying to have a child can be frustrating and discouraging.  In order to avoid embarrassment, many people turn to fertility clinics for aid where they must face expensive private clinic fees or get on the extensive waiting list of the NHS.

As if this is not enough, many times they may not get the services they expect or face refusal of treatment.  Many others are frustrated they cannot see the actual sperm donor for a glimpse of what their child may look like.

Men that wish to donate also often are put off by how clinical the entire approach and procedures are, instead choosing to donate in ways that are outside of the ‘system.’

Sevi Joseph has created a new service called feelingbrody.com after she had a negative experience attempting to have a child through donor insemination.  She paid around £1200 each time she went through insemination, found that the entire experience was impersonal, and saw how the fertility industry passed judgment based on marital status, age, and race as well as sexual orientation.

Joseph continued to explain that nobody should be denied a child due to the fact they have made lifestyle choices that are not accepted or because of a lack of money.

Instead, she says that Feeling Brody is different because they offer personal care past subscription fees and it is important to her that they help their patients become parents through an easy and pleasant experience.

She also said that her company offers affordable home insemination supplies and high quality services as well without passing any judgment on any going through the process.

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April 17, 2010

London Sperm Bank opens doors

Filed under: IVF — Alan @ 2:59 am

babiesThe UK’s first clinic that stands alone in that is solely focused on getting new sperm donors has opened as a merger of two sperm banks the Louis Hughes Sperm bank and the London Women’s Clinic bank.  The new partnership will be called the London Sperm Bank which is fully licensed by the fertility watchdog organization the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA).

Dr. Kamal Ahuja, the scientific director of the LSB, stated that the new partnership will offer revived hope for the many women who otherwise may have trouble receiving fertility treatment due to a shortage of proper donor sperm.

The goal of the LSB is to extend its stock of available sperm vials up to 10,000 so that women will have both a wider choice when seeking donors and a speedier service overall.

At the present the LSB will serve all of the London’s Women’s Clinics but hopes to broaden its audience to other properly licensed fertility clinics throughout the UK by the year 2011.

According to the LSB website, the goal of the institution is to give all UK women the best choices among donors without worrying about spending money to travel abroad.  Additionally, the website said that the LSB is supportive of the anxiety of the HFEA of women taking a chance by getting sperm from unlicensed sources.

One reasons for the current shortage of sperm donors may be the fact that donor anonymity was removed back in 2005 and the new right that children conceived using donor sperm may now request the information of the donor when they reach age 18.

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