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Human sperm that have been stained for semen quality testing.According to the National Human Genome Research Institute, genetic testing can prepare a family for prenatal and postnatal therapy for at-risk children when such testing is possible. It may also prepare a family for bearing and rearing a child with a disability. -
A sperm is attempting to enter an egg.Developed in 1953, sperm donation led the forefront of reproductive services. It has helped benefit families where the male's sperm count is low or non-existent. It has also served lesbian couples wishing to conceive. -
Surrogacy- helping couples have babies.The egg and sperm of the parents are fertilized and then implanted into the womb of a willing surrogate, allowing the newborn to have genes from both parents. Surrogacy is used when the mother is unable to conceive or carry on her own. -
She thinks it might be a boy. Will she wait to find out?Egg donation provides mothers an opportunity to experience carrying their child to term when they no longer have eggs that can be used for reproduction. A donor egg is often inseminated with the natural father's sperm. - A potential father who is HIV positive may choose to have his sperm washed to rid it of the HIV virus so as not to pass HIV along to the child or mother in serodisconcordant couples.
