[jf5505]

The truth about donor 1084 on SELF.com

This is about donor Sperm. interesting article and brings up many questions.

[momtonoah]

Wow. alot of info in that article...... This is so hard!

[Deej]

That was frightening to read, but for those of us having no choice but to use donor sperm, we must have faith that the donor is as healthy as he says he is! Just one more leap of faith in the journey to become mothers!

[1of2mommies]

It's definitely a risk we'll all be taking...but when I read this article, I'm not surprised that rare genetic diseases occasionally show up with donor sperm, since any of us could have a rare disease in our own genes that simply hasn't shown up yet or had a child live long enough to yeild a diagnosis... for example, in my own family, my grandmother was diagnosed with Huntington's disease, a rare and devastating disease that affects one's body, mind and mood very quickly at middle age. This disease is dominant, meaning you don't need two parents to have the disease show up in a child, it's a 50-50 chance. Luckily, my mother tested negative, meaning me and my siblings are ok. But I think that this disease has been in my family likely for generations, and no one knew until a few years ago.
So, again, rare diseases showing up in donors...I figure the odds of it happening are just as good, if not LESS, than the odds associated with any male partner we might have in our lives (if applicable )

What does bother me is the fact that illnesses were being reported and the banks didn't pull the donor's units off the shelves and notify all people using/who have used that donor. That crosses the line. Luckily, the only listed two banks that did this. I for one am not and wouldn't use either one after reading this.

I'll be crossposting this link for others to read.

Thanks for sharing!