Rwandan men could make money without having to labour much as Ugandan men are reportedly making money from donating their sperms to fertility clinics.
However, details have not been disclosed relating to how much a man makes from donating his sperms and quantity of sperm collected.
It has not been established how much women have to pay for the donor sperm. However, it’s alleged that the amount of money also depends on the type of sperm donor a woman wants to father her kid.
This follows the increasing demand for donor sperm by wealthy Ugandan women who are reportedly not interested in engaging in a relationship with men but prefer pursuing their professional careers without experiencing the challenges of a relationship.
According to a Ugandan Daily most women, who are resorting to Artificial Insemination Using Donor Sperm (AID) to get babies are aged between 25 and 45 years.
Dr. Prakash Patel, a Gynaecologist at the Fertility Endoscopy Clinic in Kampala said, most of the women who are opting for artificial insemination are from the urban corporate class.
“Women today, are more educated and career oriented and therefore do not have much time on their hands. That is why you see some of them waking up at a much later age to have children,” Patel said.
Some women resort to using Donor Sperm after discovering that they have infertile partners who desperately want to have children as well.
Patel said that according to the international law, every fertility clinic is required to limit every sperm donor to no more than eight children.
However, Patel said the identity of the sperm donor still remains a confidential matter.
“Before women or couples go through the AID process, they sign documents saying they cannot ask for the identity of their sperm donor and the reverse is true for the donor.”
“He cannot even ask questions like where his sperms have been used to fertilize which woman” .
Artificial insemination is a treatment for infertility, when a couple cannot conceive a baby. It involves directly inserting sperm into a woman’s womb.
“In case the half-brother and half-sister resulting from sperm donation have children, there is a high chance of genetic abnormalism and incest among those children,” he explained.
“Society cannot have 1000 children looking similar both physically and genetically. The variation of the human race has to continue,” he added.
There is a strict criterion in which a person first goes through before they become a sperm donor. These include thorough check-ups on the family history, hereditary diseases like diabetes and sickle cells, mental problems, and physical behaviors.
He should be a person who neither drinks nor smokes. Such a person must also be intelligent and must have good hobbies, according to Dr. Patel.
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