How PSB Selects Donors
- Donor recruitment
- Infectious disease screening
- Sperm quarantine
- Genetic and psychological screening
Educational Videos
Genetic Screening of Sperm Donors
- Human genetics
- Genetic carrier testing
- Autosomal recessive inheritance
- PSB and ASRM recommendations for genetic counseling
DNA-Verification of Donors
- PSB's unique offering of DNA-verified donors
- What is DNA fingerprinting
- How DNA fingerprinting works at PSB
- Accuracy of DNA fingerprinting
Semen Analysis
- What is a semen analysis
- Sperm count, sperm motility, and sperm morphology
How to Choose Your Donor and Type of Sperm Vial
- Personal criteria for choosing a donor
- Health and safety of donor sperm
- Sperm quarantine
- Genetic and psychological screening
- Blood type
- Sperm preparation: IUI or ICI
- Motile sperm counts
- In vitro fertilization
Fertility Treatment and Donor Sperm
- Age-related trends in pregnancy and birth rates
- Artificial insemination (IUI and ICI)
- Timing of artificial insemination
- In vitro fertilization and ICSI
Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) Overview
- Definition of IUI
- Why sperm must be washed for IUI
- IUI procedure
Intracervical Insemination (ICI) Overview
- Definition of ICI
- Unwashed versus washed sperm for ICI
- ICI procedure
Ovulation and Timing of Insemination
- The menstrual cycle
- The LH curve and estimating the day of ovulation
- Ovulation predictor kits
- Timing of IUI by a medical professional
- Timing of ICI for home insemination
Home Insemination Overview
- What is home insemination
- Why home insemination
- Who should consider home insemination
- How is home insemination performed
- What makes PSB a leading home insemination sperm bank
Home Insemination Success Rates
- Best candidates for home insemination
- Natural fertility and pregnancy rates
- Timing of home insemination
- Optimizing home insemination success
Home Insemination Process
- What to do once your shipment arrives
- Tracking ovulation and timing insemination
- Preparing for the home insemination procedure
- How to thaw the vial of sperm
- How to perform the insemination procedure
- Precautions after completing insemination
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