Our Donor Catalog
Selecting a donor is an important first step on your journey toward starting a family. During your donor selection process, we recommend that you sign up for our All Access Pass membership on our website. This membership provides unlimited access to detailed donor profiles, baby photos, audio interviews, testing information, and staff impressions.
You can use our Donor Search Tool to help you find a donor that best matches your criteria by inputting some of your desired characteristics (eye color, height, ethnicity, etc) and selecting profiles from the filtered results.
We also offer FREE photo matching to help you narrow down your search if you are wanting the donor to resemble a specific person, such as yourself, a partner, a spouse, a family member, etc. For more information on our photo matching service, please visit this link: https://www.seattlespermbank.com/free-photo-matching/
We have four different unit types here at Seattle Sperm Bank:
- IUI (intra-uterine insemination) or “washed”
- ICI (intra-cervical insemination) or “unwashed”
- IUI ART (intra-uterine insemination assisted reproductive technologies)
- ICI ART (intra-cervical insemination assisted reproductive technologies)
IUI are usually used for an insemination directly into the uterus with a physician.
ICI are typically used at home or if the doctor’s office wants to wash the sample first.
ART units are often used for IVF as they have fewer sperm cells than the regular units.
Your doctor can advise you as to which type you will need for your given procedure.
Please refer to this link for more information. https://www.seattlespermbank.com/demystifying-iui-ici-ivi-and-ivf/
Our $50 All Access Pass includes full access to all donors’ profile materials. This includes the donor’s Extended Profile, Childhood Photo, Audio Interview, Keirsey Personality Test, Staff Impression, and Genetic Test Results.
Please use the following link to see an example of what is available for each donor: https://www.seattlespermbank.com/all-access-pass/
Seattle Sperm Bank offers a way to easily search our donor database by genetic test. This tool lets you see all the donors who have tested negative for any singular, or combination of, different genetic diseases.
Example of how it works:
If you are a known carrier for Pendred Syndrome, for example, you can select that condition from the list using the “Find Match” button at the top of the donor search tool. The resulting matches would then only show donors who were tested and found to be negative for Pendred Syndrome. Plus, this tool can be used with our other donor search criteria to help you find the best matches for you.
If your selected donor(s) has no available inventory of the unit type (IUI, ART) that you are looking for, please call us at 206-588-1484 or email cs@seattlespermbank.com to inquire about inventory status.
We can also put you on the waitlist for your donor by reserving a maximum of five units that are in quarantine. You can only be on the waitlist for one donor at a time. You cannot reserve units that are available for purchase. When the units are released from quarantine, you will be notified via email and be able to purchase them before the units are made available to the general public. Please call or email to be placed on the waitlist.
We strongly encourage our clients to purchase additional units of their favorite donor and place them into storage. We cannot guarantee that your donor will be available in the future when you are ready to inseminate.
For more information, please review our Family Planning page: https://www.seattlespermbank.com/familyplanning/
Yes, we have a 25 family limit nationwide for our donors. This is monitored by our Pregnancy and Birth Reporting, which is a requirement for all purchasers.
Pregnancy and Birth reports can be submitted to us at this link:
https://www.seattlespermbank.com/pregnancy-reporting/
This term means that a donor has agreed to at least one form of contact with any donation-born offspring once the child turns 18. In America, this is the fastest growing trend among sperm banks due to the transparency and comfort it provides. Seattle Sperm Bank was the first in the U.S. to specialize in providing this option to donor-conceived children. We feel that it’s an important option for our clients and their families, and our catalog consists mostly of donors listed as such.
Choosing an insemination method is key to deciding your journey. Below are descriptions of each method. If you have questions about which may be right for you, contact us.
Clinical Insemination
The procedures used for intrauterine insemination (IUI) and intracervical insemination (ICI) are somewhat similar. Seattle Sperm Bank offers different vial types for different applications and fertilization techniques. For an IUI procedure, it is carefully timed based on a woman’s natural cycle or in conjunction with fertility medications intended to induce ovulation. The woman is normally positioned on an examination table as if in preparation for a pelvic exam. A speculum is placed in the vagina so the cervix is visible. A sperm sample is then inserted through the cervical opening using an insemination catheter attached to a syringe. For an ICI procedure, the sample is injected into the cervix. For an IUI procedure, the sample is injected directly into the uterus. Of the two procedures, IUI is commonly believed to have a slightly better success rate than ICI.
Home Insemination
Artificial insemination can be done at home and performed on oneself or by their partner with either vial type. Home inseminations involve the use of either a syringe or a cervical cap to place the sperm as close to the cervix as possible at the correct time in the woman’s cycle. For women who are free of fertility issues, home insemination can save on cost due to the absence of medical office fees, although a licensed practitioner must agree to sign the required release paperwork. Despite pregnancy rates not being as high with this method, many women choose to make this a starting point in their fertility journey and do find success.
IVF
In vitro fertilization is a process by which fertilization is performed outside of the body. IVF may involve any combination of your own eggs and sperm or those from a donor. After egg and sperm cells have been harvested from the patient or obtained from a donor source, they are brought together in a laboratory environment under optimal conditions to allow the sperm to fertilize the eggs. About 2 to 5 days after fertilization, one or more of the best embryos are inserted into the uterus with a catheter. The remaining embryos may be cryopreserved for future use. For any ART/IVF procedures, ART-ICI samples can be purchased from Seattle Sperm Bank but, as with our premium ICI vials, they must first be “washed” by your fertility professional. Due to the extensive preparation and delicate nature of an IVF cycle, fertility clinics will frequently require you to provide two samples; one for immediate use and an extra one for backup.