Second Donation Schedule & Remuneration

I wrote to the clinic earlier in the year to advise that I am considering a vasectomy once our third child has been delivered, and to ask whether they could contact my existing recipients to enquire whether they would like a 'matching' sibling for their child.

The result from the Clinic was a positive, and I have now started my second, and final donation cycle.

Now what I do need to make very clear is how well I am being looked after by the clinic.

Emails are responded to within a day, phone calls are returned within a couple of hours. This is welcome improvement from my earlier experience where it would take weeks to get any response. I am not sure what trigger this change, but it's reduced the stress factor immensely.

So at my first visit this year, I had a blood test, a urine test, and then provided my sample.

I spoke with the nurse to ask that she takes the bloods carefully, as you may recall that my Doctor's surgery botched a blood test last year, and the botched proble is still causing me pain. I can report that the bloods were taken very carefully and there was no additional nerve damage done.

Then there were was some confusion from the Clinic on the remuneration that I would be due. I contacted the HFEA who confirmed that the remuneration for a cycle would be a maximum £250 for loss of earnings plus 'reasonable' expenses as defined on the HFEA website. I have forwarded this information to the Clinic so they can update their procedures.

I will still lose money due to donating this second time, but the additional few pounds takes the sting out of the tail.

Once this cycle is complete, I will provide a final blood test 180 days after the last sample, and then, apart from updates from the clinic on live births, I am done.