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If you wish to participate as a sperm donor and live in the greater Spokane, WA area, or in the Pullman, WA area, please call our information line at 509-232-0132.
If in the Missoula, MT area, please call 406-549-0958.
NW Andrology & Cryobank offers many infertility related services. These include lab services such as semen analysis and sperm washing, sperm banking, and frozen donor sperm for artificial insemination.
View the links in the left-side navigation to find information about the donor standards we use when recruiting donors, a comprehensive listing of those donors, pricing and shipping information and more.
Donor Sperm
All of our sperm specimens, both ICI and IUI are fine and effective for vaginal insemination. We do freeze specimens in IUI format for those doctors that wish to perform IUI without further sperm processing in their office. If you are going to have your health care professional perform IUI (intra-uterine insemination), then please check with them for their preferred format. Some IVF centers performing ICSI now prefer ICI specimens, so it's always best to check with the office personnel that will be working with the sperm. If you have opted for home vaginal insemination, then either format works fine.
ICI specimens may be washed in HTF(human tubal fluid) media only, or completely un-washed. This format is appropriate for home-vaginal, intra-cervical(ICI) use, or for IVF use. These specimens would require further processing in order to be placed into the uterine cavity. Volume 0.7-1.2cc. Each vial contains a minimum of 20 million motile sperm.
IUI specimens have been washed through a density gradient and re-suspended in HTF media prior to freezing. These units are IUI ready when thawed. Prepared for intrauterine insemination, but also great for home-vaginal, intra-cervical or IVF use. These units are concentrated into a lower/smaller volume but with a higher motility. Volume 0.4-0.7cc. Each vial contains a minimum of 10 million motile sperm.
Color of frozen-thawed specimens may range from whitish to yellowish to pinkish, depending upon the media that we are currently using for our sperm processing. All of these variations are entirely normal.
All donors are frozen in both of the above formats, but not all donors will be available in both formats at all times. Please check for availability. ICI specimens may be washed prior to insemination, but initial sperm motility must be checked prior to washing. We are not responsible for sperm mortality due to post thaw handling or washing.