Donor sperm - genetic mutations

[lostindreams]

Hello, I've been looking at some US sperm banks which have extensive genetic testing reports. The donors I've been looking at have all tested positive as carriers of 1 or 2 recessive genetic mutations. My clinic says I'll need to be tested if I go for one of them. Is this a normal additional cost? Apparently it'll cost me £800 extra!

Anyone?

Sorry, I got lucky and my favourite donor tested negative for everything. I don’t know if you have to be tested at every clinic, think mine said I would just have to have an additional counselling session and sign something to say I understood the extra risk

I feel I must be missing something as they don't sound like good donors .

It’s not as bad as it sounds @SunshineCake, if it’s the same bank I went to they test for up to nearly 300 possible genetic conditions. The donors they accept that are positive for any of those are only carriers of recessive genes, so on the chance that you were also a carrier of the same condition you’d have a 1/4 chance of having a baby with the condition. Lots of people are carriers for something and don’t know about it because they’ve never had genetic testing, but chances of you being a carrier for the same thing as your donor are really small. The clinics can either test you to check, or give you counselling to talk through the possible implications and have you sign a waiver to say you understand the risk and still want to go ahead with that donor.
Course it’s easier if your donor tests negative for everything!

Thank you for that response *@Sunbird24. Very informative.

Thank you for the information @Sunbird24.