Egg and Sperm Donor Psychological Evaluations at The World Egg and Sperm Bank
Overview:
Our Egg and Sperm Donor Evaluations are performed by the most experienced, highly educated, and skilled professional team led by Dr. Ray Lemberg, who is a prominent Clinical Psychologist with 45 years of experience.
Our psychological evaluations are the most comprehensive in the fertility field, meeting worldwide standards. We counsel potential donors on the concerns that they may have involving emotional decisions that may affect them, their family and partner. They are also counseled about expectations that may affect their children or future offspring.
Donors are educated about their ethical and legal rights and asked to consider various scenarios so that they can be well informed about their decision to donate and comfortable with the entire process.
Finally, our psychologist evaluates for current and past psychological adjustment and stability, going back three generations. They are screened with a psychosocial and diagnostic interview and are given reliable and valid psychological tests to rule out a history of major psychiatric disorders and chemical dependency.
Combined with the screening conducted by The World Egg and Sperm Bank’s genetic counseling services, these procedures aim to ensure the most well-adjusted and healthy egg and sperm donors.
What Really Matters:
In brief, we not only screen for the best egg and sperm donors, but also fully evaluate and inform them so they are made part of the fertility process. We find that our donors have a history of positive psychological adjustment, as well as altruistic motives to help others experience parenthood.
How Do We Compare To Other Egg and Sperm Banks?
The World Egg and Sperm Bank is transparent in informing recipients about our donors, without resorting to gimmicks that attempt to appeal to recipients’ emotions. For example, there are egg and sperm banks who ask donors about their favorite color, favorite animal, etc., However, these are not psychological traits that are inheritable. Instead, we utilize only proven scientific methods such as psychometric testing–which other egg and sperm banks do not use–to provide recipients with reliable information on how we select quality egg and sperm donors.