STD testing known donor

[hmsosie]

Did you require it for your known donor? I feel I want to be sure that im protected and by extension my partner is protected...Where did they go? Their regular doc, the health department, either? We'll be paying for it if there is a charge, hoping to do it through the health department though. Which STDs did you have them tested for? I'm requesting him to be tested for HIV, HSV, gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphillis. Just making sure I'm covering all my bases...

[RM80]

I'm by no means an expert as we went donor bank route, but I would suggest one of a few things:

- make an appointment with a regular physician (RE, OB, family doctor) and ask them what they recommend. I'm guessing there's a list that every OB or RE would recommend.

- use the screening guidelines from the banks as a guide, here's fairfax's page: www.fairfaxcryobank.com/infecdisease.shtml

Good luck!

[ionaerebor]

Our KD was treated by our clinic as a normal sperm donor, so it was done as a matter of course by the clinic, so it was different for us, but I would definitely get them tested for everything wherever you would normally go to get tested, whether that's a regular doctor, or a gum clinic, or somewhere else.