Instructions

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Please you AND your donor read the instructions below. YOU are responsible for making sure your donor knows exactly what to do.

Donor Instructions

• upon arrival of the Donor Home Delivery kit, store the vial(s) of Test Yolk Buffer and ice pack in the freezer
• save the padded “Kangaroo Mailer” or aluminum pouches, and all materials for shipping to the Recipient
• leave the syringe sealed for the Recipient – you will not need it
• abstain from ejaculation for 2-4 days (but not longer) prior to the Recipient’s ovulation, if possible
• When the Recipient calls/texts, and asks you to overnight the package:
  • thaw the Test Yolk Buffer until it’s room temperature (do not microwave, heat, etc.)
  • ejaculate into a plastic specimen cup or small, clean, dry glass jar, etc.
  • add in all the Test Yolk Buffer and gently mix by moving cup in a circular motion
  • WARNING: only add the Test Yolk Buffer if it is fully thawed at room temperature
  • WARNING: do not use the Test Yolk Buffer if it is passed the expiration date on the label
  • pour the contents of the cup/jar (semen+test yolk buffer) carefully into the plastic tube provided
  • Be sure to tighten the cap of the plastic tube so it does not leak!
  • put the tube, sealed with the sample inside, into the zip lock plastic bag and seal the bag closed
    
  • place sealed plastic zip lock bag with sealed tube and cold (refrigerated or frozen) ice pack inside the padded pouch, and seal it closed (see instruction #2 on pouch, if you have a Kangaroo Mailer)
  • If you have a Kangaroo Mailer, puncture the bag to inflate (see instruction #3 on Kangaroo Mailer)
  • If you have an aluminum pouches (instead of a kangaroo mailer), place the sealed plastic zip lock bag with sealed tube inside the aluminum pouch(es), and tape the frozen ice pack to the outside of the aluminum pouch(es), or put both aluminum pouch(es) and frozen ice pack(s) together in a medium sized baggie so they are snug together in transport.  This actually keeps the sample from being either too warm or too cold.
  • place the 5 cc syringe (unused, unopened), and the filled Kangaroo Mailer or aluminum pouch with ice pack inside a (FedEx Pak) overnight envelope/bag, and seal the (FedEx Pak) overnight envelope/bag
  • ship to the recipient for overnight delivery (FedEx, UPS, etc.)

Recipient Instructions

• insemination should take place upon arrival of your Donor Home Delivery kit
• if immediate insemination is not possible, store the cup in the refrigerator for insemination later that SAME day.  *Do not store in the freezer
• draw up the yellow mixture from the plastic tube with the 5 cc syringe (it’s ok to pour the contents of the tube into a small, clean, dry jar (like a jam jar) if this makes it easier to draw up the yellow mixture with the syringe)
• lay down with hips elevated on a pillow and insert the 5 cc syringe into the vagina
• deposit contents as high in the vagina as possible
• WARNING: DO NOT try to put the semen and preservative into your uterus.  Donor Home Delivery kits are intended for vaginal inseminations ONLY.  Intrauterine inseminations (IUIs) should be done by appropriately licensed and trained health professionals (midwives, nurse practitioners, physicians)
• remain lying down with hips elevated on a pillow for at least one hour