Sperm donation has become an effective way to increase conception among single mothers, homosexual couples and heterosexual couples who suffer from male infertility. Women have two options when choosing a sperm donor. One can receive sperm from unknown donors from sperm banks, who are men who remain anonymous and whose identity is unknown. Another way to receive sperm is through a known donor who, in most cases, is a friend of the recipient or someone willing to reveal their identity and can be a part of the child's life. In the case of an unknown donor, women should research the psychological effects this decision might have on the child before deciding to choose an unknown donor. Children from an unknown donor tend to have many psychological problems related to not knowing who their father is, and this is something women should consider when deciding whether to become donor recipients. an unknown donor. According to author Elizabeth Marquardt, children born to sperm donors are at higher risk of suffering from psychological problems than an average child. There comes a time when a lesbian couple or single mother decides they want to have children without being sexually with a man. When that time arrives, a mother must consider all options not only for her own desires, but also for those of her unborn child. As children grow up they have many desires, some of these desires are to be loved and to be confident in themselves as individuals. But in situations like this, children get to know themselves better and begin to realize that they do not fit into their environment, which begins to cause psychological problems. In the absence of a father figure, donor children tend to suffer from... middle of paper ...... the only people recorded in this data were under 18 years old. Teenagers under 18 are known to be more naive to the issues around them and their brains are not fully developed to make decisions they fully understand like an adult can; the study should have been conducted with adolescents aged 18 and above because they are at the point of full development and understanding. Illness should also be a concern for a mother when making the decision to use a donor or donor. not. Men can carry HIV or other genetic diseases can infect mother and child. It is less likely that a child will be born with HIV since the sperm are tested, but this has happened on several occasions. Not only does the child grow up with an illness, but also with the other psychological effects of being a donor child. Many children in this situation commit suicide.