Ukunikela kwesidoda ukuhlinzekwa yindoda yesidoda sayo ngenhloso yokuthi isetshenziswe ekufakweni kwesidalwa okufakelwayo noma okunye 'ukwelashwa kokuzala' kowesifazane noma kwabesifazane abangabalingani bakhe bezocansi ukuze bakhulelwe nguye.Lapho ukukhulelwa kufinyelela esigabeni esigcwele, lowo onikela ngesidoda uzoba ngubaba wengane yazo zonke izingane ezizalwe ngeminikelo yakhe. The man is known as a 'sperm donor' and the sperm he provides is known as 'donor sperm' because the intention is that the man will give up all legal rights to any child produced from his sperm, and will not be the legal father. Ukunikela kwesidoda kungaziwa nangokuthi 'umnikelo wesidoda'.Indoda inikela ngesidoda sayo kepha inhloso yomnikelo ukuthi ama-gametes akhe aqukethwe ngaphakathi kwesidoda, okungukuthi amaseli wesidoda, asetshenziselwe ukuhlinzekela ukukhulelwa kwabantu besithathu. Sperm donation enables a man to father a child for third-party women and is therefore categorized as a form of third-party reproduction. Umnikeli wesidoda anganikela ngesidoda ngasese noma ngebhange lesidoda, i-ejensi yesidoda, noma elinye ilungiselelo lokuhweba.Iminikelo evela kubanikeli abazimele ivame ukwenziwa kusetshenziswa ukufakelwa isidoda okufakelwayo. Ngokuvamile, owesilisa ohlinzeka ngesidoda njengomuntu onikela ngesidoda unikela ngawo wonke amalungelo asemthethweni namanye amalungelo ngaphezu kwezingane ezizalwayo ezikhiqizwe esidunjini sakhe.