Sarah’s participation in Moeders Voor Moeders ended today.
For the last ten or so weeks, Sarah has been collecting her urine in flasks and a man has been coming to the door on Fridays to pick them up. Subsequently, Moeders voor Moeders extracts the hCG (Human Chorionic Gonadotropin) hormone from the pee and then uses this to produce medicine to treat infertility. Apparently, millions of litres of pee are needed to produce just a few grammes of hCG.
Apparently, the hCG collected in this country is sent all over the world, including to Japan and the US, because very few countries have a collection programme in place.
If you’re pregnant or plan to be in the future, consider donating your pee for hCG collection. After all, what else would you do with it?