All about egg donation - Pt 1 - For Egg Donor recipients

Everything an egg donor recipient needs to know about egg donation from the IVF egg donation expert - Dr Randy Morris



If you are a woman looking to donate your eggs or a woman who is looking for an egg donor, check out www.ivf1match.com

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Egg donation can be considered in several different situations. The most obvious is when a women who wants to become pregnant does not have ovaries. This usually occurs because she has had surgery to remove her ovaries but there are also situations in which a woman could be born without ovaries.



Women who have ovaries may also, at times, need an egg donor. Common situation include



-- Advanced   age

-- Poor ovarian reserve

-- IVF problems

-- Genetic problems



The first step in the process is to select an egg donor. An ideal egg donor is young, healthy and does not have a history of infertility herself. Donors can be someone you know such as a relative or friend or they can be anonymous. Once you have selected a possible donor applicant, she must go through extensive testing to look at her ovarian function and make sure she does not have any potential infectious diseases.



For you, it is important to have a good evaluation of your uterine cavity. This can be accomplished with a hysteroscopy or a saline ultrasound.



The actual egg donation treatment can be completed in a number of ways. The donor will take fertility medications to stimulate the maturation of multiple eggs in her ovaries at the same time. After several days, the eggs will be retrieved and fertilized with the sperm of your partner or a sperm donor. The embryos are left to develop in the laboratory for several days.



At this point, an embryo can be transferred into your uterus provided your uterus has been prepared with medication to receive an embryo at that moment. This requires precise synchronization of your cycles with the donor cycle



Another option is to freeze the embryos so they can be placed into you uterus at any convenient time. This way, you don’t have to worry about synchronization.



It is also possible to freeze the donated eggs before fertilization. There are a few egg banks where you can get frozen donor eggs but this is a pretty expensive option.



Pregnancy success rates with egg donation are very high provided that the donor you selected is a young donor. We generally recommend donors under the age of 25.



The risk for multiple pregnancy is higher with donor eggs so you should never transfer more than one embryo at a time to you uterus. Donors generally produce a lot of eggs so there is a good chance for having extra embryos that can be frozen for your own future use.



Pregnancies conceived with donor eggs may have a higher risk for blood pressure problems. Be sure you discuss that with your doctor.



This is a big topic, I could probably talk about it all day. Instead, why don’t you let me know what specific questions you have about egg donation in the comments and dont forget to subscribe to InfertilityTV for weekly tips to guide you on your infertility journey.



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Dr Morris is a practicing IVF and infertility expert who sees patients at IVF! located in the Naperville Fertility Center.



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