The Institute maintains an
active, on-site egg donor program and links to outside egg donor agencies. Egg donation is
appropriate for women who cannot produce viable eggs or who have chromosomal
defects that make natural conception dangerous or undesirable. The underlying
problems include premature
ovarian failure or the loss of ovarian function from surgery or chemotherapy
secondary to cancer. Other women do not respond to medication or have poor egg
quality due to the delay in childbearing or diminished ovarian
reserve. Women with these or other infertility problems
are candidates for egg
donation.
Our egg donors, usually between the ages of 21 and 32, are of all ethnic
backgrounds. Each undergoes comprehensive medical and psychological screening
before acceptance into the egg donor program. To maintain privacy and confidentiality,
donor couples and recipients do not meet. However, nurses from our egg donor team
carefully match egg donors and recipients based on many factors including hair
color, eye color, skin tone, ethnicity, education and medical history.
As in other IVF cases, powerful hormones are used to synchronize the natural
cycles of the egg donor and recipient, and fertilization occurs in the laboratory.
Sperm, from the recipient’s partner or a male sperm donor, are used to fertilize the
female donor’s egg. The resulting embryos are placed in the recipient’s
uterus, which has been prepared to promote and sustain pregnancy.
For more information on becoming an egg donor, please contact the Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Science, toll free, at 1-866-50-DONOR.
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