Egg Donation for IVF fertility treatments
Egg (or embryo) donation for IVF fertility treatments, is indicated for women who, for various reasons, do not produce eggs. In these cases, it has been proven that egg / embryo donation is a very effective procedure in a wide range of problems. The indications for egg donation or embryo donation include the following conditions:
- Gonad dysgenesia, carrying an inheritable genetic disorder such as muscular Dystrophy or haemophilia. Such diseases can be passed on to their children. Rather than risk giving birth to a child who might suffer greatly and die at an early age, some women choose to have a chance of a perfectly healthy child via egg donation.
- Surgical procedures to / removal or absence of ovaries (ovarian damage following surgery, radiation or chemotherapy)
- Women born without or with under-developed ovaries (e.g. Turner's syndrome).
- Poor response to ovarian stimulation
- Failure of multiple attempts of assisted reproduction methods (IVF, ICSI)
- Early menopause. This, however, occurs much earlier to some women, even in their teens or early twenties, before they would even have contemplated starting a family. This condition is called premature ovarian failure or premature menopause.
- Patient aged above 45 (menopause). After the menopause a woman is no longer capable of conceiving because her ovaries stop producing eggs and sex hormones.
Altruistic Egg Donation
Altruistic egg donation means that women who are healthy and do not have to go through fertility treatment are willing to go through the egg collection procedure in order to help infertile couples. They are, unfortunately, in very short supply.
To improve your position on the waiting list you can introduce a donor, maybe a friend or relative and, if you do not want to receive her eggs, her donation can be made to another recipient, moving you to the head of the waiting list for a suitable donor for yourself.
Another programme was developed in response to the needs of two separate, but nevertheless complementary, groups of patients seeking help - that is, couples urgently awaiting donor eggs and patients for whom the cost of fertility treatment excludes them from the treatment which they need.
This type of treatment, present an opportunity for setting up a mutually beneficial approach to 'treatment sharing'. By sharing her eggs with a woman who is unable to produce her own, the egg sharer gives another couple the chance of having a child and, in return, has access to an IVF cycle of treatment at a significantly reduced price.
You will have to travel to Crete for a period of approximately a week. In this period your partner will produce a semen sample and your embryo transfer will be performed.
Who are the 'Egg Donors'?
Some of the donors from The Crete Fertility Centre will be Egg-sharers. 'Egg-sharing' is an option offered to women who would not otherwise be able to afford the expenses of the fertility treatment they need. In exchange for sharing (or donating) some of the eggs they produce during their own IVF Cycle, the Egg-sharer receives subsidised treatment.
This website provides important information for anyone who thinks she might need donor eggs as part of a fertility treatment programme. Your participation in this programme may help substantially to reduce your waiting time for treatment with donated eggs. Our priority is to ensure that patients requiring treatment using donor eggs receive this treatment within a reasonable timeframe (1-3 months).
Fortunately the pregnancy rate is approximately 52 - 54% per E.T., in our unit under Dr. Fraidakis medical care.
What information will I be given about my Donor?
Most of the donors will be of Greek origin. We will also provide you with information on:
Build, Height, Weight, Eye colour, Hair colour, Occupation, Education, Blood Group and Rh.
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