Donor Process

Basic steps for egg donation

Women between the ages of 21 and 32 and from any ethnic background may qualify for our anonymous egg donor program. A woman may donate a maximum of four times.

Step One

Following an initial introductory interview with a member of our Donor Team, you will receive a comprehensive medical history questionnaire and personal profile form to complete. These forms allow us to officially qualify you for our egg donor program and enable us to begin the process of matching you with a suitable recipient couple.

Step Two

Once you are accepted into our anonymous egg donor program, an initial consultation will be scheduled with a Nurse Coordinator and a physician from our Donor Team. During this visit, the donation process will be discussed in detail. In order to complete the medical portion of the donor application process, a variety of medical tests will also be scheduled at this time. These medical tests must be performed at specific points throughout your menstrual cycle and for that reason, may require more than one visit.

Step Three

After all testing is completed, reviewed and approved by the Medical Director of our Donor Team, you will be formally matched with a recipient couple and the donation cycle will be scheduled. All costs for your medical care will be covered by the recipient couple.

Step Four

Once the egg donation cycle begins, you will be given medications for up to 12 days to stimulate multiple egg production in your ovaries. During this portion of the cycle, you may be seen at one of our many satellite locations. At the same time, the recipient's uterus is being prepared through medications to receive the resulting embryos.

Then, at a time determined by the physician, you will be given IV sedation and your eggs will be retrieved via transvaginal ultrasound. The egg retrieval will be performed in the RMA Ambulatory Surgery Center in Troy.

Step Five

Once the eggs have been retrieved, your portion of the egg donation process is complete. In our laboratory, the donor eggs will be mixed with the recipient partner's sperm to hopefully fertilize. Three to six days following egg retrieval, the developing embryos will be transferred to the recipient's uterus. A pregnancy test will be performed on the recipient in 11 days. "From the doctors to the nurses, everyone was truly wonderful to me...they made me feel that what I was doing was so important and extraordinary...I was treated with the utmost dignity and respect."

The anonymous egg donation process, from initial application to egg retrieval, may take up to three months to complete. The initial screening tests can be arranged to accommodate your schedule. However, it is important to note that during the stimulation phase (Step Four) of the cycle, you may need to be seen in one of our offices every one or two days in order for the Donor Team to monitor your progress. Blood-work will be taken and ultrasounds will be performed to check your hormone levels and visualize the number and size of your egg follicles. These monitoring visits are extremely important.  Not only do they ensure your safety throughout the process, they also provide essential information that will help us maximize the success of the cycle.

Upon completion of a cycle, you will be compensated $5,000 for your time and effort. Of course, the sense of fulfillment you'll receive from renewing an infertile couple's sense of hope is priceless. With your help, their dream of having a baby could finally come true.

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