| So you have been told by your physician that the quality of your eggs is very poor. You may be in your 40s, experienced menopause, your day 3 FSH level may be elevated or you may have had several failed IVF cycles in which the quality of the embryos was poor. Sometimes donor egg IVF is utilized to avoid transmitting a genetic disease such as hemophilia to the children. What are your options at this time? |
| Some couples consider surrogacy in which the husband's sperm is utilized to inseminate another woman who will conceive, carry the pregnancy and then give the baby to the infertile couple. This is done through a complicated and expensive legal contract which may be challenged in court. |
| Many couples choose to go through donor egg IVF in which eggs provided by donor are fertilized with the husband's sperm and the resulting embryos are implanted in the wife's womb. The donor may be either anonymous or known to the recipient. Sometimes eggs from a patient undergoing IVF for infertility may be shared with another infertile couple-a process referred to as shared oocytes donation. |
| How is the egg donor selected? You may select an egg donor from our clinic's available donor list or you may choose to use an independent organization to help you with your search for donor. Using a known donor has the advantage of personally knowing the individual who will be providing the eggs to be inseminated by your husband's sperm. This may alleviate some of the anxieties and concerns about the origin of the eggs but also requires that you have strong interpersonal relationship between you and the donor. At BocaFertility you can expect to undergo donor egg IVF within a reasonable period of time, usually between two to three months after your initial consultation. The donor is asked to complete a detailed questionnaire about her personal, medical, obstetrical, surgical and genetic history. The donor is also required to have a thorough physical examination, psychological evaluation and counseling, genetic blood tests such as cystic fibrosis and infectious disease screening. |
BocaFertility has a successful donor egg IVF program and over the past two years achieved a pregnancy rate of 80% and delivery rate of 70%.
To learn more about our donor egg IVF program call us at 561-368-5500. |
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