What do We Know About Donating Eggs?
Taking eggs from a donor for using in in-vitro fertilization with a sperm, which results in embryos creation with ubsequent transferring them to another person, the recipient, is egg donation.
For women who are unable to conceive using their own eggs, egg donation is a treatment option that may allow them to achieve and carry a healthy pregnancy.
The agency you work with will help you to find a donor.
It will give you the opportunity to choose a donor anonymously.
You can also have an open donor relationship by choosing a friend or family member.
Only after the donor passes a thorough medical, genetic and psychological examination will she be recognized as an acceptable egg donor.
The average cost of oocyte donation in the USA ranges from $5,000 to $10,000.
In Ukraine egg donors compensation starts from $1,500.
Including the costs of additional services related to egg donation, the total in the USA can be around $35,000 with IVF.
In Ukraine IVF with egg donor usually costs around $7,000.
These services include: medication for the donor, medication for the recipient (to prepare her body to receive eggs), agency administrative costs, sperm freezing, eggs extraction with anesthesia, IVF, embryo freezing, embryo storage.
Becoming a female egg donor is motivated by the desire to help another couple have a child and monetary compensation for this service.
On average, the egg donation process is relatively simple and lasts for 2 months.
Usually from 5 to 30 eggs are removed in one cycle.
Initially, the egg donor will receive various injectable drugs throughout the menstrual cycle.
These medications stimulate the ovaries to produce more eggs.
The doctor will then remove the eggs during a procedure called egg retrieval.
Women who wish to donate eggs must be between the ages of 21 and 34.
Egg donation under the close supervision of a healthcare professional is a safe process and does not carry any long-term health risks.
Egg donation can be incredibly rewarding, helping you financially and helping other people with their dreams of parenthood.
