What you need to know about egg or embryo donation

Even forty years ago, for couples diagnosed with infertility, the only chance to become parents was to adopt a child.

From that time to today, reproductive methods have gained momentum and have enabled thousands of couples to have children.

To date, more than 18,000 egg donation cycles and more than 1,000 embryo donations occur annually in the United States.

Egg donation is the process of a woman (donor) transferring her eggs to another woman (recipient) to help her become pregnant.

Embryo donation is when a couple who have already undergone IVF and do not plan to have more children donate their remaining unused embryos to another couple to help them become parents.

In most USA clinics and agencies, the average compensation range for egg donors is $5,000 to $10,000 per service, not per egg count.

In Ukraine compensation range for egg donors is starting from $1,500.

The average cost of an embryo donation ranges from $12,000 to $16,000.

Egg and embryo donation can change the lives of thousands of couples who otherwise would not have been able to have children.