IVF with Donor Eggs
Egg Donation Program is a technique of fertility treatment where in couples who can’t have their own eggs, for whatsoever reason, can be benefitted from.
Reasons to choose IVF with Donor Eggs
Women with the following complexities are conditioned to use donor eggs:
- age-related subfertility
- advance maternal age
- premature menopause
- premature ovarian failure
- after chemotherapy
- carrier of genetic or hereditary diseases
How does the IVF with donor egg program work?
- For any of the above indication, the donor egg program is carried out with the IVF treatment
- Treatment with egg donor involves a woman who serves as an egg donor and a woman who is the recipient.
- The donor’s and recipient’s cycles are synchronised by giving exogenous hormones.
- The donor eggs are fertilised with the partner’s sperms and the resulting embryos are transferred in the recipient woman desiring pregnancy after the endometrial layer is prepared by hormones.
IVF With Donor Egg Process Step by Step
Consultation & Counselling: Consultation with fertility expert helps you to understand and take the final decision of using donor eggs treatment. The entire treatment plan with the cost is explained. The counsellor helps to clarify the doubts, also an informed decision and consent is obtained regarding the treatment.
Workup: Certain blood investigations and a transvaginal scan are done at AIIM on the first visit with medical prescription of treatment advised. The donors are recruited from authorized oocyte banks with thoroughly screen and properly matched donors.
Sperm Preparation: The sperms are obtained from the semen sample provided by the husband. The sperms are washed with a special technique.
Fertilization: Single sperm being injected in the mature egg; the donor egg is checked for the signs of fertilization. Usually after 18hrs of injection.
Embryo Culture: The embryos are closely monitored in the lab by our embryologists for next 2-3 days. The progress of embryos is closely watched for selection of the best embryos.
Embryo Transfer: The embryos are selected by our embryologist and are transferred in the womb of the recipient under ultrasound guidance by an embryo transfer catheter.
Pregnancy Test: After about two weeks’ time, the blood test is carried out to check for pregnancy.
Cryopreservation: Remaining embryos are preserved for future use.
Why choose AIIM for IVF with Donor Eggs?
Egg Donation with IVF treatment is routinely done for women who genuinely need this treatment. We coordinate with the authorized donor banks for you and at the same time prepare the mother’s womb to carry the pregnancy.
All procedures are done under strict ICMR guidelines