few ? about egg donation ?

[Dea]

I have always thought of doing it ... i have finshed my family well & truley .. im still young enough to do this .. & what a blessing it would be .. but who pays for what etc .. travelling expenses , tests etc .... very curious to know how it all works ?

pm me if anyone wants too ...
dea

[petalynn]

Hi Dea,

May I just say you are a very generous person for contemplating donation. There are a lot of couples out there who are infertile and need women like you to donate.

We are one of those couples who have been on the infertility train for 10years and require donor eggs. So how it all works is:

You can be an anonymous donor or a known donor.
You will need to have blood tests, family history will need to be revealed. You and the potential recipient will need to have counselling to explain all the complications and implications of donation. All of the IVF, tests, hospital costs, scans, counselling and travelling expenses are covered by the recipient. Once all the counselling and tests are carried out then you can start on the treatment.
The treatment on a usual IVF treatment starts by down regulating your cycle - this is so the IVF team can basically control your hormones. Then when you are down regulated you then start on FSH which will make your ovaries produce more than 1 egg- after about 8-10days you have a trigger shot which will release the follicles. 36hours later you go into hospital for an egg retrieval. A couple of hours after the eggs are retrieved the recipients husband produces his sperm. The sperm is then injected into the egg. And then fertilization (hopefully) take place. Usually after 2days the embyos are placed into the recipients uterus. And all going well 2 weeks later a pregnancy test.

I hope this explains the process for you. If you choose to donate you can either offer over this site to a potential recipient or you can approach a fertility clinic to offer a donation and they will usually choose the next recipient they have on their list.

Either way you will make a couple so very happy.

Best of luck :yelclap:
Peta

[Roxy]

Hi Dea!

If you haven't already, reading the stickied posts at the top of this forum are a great starting point...

As for your question about who pays? Well, the answer is a simple one. The recipients pay for all costs associated with the donation, including travel/parking costs and if you need it, childcare. Some recipients have reimbursed their donor's wages for time off work (but that is an arrangement that the 2 parties come to together - I didn't ask that of my IM, and even though she offered, I declined).

There are loads of threads here about how the whole process works - Miss Maisy had a thread here very recently with loads of really good questions, might be also worth having a read of that if you haven't already.

If you want to know anything else, ask away!

[Dea]

thanks alot.. makes it a bit clearer .. a old freind & i have always said we would do it!!! & i have been thinking about it alot lately!!! something i need to really read up on before i decide either way

[pisces00]

pm me if you need any info on donating, i speak as a donor at info seminars and also have donated to both known and annonymous couples - very different paths.:yes:

[Sammys mum]

Petalynn your post is really helpful.

I too have finished my family and am looking now at egg donation.

Jo

[petalynn]

Hi Sammy's Mum,

Thankyou for that. I hope it gives some insite into what happens with an IVF cycle. The way I have explained it is a simplified version. It can be a bit harder on a person to actually go through it. I'm am not trying to discourage you to do it - you are a beautiful person for thinking about this and any women would be overjoyed at you donating to them.

Best of luck:hugs:
Peta

[Sammys mum]

Thanks Petalynn