What Do You Need to Know About Egg Donation Before Donating Your Eggs?

Why is it a good idea to become an egg donor?

Donor eggs are often the only opportunity for some women struggling with infertility issues and want to have a child. The eggs of a female donor are used in cases where a woman's eggs are of poor quality or when the egg cells do not produce their cells because of egg development abnormalities, absence, premature depletion of the function of the egg, menopause, endometriosis.

Who can become an egg donor?

Egg donors have to meet the following criteria:

• young fertile women at the age of 18-32;
• perfectly physically and mentally healthy;
• thoroughly screened and rescreened;
• without detrimental habits or addictions;
• with proven fertility (have at least one own healthy child);
• without hereditary diseases and negative phenotypic signs.

You can read more about egg donors requirements, screening and testing.

Is it an anonymous egg donation?

Participation in the donation program is completely anonymous. Information about the donor is stored in complete secrecy and is used only inside the fertility clinic. The intended parents, who chose the woman as a donor, sign an agreement under which it undertakes not to indent the anonymity of the donating process and not to establish her identity. Moreover, they won't see what a donor looks like. They will see only her children's photos; data such as height, weight, colour are posted in the catalogue hair and eyes, medical history and family history.

How long does the egg donation process will take to be done?

The initial reception in a fertility clinic, during

which examinations are carried out, will last no more than three hours. Subsequent

visits will take half an hour. The process of taking oocytes - a puncture, lasts

about twenty minutes; after the process, the woman needs to rest for a couple of hours

under the supervision of a doctor and on the same day can return home. In

general, there is up to a month between the first visit and the puncture

directly.

Will I be able to have children after donating eggs?

The egg donation process is safe for health and does not harm a woman's reproductive function. A month after the donation cycle, the next ovulation, you will have the opportunity to get pregnant. The health of your future child egg donation process will not affect.

Can a woman without children become an egg donor?

No, she can not. According to the Ukrainian egg donation law, participation in the donation process is

prohibited for women who have not given birth to at least one healthy child

Can a woman who feeds a child donate her eggs?

A woman who feeds a child can not be an egg donor since, during lactation, her body produces prolactin - a hormone that, among other things, inhibits the maturation of eggs. After the cessation of lactation, the woman can again become an egg donor when the menstrual cycle is normalised.

Is it possible to be an egg donor after a cesarean?

The caesarean section itself is not a contraindication to the egg donation process. If surgery has passed without complexity, it does not affect a woman's reproductive health to become an egg donor.