Fresh vs Frozen Donor Eggs: Which Option is Better For You?

IVF treatment with egg donors is a form of reproductive medicine for those who can’t use their eggs because of lack of viable sperm or poor quality eggs, or more complex health issues. Success rates for IVF cycle using egg donors are showing that intended parents have more chances than the average IVF success rates for couples not using a donor.

the difference between fresh and frozen donor eggs

Reasons to Use Donor Egg

When an intended parent struggles with conceiving because of the poor quality of eggs or no eggs, she thinks it is impossible to become pregnant. But there is such an option as assisted reproductive technology with using an egg donor. Egg donors are usually women who give up their eggs to help a struggling individual or couple to achieve their dream of having children. Using donor eggs can also be recommended not only in case of poor eggs but also in other cases:

premature ovarian failure (POF);
after the failure of more than five in vitro fertilization cycles;
the possibility to transmit a genetic disease to the child;
a history of pregnancy failure.

In Ovoria Egg Bank, we follow specific criteria for choosing egg donors:

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.

The Difference of Fresh and Frozen Eggs

There are two different types of egg donation programs: fresh and frozen donor egg cycles.

In the case of a frozen egg donation cycle, the donor provides several eggs, which will be frozen using vitrification. Couples then come into the bank and choose which egg to use. In a fresh egg cycle, the donor is selected by a couple before her eggs are retrieved; this process can take several months. It would help if you remember by choosing a fresh egg cycle that the menstrual cycles of both women need to be synchronized.

Pros and Cons of Using Fresh Eggs

The advantages of using fresh donor eggs:

there is an availability of multiple embryos, which means that recipients can have embryos for freezing and using that later for a full genetic sibling;
the success rate of using donor eggs is higher than using frozen eggs;
there is a small risk that the donor will not respond well to stimulation;
there is no risk associated with egg survival from the freezing and stimulation process.

The disadvantages of using fresh donor eggs:

the speed of delivery is slow, because fresh egg donor cycles are medical procedures, unforeseen events can happen before or during the process. For example, the donor can not react rightly to the medical drugs during the course; this means the cancellation or restarting of the procedure;
the cost of fresh donor eggs is higher than the cost of frozen donor eggs;
the medical and legal preparation can take up to 4 months;
the donor's menstrual cycle must synchronize with a recipient's cycle;
fresh eggs need to remain in that place where they were harvested.

Pros and Cons of Using Frozen Eggs

The advantages of using frozen donor eggs:

there is an immediate speed of delivery ;
typically lower cost of IVF cycle with frozen donor eggs. If recipients are going to use IVF cycle with frozen donor eggs, it is essential to choose IVF clinic correctly and carefully;
there is no need for cycle synchronization with recipient cycle;
frozen egg collection is available for recipients, and after choosing and matching egg donors, their eggs and they will undergo screening and monitoring;
there are fewer problems and issues compared to finding a fresh donor egg;
there is no risk of medical problems or non-compliance by the donor, resulting in the cancellation of the cycle.

The disadvantage of using frozen donor eggs:

there are fewer available embryos;
there are limited options like personalized matching.

Trust the Leader

Having 20 years of experience on the market and delivering oocytes to more than 50 clinics in over 30 countries worldwide, Ovoria has a deep understanding of customers’ needs: both individual patients and clinics. Ovoria is not only about success rates and guarantees systems, it is about excellent egg donor quality, desire to help have a successful pregnancy. By choosing Ovoria Egg Bank, you will get a complex solution. Ovoria has its own clinical facilities based on Medicover fertility clinic in Ukraine where the complex egg donor process is managed: egg donor recruitment, screening, oocytes retrieval, vitrification, storage and distribution. We offer a comprehensive solution: from oocytes vitrification to the delivery of biomaterial to the customer clinic.

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