Egg donation is a procedure in which a healthy woman’s eggs are retrieved from her ovaries and frozen before being removed and fertilized with sperm from a man who doesn’t have his own fertility issues. The resulting embryo is then transferred into another woman’s uterus, who can either implant it or freeze it for future use. San Diego egg donation relieves couples struggling to have their own baby.
How does egg donation work?
The first step of egg donation is identifying a donor who is healthy and willing to donate her eggs. A donor may need to undergo physical exams, blood tests, and psychological evaluations before she agrees to participate in this process. Once she has passed all necessary health screenings, an IVF specialist will extract fertilized eggs from her ovaries using anesthesia. The eggs are then frozen until they are needed for use during IVF.
Who is the right candidate for egg donation?
- Couples with no or poor-quality eggs
In some cases, egg donors may be needed because the donor has poor egg quality or a genetic disease that causes the genetic material in her eggs to be unusable. In this case, an infertile couple would use donated eggs to have a child who is genetically related to them. This allows them to avoid passing down any diseases passed down through genetic material in the eggs themselves. Additionally, some couples may want children with different ethnic backgrounds from theirs, so using donor eggs allows them to have genetically related children but different from themselves.
- Couples with no partner
Couples unable to conceive naturally may find themselves in this situation if they had been trying for a long time and cannot get pregnant independently. If this is the case for you, then there are options available for you. You can undergo IVF treatment and have embryos created with your partner-created sperm and donor eggs (or vice versa). Then once there are enough embryos created in vitro fertilization (IVF), you can transfer those embryos into your womb after being fertilized by your partner’s sperm to have your biological child born.
- Aged women
A woman is considered to be an infertile woman from the age of 40 to 44. The number of eggs can decrease as a person ages, making it difficult to conceive. In this case, egg donation can help women who are over the age of 40 and have no other fertility options available.
- Infertile men
Men with problems getting pregnant due to low sperm count or low motility could also use donor eggs for IVF treatment. This is a common treatment option for couples with difficulty conceiving a child naturally.
- Genetic factors
Women with a genetic condition, like Klinefelter’s syndrome, cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy, or Tay-Sachs disease, have a greater risk of having children with chromosomal abnormalities. In this case, these women can benefit from egg donation.
Egg donation can be a wonderful option for women who want to become mothers but cannot conceive. Egg donation offers the possibility of having a child without using your eggs and allows you to choose a donor with the same genetic makeup as yourself. If you would like to try out the egg donation procedure, reach out to YourEggs professionals.