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How to Choose a Donor Egg or Embryo Agency
What is a Donor Egg or Embryo Agency? A donor egg or embryo agency helps connect individuals or couples who need donor eggs with women who are willing to donate their eggs. They act as intermediaries, handling the recruitment, screening, and matching processes. Here's...
The Emotional Landscape of Using Donor Eggs: What to Expect
The current landscape of fertility treatment is evolving all the time, which translates into what can be a dizzying array of reproductive options – from gamete donation, to different types of genetic testing, to various treatment protocols, and more. As a clinical...
The Advantage of Fresh Donor Eggs vs. Frozen Eggs
Choosing Between Fresh Donor Eggs and Frozen Donor Eggs Donor eggs help many couples with infertility conceive successfully and make their dreams of building a family come true. Trying to conceive with the help of an egg donor is an exciting but multi-step process....
What is a Donor Embryo?
A donor embryo is an embryo created by in vitro fertilization (IVF) using a donor egg and donor sperm. When the embryo has reached a mature and viable stage of development, it can be implanted into a recipient’s uterus. This viable stage typically occurs between 5 and...
Using Donor Eggs: Things to Know About the Donor Egg Process
Donor eggs are an option for women who are unable to become pregnant with their own eggs. Using donor eggs, intended parents can experience pregnancy and childbirth. This blog explores the donor egg process, covering the following topics: What is a Donor Egg? What is...
The Frozen Embryo Transfer Timeline
A frozen embryo transfer using donor eggs is the final stage in the in vitro fertilization (IVF) process in which a frozen embryo from a donor egg cycle is thawed and then transferred into a woman's uterus, where it will hopefully implant and become a fetus. Patients...
Tips for a Healthy Pregnancy Using Donor Eggs
Are you preparing to become pregnant using an egg donor? The great news is that the chance of pregnancy success with in vitro fertilization with donor eggs is high! Success rates are even higher when you, as the intended mother (or surrogate), are well-prepared to...
Frozen Embryo Transfer: What to Expect
What is a Frozen Embryo Transfer? A frozen embryo transfer (FET) is a cycle in which frozen embryos from a previous IVF or donor egg cycle are thawed and then transferred into a woman’s uterus to help achieve pregnancy. Frozen embryo transfers (FET) are becoming as...
When to Consider Using Donor Sperm
The decision to use donor sperm when pursuing fertility treatments is obvious for many patients. When there is no male patient involved, donor sperm is an available solution. Many patients with a male partner involved need donor sperm due to medical reasons. Some...
When to Consider Donor Eggs in your Fertility Journey
If you have been undergoing IVF (in vitro fertilization) treatments and have not yet successfully conceived, you may be asking whether you should continue trying with your own eggs or consider using donor eggs. For most women and couples, answering this question...