How Egg Donation Works

Whether it is the need to help a family who is struggling to start a family or you are the one struggling with fertility yourselves, egg donation is a wonderful process for both parties. So you might be wondering, how does egg donation work? Well the process is a lot less complicated than you might think.

Starting a family is one of the most important decisions couples make in their lives. For some, this dream is not a reality due to fertility problems. An egg donor allows this family's dream to continue. There are several requirements before a donor can register to donate their eggs. Once a donor is added to the donor registry, which involves a few screenings and assessments to ensure medical clearance, the next several weeks consist of appointments and medications to promote egg production. After this time period of 3-4 weeks, the egg donor will then be sedated under light sedation and the eggs will be removed. Compensation is also provided to the egg donor via facility and also prospective egg donor parents. 

So how does egg donation work for the recipient? Egg recipient candidates must also provide detailed information and registrations must be completed to be matched with a donor. The egg donor database is a place where egg donors have registered and can be searched based on characteristics the egg recipients desire. Say for instance the potential parents would prefer a college educated egg donor or pre-med egg donor, this is where such information would be available. Because most medical expenses of the egg donor are left to the prospective parents, this is also a factor to be considered.