| What is Egg Donation? | | | | What are the parenting issues? |
| Egg donation is the process by which a woman | | | | Many couples contemplating egg donation focus on |
| provides several eggs (ova, oocytes) for another | | | | how they might be considered different from others |
| person or couple who want to have a child.. | | | | because they used an egg donor. But what they |
| Indication | | | | have not considered is how differently they would be |
| 1. Egg donation can also be perfomed on women | | | | viewed by others because they are typically so much |
| who have had multiple cycles of test-tube baby (IVF | | | | older than other parents of young children. |
| or ICSI) and have still failed to conceive and become | | | | We have constructed a typology of egg recipient |
| pregnant. | | | | couples. In constructing our typology, the factors |
| 2. Besides elderly or menopausal women, egg | | | | that we considered were: |
| donation can be done in younger women whose | | | | 1. Age factors: |
| ovaries have prematurely failed or in young women | | | | * How old is the woman? |
| who have undergone radiation or chemotherapy for | | | | * How old is the man? |
| cancer. Radiation or chemotherapy destroys the eggs | | | | * Are the partners roughly the same age, or is the |
| and hence these women have a failure of their | | | | woman more than 4 or 5 years older than her |
| ovaries. | | | | partner? |
| 3. Egg donation is also used in patients who are | | | | 2. Marital factors: |
| carrying major chromosomal defects so that they do | | | | * Has the woman been married before? |
| not pass the genetic defect to their children. | | | | * Has the man been married before? |
| 4. Patients suffering from severe Tuberculosis and | | | | * Does either of the partners have children from a |
| severe Endometriosis may also produce poor quality | | | | previous marriage? If yes, how old are these |
| eggs and hence can be treated by egg donation. | | | | children? |
| Egg Donation Procedure | | | | 3. Life cycle issues |
| Egg donors are recruited, screened, and give consent | | | | * Did the woman start trying to have children at |
| prior to participation in the IVF process.During egg | | | | about the same time as her friends and relatives or |
| donation, the donors is given injections to produce | | | | did she decide to try much later in life or many years |
| many eggs. | | | | further into her marriage? |
| Why Egg Donation? | | | | * If the woman were to have a baby this year, |
| There are many different ways that couples get to | | | | would she be considered a "much older mom"? |
| the point of considering egg donation. For some | | | | * Does this woman have a child that she gave birth |
| couples, an Egg donor procedure is the next step | | | | to, or is she different from her peers because she |
| after they have tried every possible avenue to get | | | | never gave birth to a child? |
| pregnant with their own eggs. Some couples, on the | | | | 4. Medical Issues: |
| other hand, knew even before they got married that | | | | * Did the couple know, before they got married, that |
| they could not conceive with their own eggs. Some | | | | the woman had a medical problem that would |
| couples have considered the option of egg donation | | | | prevent her from conceiving a child? |
| for months or even years before coming to a | | | | * Did the woman go into menopause at a very |
| practice to discuss this option. Others have only | | | | young age? |
| thought about it for a few days and in some cases, | | | | * How long has the couple been in treatment? |
| may have just been told that day by their doctor | | | | |
| that their only chance of experiencing a pregnancy is | | | | Please log on to : Egg Donation |
| to use an egg donor. How long they have thought | | | | Please log on to : Get A Quote |
| about being a recipient and why they need to be a | | | | We Care Core Values |
| recipient will influence how a couple responds to their | | | | "We have a very simple business model that keeps |
| orientation meeting. | | | | you as the centre." |
| What sorts of success rates have practices in India | | | | Having the industry's most elaborate and exclusive |
| been having with this procedure? | | | | Patient Care and Clinical Coordination teams stationed |
| Before considering doing this procedure, patients | | | | at each partner hospital, we provide you the |
| want to know whether they stand a reasonable | | | | smoothest and seamless care ever imagined. With a |
| chance of success. This discussion helps them | | | | ratio of one Patient Care Manager to five patients |
| compare the odds of getting pregnant using this | | | | our patient care standards are unmatched across the |
| procedure with other alternatives they may be | | | | sub continent. |
| contemplating. | | | | |