| Egg donation in South Africa is a means to have | | | | know the details of the fertility treatment. They may |
| advanced fertility treatment at a worldclass fertility | | | | leave the philosophy to, "See what a holiday can do |
| clinic at extremely affordable prices. | | | | for you - a miracle pregnancy". There is no egg donor |
| Because egg donors are motivated by the need to | | | | registry in South Africa |
| contribute to some one else and mostly altruistic | | | | Getting pregnant through egg donation really is a |
| reasons, they receive a marginal donation, as a | | | | miracle pregnancy. The embryos are cultivated in a |
| gesture of their efforts. This contributes to the | | | | special medium for 5 days post the egg retrieval. |
| general affordability of the process. | | | | Depending on the quality and viability of the embryo, |
| Egg donors also remain anonymous (as do recipients | | | | the transfer may actually happen on the sixth day |
| of donor eggs) and sign away all rights to any | | | | post retrieval. |
| children conceived through their donation, enabling | | | | Techniques have advanced to such an extent that |
| confidential egg donation. This makes the process | | | | embryo freezing also offers phenomenally wonderful |
| easier and less complex for both egg donor and | | | | success rates. This is largely as a result of the new |
| recipient of donor oocytes. The birth mother is the | | | | technology used to do the freezing. The embryos |
| legal mother. This enables people to come to South | | | | can be frozen and maintained for very little, further |
| Africa, enjoy the beautiful countryside, partake in | | | | adding to the affordability of egg donation in South |
| affordable fertility treatment and return home | | | | Africa. |
| pregnant. Friends and family of the recipient need not | | | | |