Egg donation
What is egg donation?
In egg donation, an anonymous egg donor gives her eggs so that they can be fertilised with the sperm of the man in the couple. The embryos resulting from this fertilisation are transferred to the uterus of the future mother so that they can implant and cause pregnancy.
There are times when, for medical reasons, it is necessary to resort to double donation, that is, donated eggs and sperm. This is what we know as IVF with donor eggs and sperm or IVF with double donation.
Choosing the donor
Egg donation treatments in Cornel are absolutely personalized. In our clinic we look for the optimal donor for each patient.
The donor selection criteria are:
- Firstly, based on the genetic characteristics of the male patient (after genetic analysis and subsequent compatibility study with the donor).
Secondly, but no less important, based on the patient’s phenotype (race, skin, eye and hair color, build, height and weight, hair type, and blood group and Rh) - At Cornel we have a very demanding egg donation program. The donors are women from 18 to 30 years old in very good health. In addition to a thorough psychological, medical and gynecological evaluation, we perform a genetic mutation analysis to rule out the presence of transmissible genetic diseases, we analyze 585 genetic mutations.
At Cornel we treat our donors with the utmost care and respect and we ensure their safety at all times. Just like patients, they have a medical care service available at all times.
High pregnancy rates in egg donation
In general, egg donation treatments have very high success rates as long as other factors that may cause infertility have been eliminated, mainly uterine factors that compromise embryo implantation.
Before performing an embryo transfer, at Cornel we try to ensure the maximum chances of pregnancy by ensuring that the uterus is in the best possible condition for the pregnancy to be viable.
When is egg donation treatment recommended?
At Cornel we try to achieve pregnancy with the patient’s eggs. However, there are cases in which donation is the best or only option to achieve a healthy and evolving pregnancy.
- Women with ovarian failure due to menopause.
- Women with low and/or poor oocyte quality.
- Repeated failures in In Vitro Fertilization (ICSI).
- Repeated miscarriages.
- Poor responses to ovarian stimulation.
- Chromosomal alterations in embryos.
- Women who have undergone ovarian surgery.
- Women over 40 years of age with a very reduced possibility of pregnancy and a high risk of disease.
