If you donated sperm or eggs since the law was changed in 2005, then it means that any children born as a result have the right to find out about you when they turn 18. It also means that if you weren't in a relationship at the time of donating, but you are now, you will now be faced with having to...
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Being a sperm or egg donor – and the impact on your partner
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011Subsidised IVF if you become an Egg Donor
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011Many egg donors donate their eggs for completely altruistic reasons. Simply, they want to help others have a family, and give them the hope of a child. But altruism alone isn’t always enough.
It’s why the HFEA is currently reviewing expenses payments – limited to £250 - made to both sperm and egg donors. Some say increasing the sum would encourage more women to be egg donors. After all, being an egg donor isn’t as simple as being a sperm donor. The process is more invasive for women, who have to take stimulating drugs and go through an egg retrieval procedure.
But...
Egg donation – why is it seen as negative?
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011There was a great story in the press recently about an Australian woman who has become the world’s most generous egg donor. Faith Haugh from Melbourne has undergone 41 donor cycles in the past 17 years, resulting in 19 children who otherwise wouldn’t be here without Faith’s unwavering desire to help others. Her empathy to those who need help to have a baby even influenced her husband, who became a sperm donor and gave life to a further four children...
Read More »Don’t end up having to rely on donor eggs
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011One of the most common reasons many women need to use a donor egg to get pregnant is because their own eggs are not good enough quality to be used due to the woman’s age. It’s a fact that live birth rates for older women in their mid-40s, who wish to use their own eggs to conceive, is generally extremely low. And so for many women who want to have children later in life, an egg donor is their only...
Read More »Co-ordinating egg donation
Monday, March 21st, 2011If you’ve decided to become an egg donor, you may be wondering how we ensure that your eggs are ready when the recipient is. Timing is crucial in a donor egg IVF cycle to ensure success.
Both your cycle and that of the recipient have to be carefully co-ordinated. As the egg donor, you must have ovulated and your eggs be ready for collection at the right...
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