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Co-ordinating egg donation

Posted on 21st March 2011 in Egg Donation

If 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 time...

Is the sperm-donor ’10-family limit’ too strict?

Posted on 4th March 2010 in General, Sperm Donation, Egg Donation

A major review of the rules regarding sperm, egg and embryo donation is taking place this year by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, the regulatory body in the UK that governs sperm, egg and embryo donation. One of the areas to be discussed is the current ’10 family limit’ restriction regarding donor sperm. Under current regulations, sperm from the same donor can only be used to create a maximum of 10 families. This doesn’t mean, however...