Become an egg donor

02/04/2018

The egg donation procedure is safe and how not been shown to has long-term effects on a donor’s ability to conceive or bear children in the future. However, it is a complex process and requires commitment from the donor to be secure and successful. Before deciding to donate, it’s essential for the individual to be aware of the real commitments that will be involved. Once an egg donor has been accepted and all test and legal contracts have been completed, the donor begins a multi-step process for egg retrieval.  The process of egg donation takes up to 6 months, involves regular appointments with the contribution facility, and the donor may have to refrain from any medication use, drinking alcohol, or other activities which might endanger the integrity of the donated eggs. Egg donors can start their journey creating a profile in an egg donor database.

There are certain guidelines for egg donation by legislation as well as professional organizations like SART or ASRM.  It is important for a donor to be informed of those rights and pick a respectable donation facility that upholds these guidelines.  Specific protocols might vary between facilities. However, the following serves as general protocol for the egg donation process.

Step 1 – Oral contraceptives

Before starting the donation process, donors will typically be requested to take oral contraceptives. This allows for menstrual cycle regulation and ensures that medication will be given at the correct time during the cycle.

Step 2: Suppression of Ovarian Function.

The next step is to suppress normal ovarian function temporarily.  Medications like gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist or Lupron are administrated daily by injection over the span of one to several weeks. These medications will prevent the donor from ovulating spontaneously, enhance responsiveness to fertility drugs, and allow for the donor’s cycle to be synced with the recipients.  During this period of ovulation suppression, routine blood tests and ultrasounds are performed to track the efficacy of the treatment.

Step 3: Stimulation of Egg Production

During a normal ovulation cycle usually, one egg is matured. However, during the egg donation procedure that the donor receives medications so that multiple eggs could be mature for recovery. The objective of retrieving many eggs is to increase the probability of a viable egg.  The added eggs can also be frozen and used later if the treatments fails at the recipient. To mature multiple eggs, the donor will be administrated daily self-injections of hormonal medications like human menopausal gonadotrophin (НМG) or recombinant follicle stimulating hormones (r-FSH).  The progress of the egg maturation will be monitored by transvaginal ultrasound and blood tests.  It is possible to become pregnant during this time so abstinence from sexual intercourse or barrier protection will have to be used.

Step 4: Egg retrieval

When the doctor determines that the eggs are mature enough, the donor will be given a shot of human chorionic gonadotrophin.  Approximately 34 to 36 hours following this injection the egg recovery will occur. Egg retrieval is done using a minimally invasive surgical procedure called trans vaginal ultrason aspiration. The donor is given sedatives and painkillers to minimize the discomfort.

An ultrasound prove is inserted vaginally and can be used to guide a thin needed through the cervix into the ovaries. The eggs are then removed by needle aspiration from their follicles. The entire procedure takes about half an hour, and the donor is usually able to go home within a few hours and make normal activities.

More info about egg donation and egg donor database

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_donation

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