Donor Selection
- Detailed evaluation of her and her family medical history is done.
- We ask for any major diseases, any illness, any surgery, her obstetrics history (i.e about her deliveries and mode of it, any complication);
- her habits like dietary habits, any habit of smoking or alcohol;
- her personal hygiene; etc.
In examination we evaluate her for physical sharacteristics
- her appearance,
- skin colour,
- Color of eyes,
- hair color,
- hair type,
- nutritional status,
- her personal hygiene,
- economical status,
- family back ground,
- Economical Status of her husband etc.
Once she qualifies all these criteria, we involve her husband and if needed her family members too. We explain them the whole procedure.
We do her ultrasound examination for pelvic organs. Then we try to improve her nutritional status. We prescribe hematinics and multivitamins to her.
Pre treatment evaluation
It will be necessary for the egg donor to undergo a thorough medical examination. This includes
- a pelvic exam,
- blood draw to check hormone levels and to test for infectious diseases, and
- an ultrasound to examine her ovaries, uterus and other pelvic organs.
In addition, she will be referred to a psychologist who will evaluate if the donor is mentally prepared to undertake and complete the process. These evaluations are necessary to ensure that the egg donor is fully prepared and capable of completing an egg donation cycle, safely and successfully. These evaluations will be done at no cost to the donor.
Actual treatment
- Once the screening is completed, the donor will begin the egg donation cycle, which typically takes between 3-6 weeks.
- There are two parts to a successful egg retrivial procedure
The Egg donor cycle and
The Recipient cycle
- The egg donation cycle will begin with a few weeks of birth control pills, followed by a series of injection.
- There are different medical protocol currently use, but all of them include medication that makes the ovaries produce amore number of eggs.
- It is ensured that donor is administered stimulation injection properly.
- These injections must be administered on a daily basis for one or more weeks.
- For egg donation IVF treatment cycle, we use the same technology we use the self eggs for IVF treatment cycle.
- The oocyte donor undergoes ovulation induction with fertility enhancing medications. The oocytes are retrieved by ultrasound-guided aspiration and then donated to the recipient couple.
- These oocytes are inseminated using ICSI technology with the recipient’s husband’s sperm in order to produce embryos.
- Some of the embryos are transferred to the recipient’s uterus approximately 2-6 days after oocyte retrieval with the intent of producing pregnancy.
- The recipient’s cycle is synchronized to that of the donor by using a combination of hormonal supplements.
- Once pregnant, the recipient is maintained on hormones throughout her first three months of pregnancy.
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