Everything you need to know about egg donation

2023-06-07 17:56:10

According the Biomedicine Agencyin France in 2021, nearly 900 women donated their eggs. Even if it remains lower, the number of donors has broken records in France! Whether sperm donation is more widespread and less constraining, oocyte donation is still marginal. So, if you want to do a good deed, here’s what you need to know before embarking on the adventure of gamete donation.

What is egg donation?

Egg donation is the process of retrieve eggs from a woman so as to reuse them with another woman who cannot have children in order to offer her the possibility of becoming a mother. In France, a donor will always remain anonymousthe donation will always be made for free and voluntary. That is to say that the identity of the donor will always be kept secret, she will not be able to ask no financial compensation and must make his donation with his full consent.

Which woman can donate her eggs?

To facilitate procedures and make donation accessible to as many people as possiblethe legislation put in place in recent years has opened up egg donation to women with these characteristics:

• Be a woman aged 18 to 37having had children or being nulliparous.
• Be in perfect state of health
• Make your move voluntarily

If necessary for the future, the donor can also choose to save some of their oocytes for itself, under certain conditions and depending on the case.

• A first appointment is fixed with a health professional, or a donation center. This initial meeting consists of obtaining information on the subject, discussing with the professional and above all give consent regarding the situation and the voluntary donation of oocytes.
• Then we sign a consent form and realize a complete medical check-up to check if all is well in terms of his health. A hormonal balance is carried out, genetic and infectious, we also research if we are not affected by any virus. This assessment is also used to assess whether the ovarian cycle is functioning sufficiently and that the donation can be effective. We also check whether there are any risk factors for transmission of a genetic disease to the child.
• Then we pass an interview with a psychologistwho will also be able to assess whether the donation is voluntary, who will ask us what is the reason for the donation process.
• Then comes the stimulation phase of the ovaries using daily hormone injections for 10 to 12 days. The stimulation is then monitored by taking blood samples and ultrasounds.
• Then D-Day arrives: the egg retrieval at the hospital. The sample takes place over a day under ultrasound and via the vagina. The sample takes 10 minutes and the donor can be discharged from the hospital within one day of the egg retrieval. These will then be frozen in a laboratory in order to be assigned to women awaitingin vitro fertilization.

After all the steps of the donation, the egg donor will be registered on a donor liston this list, will be mentioned its genetic characteristics and will match it with a compatible couple profile.

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