Sometimes a donor's egg becomes the last chance to give birth to a baby. After all, often a woman can not produce healthy eggs due to her age or various diseases of the genital area (absence of ovaries, their complete exhaustion, various disorders of the structure of the uterus). Absolute absence of a woman's ovulation becomes one of the main reasons to qualify for IVF.
A young woman aged 20-30 years old who has a healthy child who does not have bad habits, chronic and genetic diseases, can become a donor of oocytes, that is, eggs. For the possibility of putting an egg, she also should not have excess weight and disabilities of the internal organs. All these requirements are justified, and the woman who wished to turn in the egg for money is examined according to standard criteria, according to the legislation of the country.
In addition to health, the Rh factor of the recipient's blood is checked. In the clinic, when choosing an egg, you can pick up a similar recipient in appearance, given his hair color, eye, face shape, physique, height.
After the collection of eggs from female donors, a donation egg bank is formed in the clinic by cryopreservation of eggs.
Cryopreservation of eggs is the process of freezing an egg for its long-term storage. The temperature at which healthy eggs are stored before their use is -196 degrees Celsius. That is, deep freezing takes place in liquid nitrogen, after which the material is stored in special containers with individual labeling.
This service can be used also in the event that you want to save a few eggs in case of a fall in reproductive functions, which sometimes happens unpredictably. This is especially true in recent years, when women deliberately postpone pregnancy until they arrange their careers and achieve certain successes in life.
How much does a donor egg cost?
The cost of the entire IVF procedure is quite high. The donor program with all the necessary drugs for it, will cost the patient at least $ 6,500. At the same time, the egg itself costs from 1 to 2 thousand cu. Such a high cost in comparison with the male biological material is explained by the fact that a man can take sperm every 3 days, whereas a woman after one puncture should wait at least 3 months until her ovaries recover and come back to normal after a strong hormonal stimulation.