Our Egg Donation & IVF Package is designed for women who are unable, for a range of reasons, to use their own eggs to have a child. This specific package will focus on finding you the perfect exclusive 1:1 egg donor through our partner company Altrui, carefully matching you using information that both you and the egg donor have provided. We will include the initial medical screening and assessment that your donor is required to have before being accepted.

A full IVF cycle is also included, consisting of one episode of ovarian stimulation for the egg donor, followed by egg collection, fertilisation, and one transfer event of resultant embryo(s) for the egg recipient.

How We Find Your Donor Match

Carefully considering your physical characteristics, background, and interests, we aim to find you a donor who has similarities to your personality and character. In addition to this, we will use a photograph of yourself – and one of you together, if you are a couple – to match with photographs we have of the egg donor, as an extra guide.

Once we have identified one of our altruistic donors as a perfect match for you, we will provide you with as much non-identifying information as we can about them - including information about her background, physical characteristics, whether she has children and if possible, a photograph of your egg donor as a child up to the age of six. You will also be provided with a personal profile that your donor has written for you, sharing her reasoning for donating eggs.

IVF with Donor Eggs

Our Egg Donor Match & Screen package includes the medical screening needed to ensure that your donor’s eggs can be used. After we have completed this assessment and found your perfect match, the embryology and IVF cycle can begin, which can be broken down into 5 steps:

1.       Ovaries of the egg donor are stimulated with a course of fertility medication, in order to produce multiple eggs.

2.       The eggs are then retrieved from the ovaries at the optimal time.

3.       After the eggs have been collected, they are fertilised with sperm from either a male partner or a donor in our laboratory.

4.       Embryos that are the result of fertilisation are cultured in the lab for three to six days.

5.       One of the embryos is then inserted into the uterus of the egg recipient, in order for pregnancy to begin.

Once the embryo has been transferred, you will be given a date on which to take a pregnancy test – usually around two weeks later.

In collaboration with Altrui Egg Donation

We offer this service in collaboration with our sister company Altrui, UK leaders in egg donation. Our unique approach puts you and your donor at the centre of everything that we do, ensuring you both have the right information, support and medical care to give you the best chances of success.

Who is Egg Donation for?

Egg Donation is a commonly used option for same-sex male couples, who need the help of an egg donor and surrogate. This fertility pathway is also a popular treatment for heterosexual couples who have previously had rounds of unsuccessful IVF treatment and are looking for another option. Egg donation also means that women who cannot produce eggs due to medical conditions, cancer treatment, or the menopause, still have the option of motherhood. There may be unexplained female fertility problems, which egg donation can be a solution for.

What does Egg Donation IVF Involve?

The Egg Donation Recipient package that we offer is in collaboration with our sister company Altrui, who are UK leaders in egg donation. With no waiting list for donors, we provide exclusive 1:1 egg donation, with a medically screened donor that is carefully matched with our recipients. Once the perfect donor match has been found, we provide as much non-identifying information that we can. After the eggs have been collected from your donor, they are fertilised with sperm from a male partner or a donor in our laboratory. The resulting embryos are then inserted into the uterus of either a female partner, or a surrogate, for pregnancy to begin.

Why Donor Egg IVF?

Undergoing donor egg IVF is a secure option for women and couples in the UK looking to start a family, or have another child. The eggs from your matched donor will be safely stored for your exclusive future use, to ensure genetically related siblings. Choosing Egg Donation with Apricity and Altrui is often incredibly successful for our patients, as we have the highest pregnancy rates in the UK for this fertility service.