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With the increasing numbers of late marriage and late start of the family, more and more women have found that they are unable to bear children because they reach premature menopause or they can only produce old or damaged eggs. Those as well as women with missing ovaries or a hereditary disease may receive donor eggs – so long as they are healthy to carry a pregnancy and willing to take on the responsiblity of parenthood. Over the past ten years the donor egg program has become more and more popular with rapid advances in assisted reproductive technologies. Traditionally the donated eggs are from anonymous donors although patient’s friends or relatives are occasionally brought in to donate eggs. The Egg Sharing Program was first established around 1988 with the intent of making the In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) procedure more affordable.

Donation of oocytes is an option for those IVF participants in need of some financial assistance. By donating half of the recovered eggs during an IVF cycle, the donor has the opportunity to assist another infertile couple to achieve a pregnancy, as well as receive some financial assistance to cover the expense of IVF. The donor, in exchange for the sharing of her eggs, has the egg retrieval, the embryo transfer, and the majority of necessary medications paid for by the recipient of the eggs. In general, only patients whose infertility problems are related to tubal or male factor, but not ovarian factor are appropriate candidates. Those IVF patients wishing to donate eggs are selected anonymously by patients who need donor eggs (recipients). No guarantee can be made that all women wishing to be donors will be selected by the recipients.