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Egg Donation Services

Whether you’re just beginning to explore egg donation or are already a patient, our team is ready to guide you.

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IVF using donor eggs

Three things need to be present for a healthy pregnancy: healthy eggs, healthy sperm, and a healthy uterus. When a person’s own eggs aren’t available, a couple doesn’t produce eggs themselves, or several IVF cycles haven’t resulted in a safe and healthy pregnancy, IVF with eggs from a donor can be an option. Progressing to using donor eggs could feel like a big step if you initially expected to use your own. For many patients it also brings new hope. We recognize how emotional this decision can be, and we are here to help before moving forward.


Selecting your donor


Once you decide to use donor eggs, the next step is choosing your donor. Sage provides you with access to the world’s largest, most diverse, egg donor databases. Our donors always meet all FDA and ASRM guidelines. All donors are medically screened by a reproductive endocrinologist, psychologist, and a genetic counselor prior to being approved. Our rigorous standards result approval rate is less than 2% of all donor applicants.



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Who uses donor eggs?

Donor eggs can help patients who have had little or no success with their own eggs, including people of advanced reproductive age and those with low ovarian reserve, primary ovarian insufficiency, or several failed treatment cycles. For male couples, single men, and anyone unable to carry a pregnancy, donor eggs combined with a gestational carrier can make parenthood possible.

 

Donor eggs, whether fresh or frozen, are fertilized with sperm through IVF, and one embryo is then transferred to the uterus of the person who will carry the pregnancy. That person will need hormone support in early pregnancy but can go on to carry, deliver, and breastfeed the baby. Choosing egg donation can bring up complex feelings, and our team is here for you through each step.

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Should I consider an egg donor?

Patients choose donor eggs for many reasons. For male couples and single men, an egg donor is a necessary part of the process, along with a gestational carrier (surrogate). Heterosexual couples, single women, and anyone assigned female at birth may also choose donor eggs if pregnancy isn’t possible with their own eggs.

 

  • Conditions that may prevent conceiving with your own eggs include:
  • Premature ovarian failure
  • Inadequate follicle development
  • Ovarian damage from chemotherapy or radiation
  • Carrying a genetic or chromosomal abnormality that could cause health problems in a child or repeated pregnancy loss
  • Significantly reduced egg quantity and quality, often related to age
  • Surgical removal of the ovaries
  • Being a transgender person after surgery who no longer has ovaries, or for whom egg retrieval isn’t possible or hasn’t produced viable embryos or a successful IVF cycle
  • Being assigned male at birth

Egg donor success with Sage Reproductive Center

Donor egg IVF can have success rates 3 to 10 times higher than conventional IVF.

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Covering the Cost of Donor Eggs

Fertility benefits differ greatly among insurance plans and there are options to make treatment work for your budget. We will verify your benefits, explain your insurance coverage, outline your out-of-pocket costs, and help you explore financing if needed. Sage Reproductive Center is committed to transparent pricing.

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Donor Egg FAQs

Donor eggs are a common route to parenthood for male couples. They can also help patients whose chances of success with their own eggs are low, or people who carry a genetic or chromosomal abnormality. We know choosing donor eggs can be an emotional decision, and we will support you through the process. We partner with many supportive experts and can point you in the right direction for your needs.

With at-home DNA tests now widely used, complete anonymity in egg donation can’t be promised. Instead, donors are described as “directed” or “non-directed.” A directed donor, such as a friend or relative, donates to a specific person or couple. Most donations are non-directed, though the amount of information shared about the donor can differ.

 

As adults, donor-conceived people may want to learn about their genetic background. In some states, the law allows donor-conceived individuals to find out their donor’s identity once they turn 18. Because donor conception is increasingly common, resources exist to help families talk through these topics. Your care team can explain how anonymity works with Sage’s egg donor programs as well as others, so bring any questions to them.

Many people want to select a donor that shares physical traits such as height, hair color, and eye color, so their child resembles them as parents and extended family. Others put more weight on health history, education, personality, or interests. There’s no right or wrong way to choose. Your care team can help you work out which qualities matter most to you and guide you through donor profiles, medical and genetic screening.