Egg Donor in California, Fertility Clinic

Egg donation has been performed in the USA since 1986. It has been offered at our Center since 1990.

Egg donation or assisted reproductive technologies (ART).

In egg donation, oocytes (eggs) from a young woman are fertilized with the sperm of the recipient's partner to create embryos. These embryos are transferred into the patient's (the recipient) uterus, and the pregnancy proceeds there.

Surrogacy is a variation of egg donation, where the "egg donor" is the patient herself, while the "recipient" is the surrogate, (gestational carrier) who will provide the embryos with a uterus to develop in.

First, you'll decide whether to use a friend or family member's eggs, an anonymous donor's eggs, or, if your partner's sperm aren't healthy, donor embryos — the combined sperm and eggs of known or anonymous donors.

The recipient's and donor's menstrual cycles are "synchronized", using medications, to insure that the recipient's endometrium is prepared to accept the embryo when it is ready for transfer.

The donor receives injectable medications (FSH) to stimulate the development of multiple eggs. Once the eggs are mature, the donor is scheduled for retrieval and the recipient couple arrives at the Institute on the day of retrieval.

The male provides a semen specimen for egg insemination. After insemination and/or the appropriate ART procedure (IVF, ICSI, etc.) the fertilized eggs are placed in an incubator.

The resulting baby is born to the surrogate, and will be returned to the patient and her partner.

These procedures enable women with severely diminished ovarian function, or severe genetic diseases to carry a child conceived with their husband's sperm, and for women without a uterus to have a child related to them and their partner.