Donor Eggs - Southern California

Egg donation has been performed in the USA since 1986. It has been offered at our Center since 1990, where we've been helping Southern California couples become loving parents.

In egg donation, 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 uterus, and the pregnancy proceeds from there.

If you choose egg donation, you'll need to decide whether to use a friend or family member's eggs, 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, 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.

If you have any questions need more fertility information, we offer couples a full range of specialist infertility investigations and treatments and our aim is to provide you with a comprehensive and flexible service.

We have earned a reputation among the physician and patient communities for exceptional pregnancy rates surpassed only by our personalized, compassionate care.