Egg Donor Mediations

Upon completion of the screening process, you and the recipient parent(s) will enter into discussions, through independent counsel, about the terms of the Egg Donor Agreement. Once the terms of the Egg Donor Agreement have been agreed upon and both parties have signed the Agreement, it is then appropriate for you to begin the fertility medications.

The next step, then, is to coordinate or synchronize the recipient's menstrual cycle with your's so that the egg retrieval will happen at that time when the recipient mother is hormonally and physically best prepared to receive the transfer of the embryos, if any.

Typically, this synchronization is achieved by placing both you and/or the recipient mother on birth control pills, or other medications, so that both women's cycles are compatible.

Once the clinic is satisfied that synchronization is achievable, you will be instructed to begin self-administration (via injection) of certain medications that will allow the clinic to control hyperstimulation of your ovaries. Following appropriate controlled hyperstimulation, the clinic will then direct you to self-administer (via injection) the HCG shot (the trigger shot) and retrieval is then typically scheduled 48 hours post-HCG.

Usually, it is the matters related to the fertility medications that are of the most concern to a donor candidate. While the American Society of Reproductive Medicine has deemed the egg donation process safe for donors and has set as a guideline a maximum of 6 cycles per donor, Prospective Families understands and supports your need for reassurance about your health and well-being following egg donation. We encourage donors to not only discuss concerns with their reproductive endocrinologist and the egg donor team at the time of the initial clinic visit but to also speak to your personal physician.

The New York State, Department of Health has made available a pamphlet entitled, “Thinking of Becoming an Egg Donor, Get The Facts Before You Decide” which addresses the risks related to fertility medications and the egg donation process, in general. We think this a valuable resource for donors and therefore have provided the link to the pamphlet on the advocacy page in the Our Partners section.

The recipient's physician will recommend that you obstain from sexual intercourse while on fertility medications since the likelihood of you becoming pregnant will be increased as a result of the controlled ovarian hyperstimulation.

Please note that all matters related to fertility medications are at the discretion of the clinical team and that Prospective Families, is never, under any circumstances, a party to the medications protocol.

Prospective Families is proud to announce it is now affiliated with Fertility SOURCE Companies, The Donor SOURCE & The Surrogacy SOURCE. All donor applications are now handled through The Donor SOURCE. Click the link below to get started.

» Apply to Become an Egg Donor