Egg sharing?

[mazza2003]

Hi
Has anyone donated eggs in return for free IVF? I am trying to investigate this as an option as I had my fallopian tube removed and the other one doesnt look great.

 

[Oneday]

Hi
I lost my right tube to an ectopic as well and my left is restricted by adhesions from the surgery and a previous c/s. We have been left with ivf as our only options but have to go private as we already have a child. Take a look around the websites for the fertilty centres in your area the all seem to have a section on egg sharing and their conditions vary too ie within your bmi, under 35 . Good luck with it. Not decided what to do yet as it's about 3-4k a go private and not sure if I am up to taking the failure x

 

[mazza2003]

I am sorry about yor EP and adhesions. Its a very hard journey
My oh had twins via egg donation and IVF. They are 9. Dont be put off. I cant afford IVF privately which is why I was thinking of egg sharing to get it free (freeish).

 

[Mrs G]

Hi

I would def check out the criteria in your clinic for egg sharing. There are age/bmi restrictions at the one we're at. Also, I don't think it makes it "free". You do get money off if you are paying for your own treatment at the time but from what I've seen it is a few hundred pounds against 3/4 thousand.

Does anyone know the legal side to it? I know that with semen donors now they can be traced in the future by the child. Is this the same??

Good luck

 

[mazza2003]

Its £150 in our area and you need to be under 35.

Legally the children born of the eggs can trace you at the age of 18, which I dont really fancy... I am just debating this all in my head.

 

[Beckic]

I was also told that you have to have an FSH level of under 8 (that one caught me out). I was also told that I would have to pay the HEFA fee (£150) and for intital tests to be done - like checking for genetic diseases etc which would cost about £600 - because the NHS wont cover them all - and a further £300 for the first consultation. You also have to pay for anything special like ICSI and if you need more then the normal level of drugs. AND the biggest killer for me was that if you didnt produce 8 eggs then the cycle would be cancelled - which would just be a terrible pressure.

Good luck with whatever you decide,

Rx x

 

[Mrs G]

Our clinic mentioned about 8 eggs too but they said you could only donate if you had at least 8. If not you would still get treatment but not be able to donate. I guess everywhere has their own rules.

Personally, I would like to think in the future I would do something as selfless as this but unfortunately, we've got a lot riding on those eggs and at the moment I'd like to keep them and give ourselves the best chance of having a baby.

Good Luck

 

[Kirstin]

We were about to start this but got pregnant naturally weeks before we were supposed to start. You do have to be happy with the fact there will be 1/2 maybe more children in the world with your DNA, will you be always wondering if the child in the street came from your egg? Eventhough when I started looking into it I wanted to do it because we couldn't afford private ivf but in the end I wanted to do it because I wanted to help someone else who may never be able to have children.