It is known that the first donor pregnancy was successful in 1984. Since then, only in the United States more than fifty thousand children were born as a result of using this method. Today, an egg donor is involved in almost ten percent of all cycles
in vitro fertilization. If
a blood donor is always announced (his name and surname are written on medical packaging with blood), then egg donation is usually anonymous. This measure has been taken to protect both the donor and the recipient.
Indications for IVF using borrowed oocytes:
1. When there is no way to get your own egg. This situation can arise for various reasons. For example, due to ovarian exhaustion syndrome (premature) or removal of the uterus.
2. Also, the cause may be the absence of eggs during natural menopause or their abnormal development.
Of course, such evidence compels a woman to make a difficult decision. An egg donor is selected, fertilization of the borrowed cells by the sperm of the husband is carried out, and then implantation.
Doctors recommend this technique if a woman’s own eggs mature, but at the same time:
- a weak response to stimulation is observed, that is, one or two follicles mature, despite the use of significant doses of hormones;
- there were frequent IVF attempts, but the result was non-viable embryos, the transfer of which did not lead to pregnancy;
- there is an excessively high probability that a complex inherited disease will pass from the mother to the unborn child;
- a large number of unsuccessful attempts of IVF and borderline indicators of the hormone AMG, FSH;
- age over thirty nine years.
Of course, the decision that an egg donor is required is not easy for every woman. But, as practice shows, not a single mother has regretted having given birth to a baby thanks to this technique.
After receiving the result of CG (positive), the first ultrasound is performed and there comes the realization that this is a native child, which is accompanied by a surge of emotions. If the oocyte donor is not your friend, then his name will remain a secret forever.
Today, there are two special programs that are officially permitted by law:
- Anonymous donation.
- Non-anonymous donation.
Of course, when a barren woman has friends or relatives who want to share her egg and donate, in this case there is an anonymous donation.
According to the Order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation No. 67, any woman can act as an anonymous egg donor, if she meets the following requirements:
- her age is twenty to thirty-five years;
- she has her own child in good health;
- she lacks vivid phenotypic features, bad habits, chronic and genetic diseases;
- she is not overweight and has healthy internal organs;
- there are no contraindications to follicle puncture and induction of superovulation.