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Starting a family is an exciting prospect, but it may not be entirely joyful for parents who struggle to conceive. Infertility is more common than many people realize, and donor eggs may be a part of your journey to parenthood.
In this episode, Diana shares her own experience with fertility issues and years of fertility treatment, which led to her receiving eggs from multiple egg donors and later her 3 sons.
Freezing embryos, also referred to as cryopreservation, is a common fertility preservation measure that allows an individual to begin or add to their family in the future.
For those whose parenthood pathway requires the extra steps of IVF and egg donation, the preparation process can feel complicated or overwhelming, but it doesn't have to.
Biologically, an egg may be an egg, but how these eggs are procured and handled affects the donor, the intended parent, the clinic that will ultimately be responsible for offering these eggs to patients, and the children who may never know if the medical data was accurate and cannot reach the donor as a young adult.
Have you considered the safety, quality control and traceability of anonymous, imported donor gametes? What issues will you, the Intended Parent and the child resulting from egg/sperm donations encounter as shifting trends acknowledge the wellbeing of and obligations toward the resulting children who may want to confirm their health history and donor compliance from foreign countries?
The number of times you can donate eggs per year depends on several factors, including the donation time frame and how quickly you move through egg donation screenings.
Once you have made the decision to start a family, there are countless other choices you will have to make along the way. Perhaps the largest hurdle to clear in the initial planning stages is finding an egg donor. How do you ensure that you source a quality egg that will provide you with a healthy child?
People can donate eggs multiple times in their lives, but how many eggs can you donate at a time?
Genetic testing is a crucial part of the donor screening process since donor genetics can provide a lot of information on what traits and characteristics the intended parents can expect with their child.
