Egg Sharing IVF – Help others while undergoing treatment

Introduction

Is egg sharing right for me?

You’ll understand more than most that everyone’s fertility journey is unique. For some women, their only chance at having a baby of their own is by using donated eggs. That’s why we offer a unique egg sharing programme that gives women the chance to help each other. As an egg share donor, there’s no charge for your IVF treatment, while your recipient will get the precious eggs they need for IVF.

Who’s it for

You might want to become an egg share donor if…

You’re between 18 and 35
You want to save money on your IVF treatment
You’re a non-smoker
You’re fit and healthy with a BMI between 20 and 30
You have a good ovarian reserve
You have a normal baseline FSH level (less than 10 IU/L)
You have both ovaries in place
You have no history of severe endometriosis
You have no genetic illnesses
You have a good ovarian reserve – don’t worry: we will check this for you

The egg sharing process and what to expect

Step 1: Assessment

We put every patient on the best possible treatment plan with the highest chance of success. That process starts with our thoughtful and thorough screening, which is focused on understanding you and your fertility health. As an egg sharer, this also includes a medical history form.

Step 2: Counselling

Sharing your eggs is a wonderful gift for another, but there are also a lot of social and ethical issues to think about. You’ll have the chance to talk about them all during an implications counselling session with our accredited fertility counsellor.

IVF patients finding comfort and connection. Intertwined male and female hands on armchair, symbolizing unity and shared IVF journey.

Step 3: Screening

If everything is clear in your medical history, we’ll screen you for a wide variety of genetic and infectious diseases including HIV, Cystic Fibrosis, and Sickle cell disease (for Africans only). Everything is screened in just two quick tests: a blood test and a urine sample.

Fertility nurse taking blood from a female patient

Step 4: Preparing for treatment

Once you have completed the screening, you’ll have a pre-treatment nurse consultation. Our team will go over your treatment plan, book in your appointments and answer any questions you may have.

You’ll typically be asked to take some tablets to prime your ovaries for stimulation before your cycle starts.

Fertility nurse having a conusltation with a patient

Step 5: Stimulating your ovaries

To maximise the number of eggs we collect, you’ll start daily injections of a stimulating hormone over a period of 7-10 days. During this time, we’ll monitor you closely with blood tests and ultrasound scans.

Step 6: Monitoring

Ideally, we’ll see 10 to 14 good-sized follicles on the ultrasound scan. If there are fewer than 10 you have a few options:

Donate the first five eggs and keep any remaining eggs for yourself.
Donate all the eggs and have a subsequent free IVF cycle for yourself.
Opt out of the egg sharing treatment, continue the treatment and keep all the eggs collected. You’ll be charged for IVF treatment at current prices.
Abandon the cycle with no further cost or commitment.

Patient and fertility doctor in a scan room

Step 7: Sharing your eggs

If you have 10 or more good-sized eggs, then the eggs will be equally divided between you and the recipient. If there’s an odd number of eggs, the extra egg will be given to you.

Embryologist looking through a microscope

Stage 8: Donation and matching

We operate an egg bank, so any eggs you donate will most likely be frozen for future use by a recipient. This removes the need to wait to match you with a recipient. Egg recipients will be provided with access to our electronic catalogue of donors’ pen portraits to help them choose their donor.

Cylinder with liquid nitrogen containing frozen eggs, frozen sperm and/or frozen embryos, different coloured labels.

Egg sharing and IVF

Find out more about the personal experiences of one of our patients when they decided to become an egg share donor during their own IVF treatment.

Read Julie Ann’s story >

Additional fertility treatments

Treatments

Advanced Fertility Treatments

Explore the full range of world-class treatments we have at our state-of-the-art clinic to support your fertility journey.

Treatments

IVF With Donor Eggs

A form of IVF using another person’s eggs, often because a woman’s own store of eggs has run out.

Treatments

Mild/Natural IVF

A similar process to IVF but using mild fertility medication to promote egg growth before fertilisation and embryo transfer.

Share your eggs and share the gift of life

Introduction

Is egg sharing right for me?

Who’s it for

You might want to become an egg share donor if…

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The egg sharing process and what to expect

Step 1: Assessment

Step 2: Counselling

Step 3: Screening

Step 4: Preparing for treatment

Step 5: Stimulating your ovaries

Step 6: Monitoring

Step 7: Sharing your eggs

Stage 8: Donation and matching

Reciprocal IVF with shared eggs

Egg sharing and IVF

Want to find out more?

Additional fertility treatments

Treatments

Advanced Fertility Treatments

Treatments

IVF With Donor Eggs

Treatments

Mild/Natural IVF

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Share your eggs and share the gift of life

Introduction

Is egg sharing right for me?

Who’s it for

You might want to become an egg share donor if…

Statistics at Harley Street

The egg sharing process and what to expect

Step 1: Assessment

Step 2: Counselling

Step 3: Screening

Step 4: Preparing for treatment

Step 5: Stimulating your ovaries

Step 6: Monitoring

Step 7: Sharing your eggs

Stage 8: Donation and matching

Reciprocal IVF with shared eggs

Egg sharing and IVF

Want to find out more?

Additional fertility treatments

Treatments

Advanced Fertility Treatments

Treatments

IVF With Donor Eggs

Treatments

Mild/Natural IVF

ABOUT

SERVICES

RESOURCE

POLICIES

GET IN TOUCH