Egg donation
When intended parents need an egg donor, it is often not so easy to find the right one.
In most European countries where egg donation is allowed, intended parents often have very limited access to egg donor profiles. This means that the donor remains anonymous. Only physical characteristics are mentioned. Pictures are not shared. This means that the choice of a suitable donor for intended parents is limited. In the USA or Canada this is regulated quite differently, because here intended parents receive extensive profiles, including pictures, family backgrounds, etc.
In the case of a heterosexual couple or a single woman, intended parents often look for similarities between the intended mother and the egg donor. For homosexual couples and single men, this can be quite different, but what is true for all intended parents is that it just has to "fit", there has to be a spark and it just has to "feel good".
The selection of a donor can look very different: In the U.S., many fertility clinics have their own egg donors. This can make it easier, save money, and simplify the process because these donors are all already tested. Our partner clinics, Utah Fertility Center and Nevada Fertility Center, respectively, have a comprehensive database of more than 300 donors. We can easily give access here.
In Canada, on the other hand, it's a little different, because there the fertility clinics don't have their own donors and so we have to use an agency that specializes in this.
We work with very good agencies for this. Again, we can give access to the portals.
Other important considerations can be "Do I or do we want an open donation?". This means that the intended parents "know" their egg donor.
This may take the form of a one-time virtual conversation, contact information may be exchanged between the donor and the intended parents, and sometimes there may even be a face-to-face meeting.
Some intended parents want a so-called closed, anonymous donation. In this case, there is no contact between the donor and the intended parents. They only decide on the basis of the profile.
In most European countries where egg donation is allowed, intended parents often have very limited access to egg donor profiles. This means that the donor remains anonymous. Only physical characteristics are mentioned. Pictures are not shared. This means that the choice of a suitable donor for intended parents is limited. In the USA or Canada this is regulated quite differently, because here intended parents receive extensive profiles, including pictures, family backgrounds, etc.
In the case of a heterosexual couple or a single woman, intended parents often look for similarities between the intended mother and the egg donor. For homosexual couples and single men, this can be quite different, but what is true for all intended parents is that it just has to "fit", there has to be a spark and it just has to "feel good".
The selection of a donor can look very different: In the U.S., many fertility clinics have their own egg donors. This can make it easier, save money, and simplify the process because these donors are all already tested. Our partner clinics, Utah Fertility Center and Nevada Fertility Center, respectively, have a comprehensive database of more than 300 donors. We can easily give access here.
In Canada, on the other hand, it's a little different, because there the fertility clinics don't have their own donors and so we have to use an agency that specializes in this.
We work with very good agencies for this. Again, we can give access to the portals.
Other important considerations can be "Do I or do we want an open donation?". This means that the intended parents "know" their egg donor.
This may take the form of a one-time virtual conversation, contact information may be exchanged between the donor and the intended parents, and sometimes there may even be a face-to-face meeting.
Some intended parents want a so-called closed, anonymous donation. In this case, there is no contact between the donor and the intended parents. They only decide on the basis of the profile.