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Oocyte Donor Program |
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| Egg quality has remained one of the
major determinants of successful IVF. Egg quality diminishes
over age 35 and significantly declines over the age of 39, yielding
a low chance of successful pregnancy in an otherwise healthy
woman capable of carrying a pregnancy. Egg donation allows a
couple to experience a significant increase in their rate of
pregnancy with ability to experience a pregnancy and delivery.
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Indications |
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Repeated IVF failures with own eggs |
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Age greater than 38 years |
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Premature ovarian failure |
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Menopausal patients |
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Patients with genetic defects |
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| In egg donation IVF, the donor of
eggs may be anonymous or she may be a sister, close friend,
or relative of the infertile woman. The egg donor is given fertility
medications to stimulate her ovaries to produce multiple eggs.
Hormone replacement is used to synchronize the recipient to
the egg donor cycle. Just prior to ovulation, using standard
IVF techniques, the eggs are retrieved from the donor's ovaries
and fertilized with sperm of the recipient couple. |
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| There ends the brief but important
role of the donor. In the IVF lab, the donor's eggs are mixed
with the sperm of the father to be. Up to four embryos are transferred
to the infertile woman's uterus, two to three days later. Hormone
support is administered for the first couple of months to maintain
the pregnancy. A pregnant recipient of donor egg IVF has a reduced
rate of miscarriage or Down's Syndrome. |
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| Donor Egg IVF was initially developed
to treat women with premature ovarian failure, women who didn't
have any eggs and couldn't become pregnant. The applications
of this new technology have greatly expanded. Donor Egg IVF
is now used for women who are carriers of genetic diseases,
women who have had multiple failed cycles of IVF, women with
impaired ovarian function, or for older healthy women. This
treatment also heightens the chance of pregnancy for women whose
attempts at IVF have revealed a poor response to fertility medications,
or eggs that did not fertilize well or form viable embryos. |
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| Deccan Fertility Clinic is proud
to announce its comprehensive egg donation program utilizing
the team approach. Donors are thoroughly screened both medically
and psychologically in the effort to assess whether they meet
the stringent guidelines established by the professional staff.
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| Recipients are interviewed and counseled
regarding the medical and psychosocial implications of the process.
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| The old tradition of donation is
based on anonymity, secrecy and non-disclosure. We have developed
a program that offers only anonymous donors. |
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