Egg Donation - Altius Hospital
Egg donation is one of the techniques of reproductive medicine.Its basic principle consists of retrieving from a woman (called a donor) her reproductive cells or eggs, called oocytes or ova, which are situated in the ovary, in order to donate them to another woman (the patient, called the recipient) to be used in the latter’s parenting project, through in vitro fertilization (IVF) (Fig.1). This donation, regarded by some for as a donation of an organ or blood, is a donation of life, result of the fruit of great feminine solidarity, enabling certain women to allow others to become mothers. This exceptional donation without any doubt gives rise to questions at various levels: practical, genetic and ethical. WHO IS A CANDIDATE FOR DONOR EGGS? The Donor Egg Program is designed for patients who cannot conceive from their own eggs. Most commonly, such patients include. Early menopause or ovarian dysgenesis Genetic disease Ovarian insufficiency Insufficient egg quality dur...