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Donor Egg Program
Use of donated eggs can lead to successful pregnancies for:
- women with premature ovarian failure,
- women whose own eggs are of poor quality,
- women in the older reproductive age group (under age 50), or
- women with chromosomal translocations or genetic
diseases that they wish to avoid passing on to their offspring.
Donors may be a family member or friend of the woman desiring a pregnancy or an anonymous volunteer screened by our staff. The egg donor must use fertility drugs to stimulate the development of multiple mature eggs, whereas the recipient woman takes estrogen and progesterone to prepare the uterus for embryos derived through egg donation. Ninety percent of our egg donor cycles include the use of an anonymous young woman donor. Our donor egg IVF pregnancy rate has consistently ranged between 60% - 70% per treatment cycle over the past few years. The sperm of the husband or partner is used to fertilize the eggs. All egg donors are carefully screened before they are accepted into the program. Anonymous egg donors are healthy women between the ages of 21-32 who go through the following testing procedures before being accepted:
- Medical history and physical examination
- Testing for infectious diseases
- Chromosome Analysis
- Screening for inheritable diseases through family health questionnaire
- Psychological assessment through the Minnesota
Multiphasic Personality Inventory and interview with our staff psychologist.
Many recipient couples have a large number of embryos through egg donation, which allows the possibility of freezing some for future use.
Interested in Becoming an Egg Donor?
Recently, Dr. Hickman was interviewed by Jason Whitely of CBS 11 News about Egg Donation. Click to watch the video:
As an egg donor you
can help do something wonderful for others. If you would like to find out more
about the egg donation process, please call Connie Longoria at
713-465-1211, ext. 2612 or via email at clongoria@houstonivf.net
. If you fulfill the following requirements, download the screening application and mail to us at Houston IVF Attention: Connie Longoria, 929 Gessner Road, Suite 2300 Houston, TX 77024.
You must be between the ages of 21 - 32.
Have you been a non-smoker for at least 6 months?
Do you know your birth-parents? (NO = You are adopted)
Is your height & weight proportinate?
Do you take or have you taken any of the following forms of Birth Control?
**Either answer may qualify**
- The Pill (Off for at least 1 month before initial testing)
- The Patch (Off for at least 3 months before initial testing)
- Ovaring (Off for at least 3 months before initial testing)
- Hormonal IUD (Off for at least 3 months before initial testing)
- Depo-Provera (Off for at least 1 year before initial testing)
Would you be comfortable stopping your Birth Control in order to be a Donor?
Have you stopped breast-feeding for at least 3 months?
If you have answered YES to all of the above questions, please download the forms below. Fill them out and mail or fax them back to:
Houston IVF
Egg Donor Program
929
Gessner Road, Suite 2300
Houston, TX 77024
(713) 550-1475 - fax
Thank you for your interest in becoming an Egg Donor!
Egg Donor Forms
Egg Donor Letter
Egg Donor Testing List
Egg Donor Patient Info
Risk Factor Questionnaire
Egg Donor Packet
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