Egg Donation Process

00:00:04.233 --> 00:00:05.233 Egg donation 00:00:05.300 --> 00:00:09.167 is the single most successful form of fertility treatment that exists. 00:00:09.233 --> 00:00:12.100 The way that egg donation works in general sense 00:00:12.167 --> 00:00:14.782 is that a patient comes in, and we first determine 00:00:14.867 --> 00:00:17.233 if egg donation is the appropriate treatment for them. 00:00:17.300 --> 00:00:19.833 Once we determine it is the appropriate treatment, 00:00:20.067 --> 00:00:22.367 then the next step is finding an egg donor. 00:00:22.433 --> 00:00:25.433 There's really two ways of getting eggs nowadays. 00:00:25.700 --> 00:00:28.167 It could be from a fresh donor or frozen eggs. 00:00:28.240 --> 00:00:31.667 There's advantages and disadvantages to both of those situations. 00:00:31.880 --> 00:00:34.767 We go through that process to help the patient determine 00:00:34.900 --> 00:00:36.467 what is the best thing for them. 00:00:36.533 --> 00:00:39.533 Doing a fresh donor, we go through a process of screening, 00:00:39.600 --> 00:00:43.067 identifying, and securing that a donor is the right person. 00:00:43.667 --> 00:00:46.833 We do similar process through frozen eggs. 00:00:47.080 --> 00:00:49.333 Then eventually, if we're using a fresh donor, 00:00:49.500 --> 00:00:53.333 we do a stimulation process to get the eggs from that donor's eggs, 00:00:53.557 --> 00:00:55.900 or we receive the eggs from an egg bank. 00:00:55.967 --> 00:00:59.000 To get the eggs, we create embryos in our laboratory, 00:00:59.267 --> 00:01:02.767 and in a more standard IVF way, 00:01:02.867 --> 00:01:04.933 create those embryos and potentially test them 00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:06.900 and freeze them in our laboratory. 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:11.400 A big part of the egg donation process is choosing the egg source. 00:01:11.467 --> 00:01:14.400 The way we support intended parents through this process 00:01:14.600 --> 00:01:17.733 is by keeping them involved at each critical step 00:01:18.633 --> 00:01:20.800 and letting them know when things will happen. 00:01:20.867 --> 00:01:23.433 The way we support donors through this process 00:01:23.733 --> 00:01:28.567 is by respecting that a donor is doing something altruistically. 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:31.633 By working with that common respect, 00:01:32.033 --> 00:01:35.667 we're able to support what the donor needs and what we need. 00:01:36.800 --> 00:01:38.533 Generally, the process runs really smoothly 00:01:38.600 --> 00:01:42.300 because of that attitude to egg donation. 00:01:42.367 --> 00:01:46.167 Matching process is really initially dependent 00:01:46.233 --> 00:01:49.333 on what any intended parent's preference is. 00:01:49.733 --> 00:01:53.533 Then we support that by making sure that on the back-end, 00:01:53.600 --> 00:01:57.833 it'll be a good, successful process from a more technical point of view.