Understanding the risks involved in egg donation among recipients and donors

Egg donation was not known previously. It was only after the enhancement of medical technology that this particular fertility treatment is considered at present to be the most effective and reliable in current times. Plenty of couples are nowadays are selecting egg donors after finding failed attempts invitro fertilization. The egg donation is done mostly by fertile, young women and these eggs tend to produce embryo. But every women around are not found ideal candidates to be an egg donor, therefore, it is very important for an individual to evaluate their medical history and find reasons for not having pregnancy. Women who have diminished supply of egg or having premature menopause are considered to be ideal candidates for egg donation.

Steps involved in egg donation
Couples, who have a problem in conceiving, tend to look for egg donors, however, this path is quite lengthy and tiresome, but the actual process is fast. The first thing to be done by the couple is to choose a good and credible agency and look at their donor lists. Then a match for the frozen egg is chosen depending on various factors like ethnicity and physical characteristics. Then the eggs are sent to the doctor for further fertilization including implantation. This would result in health pregnancy in a few moths against the usual 6-9 months in the case of fresh eggs.

Risks involved
Selecting frozen egg from the donor bank could be critical and may involve certain risks which could occur at the time of the process. Couples sometimes get so involved in choosing the right donor that they tend to forget their own physical and mental health. Added to it, you might have gone through some fertility treatment series which could have put extra hormones in the body.

There might be some donor risks attached for recipients, while the eggs are used. There are chances of the donors contracting transmittable diseases like the HIV. But, clinical tests have proved that it is a rare occurrence. The recipient should trust the donor’s medical history and also the family genetic disorders, which can be passed onto the child. Therefore, proper and accurate medical background checks and analysis needs to be conducted to find any such possibilities in the risks involved in egg donation.

Protecting self from egg donation risks
It is very important for the recipients to discuss with the health care professionals and do background checks on the donor and check out the screening processes. With proper and accurate idea, you are sure to have proper egg donation and a healthy baby.

Dr Anoop Gupta CEO of Delhi IVF expert in IVF Treatment running Infertility Treatment clinic India last 15 years.