A couple may need to consider treatment using donated eggs because of the following reasons:
Egg donors give details of their characteristics (hair, skin and eye colour; blood group, etc) which is provided to the recipient couple. Any further voluntary information the donor wishes to provide (e.g. occupation, hobbies, religion, hand-drawn profile) may also be given to the recipient couple. Since April 2005, all new donors are required to provide the previously mentioned information, plus their names, addresses at the time of birth and at the time of the donation. They will also be required to keep the HFEA (Human fertilisation and Embryology Authority) updated as to changes of address. Their names and addresses will not be available for the recipient couple, but will be held on record by the HFEA and may be released to any child born as a result of their donation if they request it when they reach the age of 18. This does not entitle the child to have any legal claim on the donor’s estate, nor does it allow the donor to have any legal, material or emotional claim on the couple or the child.
Egg donation in the UK, there is a shortage of egg donors, therefore the waiting times are long, unless the patients bring their own egg donor with them (family or friends) the the process is much faster.
We can help the couple to have egg donation abroad which is much quicker 3-6 months. The work is done by Mr Baghdadi then the patints will travel just for the embryo transfer.
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Donor insemination treatment (DI) involves the use of sperm from an anonymous donor. Donor sperm may be recommended where the male partner's semen is unsuitable for treatment, for the following reasons:
DI may also be recommended if you are a single woman or you are in a same sex relationship (lesbian).
The law requires that everyone have to undergo an assessment at a licensed fertility clinic before treatment may be offered.
Prior to treatment with donor sperm, all patients are seen for a consultation. An appointment for counselling is also arranged.
Full medical, family and social history, and physical examination will be performed on the day of the appointment. An ultrasound will also be carried out. It may be appropriate in some women to organise some preliminary investigations before treatment, perhaps via their general practitioner. Alternatively, these investigations can be arranged through the Fertility Centre, which may incur a cost.
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Surrogacy can be a viable option for women with medical conditions that makes it difficult or dangerous for them to conceive and give birth. These include:
It also enables same-sex couples or single parents to achieve a family.
There are two types of surrogacy:
Full surrogacy (also known as host or gestational surrogacy) is when the eggs of the intended mother or a donor are used and there is, therefore, no genetic connection between the baby and the surrogate.
Partial surrogacy (also known as straight or traditional surrogacy) involves the surrogate’s egg being fertilised with the sperm of the intended father. If you go down this route, we recommend you have treatment at a licensed UK fertility clinic.
The success of surrogacy is highly dependant on a number of factors including sperm quality, surrogacy age and the success of any fertility treatments you are having.
In the UK, unless you obtain a parental order from a court the surrogate is the legal parent; even if the eggs and sperm used are yours or donated. Once you have a parental order for the baby, the surrogate will have no further rights or obligations to the child.
