What are the main reasons for using donor oocytes?
Most women receive donor eggs because their ovaries do not produce good quality and/or quantity of oocytes. The main reasons for this are advanced female age, diminished ovarian reserve, women who are known to be affected by or known to be carriers of a significant genetic defect or who have a family history of a condition for which carrier status cannot be determined, and women with poor oocyte and/or embryo quality or multiple failures to conceive via assisted reproductive techniques.
