What is egg harvesting and egg donation?
Egg donation involves two persons: an egg donor and an egg recipient. The egg donor undergoes several fertility procedures to produce eggs. These eggs are then harvested and fertilised in the laboratory by the semen of the egg recipient’s husband or partner (or a sperm donor). The fertilised eggs become embryos, and one or two of these embryos are replaced back into the uterus (womb) of the egg recipient to create pregnancy. At AVA-Peter, any extra embryos of excellent quality can be frozen to be used for another attempt. They now become the property of the recipient and/or her partner. After successful pregnancy development, the egg recipient gives birth to the child and becomes the child’s mother. Differences between IVF and IVF with egg donation The main difference between ‘normal IVF’ and ‘egg donation IVF’ is that one more person is needed to help in creating pregnancy. This is the egg donor, whose eggs are harvested and used if the would-be mother (the egg recipient), for some re
