Why do some women need an egg donor’s help to get pregnant?
There are a number of reasons why infertile couples need donor eggs in order to have a baby. The most common use of egg donation is to treat women in their 30’s and 40’s who have run out of fertile eggs and are unable to get pregnant on their own. The age of a woman’s eggs is the main factor that determines her fertility from her teens until her mid 30’s. This is the time of her life when she ovulates her best and most healthy eggs. By the time a woman reaches her 40’s, she will have used up her healthy eggs. The majority of eggs that remain in her ovaries by that time will have abnormal chromosomes and are incapable of producing a healthy baby. Other women lose their ovaries or have damaged ovaries due to the result of surgery or treatment for various cancers, endometriosis or pelvic infections. A very small percentage of women suffer from early menopause and run out of eggs before they have their children. Although a woman may run out of healthy eggs in her 40’s or lose her ovarian f
