Become an egg donor with TFP Fertility

Following your donation, your eggs will be frozen and stored until they are matched to a hopeful recipient.

Donated eggs can be used to create a maximum of 10 families, with no limits on the number of children born within each family. You can set a limit for this, if you wish.

Of course, it's natural to wonder about the outcome of your donation. You can contact your fertility clinic or the HFEA directly to ask for information on:

• How many births have occurred as a result of your donation

• The age, sex and year of birth for the children born

You won’t be given any information that could reveal the identity of the child/children.

In the UK, egg donation is not completely anonymous, but there are protections for your identity in place:

• At the time of donation, your identity is private

• The person receiving your eggs cannot access your identity at any point, but they will be told your height, eye colour and occupation (e.g., teacher, sales manager, etc.,)

• Any children resulting from your donation can ask for non-identifying information about you when they turn 16, such as your height, eye colour and occupation (e.g., teacher, sales manager, etc.,)

• Any children resulting from your donation can ask for your identity when they turn 18, which includes your name, date of birth, and last known address

Unless you are donating your eggs as a known donor (someone who donates their eggs or sperm to a friend or family member), you won’t be given any information about who receives your eggs at any point.

This is to protect the identity of the person receiving your eggs and any children born as a result.

The only way you’ll find out the identity of any child born as a result of your egg donation is if they contact you after they turn 18. 

You can make an information request to the HFEA to find out if any children have been born as a result of your donation.

• You'll be told how many children have been born as well as their sex and year of birth

• You can only find out about births, not pregnancies

You’ll need to wait until enough time has passed, which is usually around one year after your donation.

When donating your eggs to a licensed fertility clinic, you have no legal obligations to any child born as a result.

We are a HFEA-regulated clinic and follow strict protocols and regulations to ensure the safety of our donors and future recipients.

This means:

• You’re not the legal parent of any child born from your egg donation

• You’re not named on their birth certificate

• You have no financial obligations to the child or recipient

• You have no parental rights over how the child is raised

By law, when you donate you must consent in writing to your eggs being used for treatment. You can change or withdraw your consent up until the point any of your eggs are transferred to a recipient. That means you can change or withdraw your consent after your eggs have been donated. However, given that fertility treatment is costly, time-consuming and emotionally and physically stressful, it is important to be sure beforehand that you really want to donate.  

Under no circumstances should your identity be legally disclosed to the recipient of your eggs.

It is possible that you can be connected to any children born from your eggs through DNA ancestry websites, such as ancestry.com.

You don’t need to have done a DNA test yourself for this to happen, as a connection can be discovered if someone else in your family uses the service. 

You won’t be able to contact any children born from your egg donation.

However, when they turn 18, they’ll be able to request your name, date of birth and last known address.

They may or may not contact you, depending on their personal preferences.

There is currently no official legal restriction on how many times you can donate.

However, your clinic will limit the number of conditions for your safety, as it’s a medical procedure.

If the first donation cycle goes well, you can usually donate a further two times.

You will have a review and a consultation with one of our fertility specialists after each donation to advise on whether you can continue to donate your eggs.

In the UK, it’s illegal to pay for an egg donor for their donation, however, you can be compensated for your expenses, including travel and accommodation during your donation cycle.

From 1st October, 2024, HFEA guidelines state that clinics may compensate egg donors with a fixed sum of up to £985 per cycle of donation, though sometimes this can be increased if you can show through receipts that your expenses were higher.