Fertility treatment with egg sharing

Screening and counselling

We'll perform some screening blood tests to check for any genetic conditions as well as infections that could be passed on to a child born from one of your eggs. You'll also meet with a specialist fertility counsellor to discuss the emotional aspects of egg sharing - this is a key step for all our donors.

Treatment planning

One of our nurses will walk you through the treatment, including the medication you will need and how to use it. They will ensure that you have completed all the legal consent forms for your treatment and egg sharing.

Control and stimulation of the ovaries

The appropriate stimulation protocol is determined by a woman’s AMH level, but it generally involves a seven to 14-day course of hormone injections to stimulate the ovaries to produce several good-sized follicles.

Monitoring progress

Pelvic scans will be performed to check the development and growth of the follicles in the ovaries. This will determine when the eggs are collected from the follicles.

Egg retrieval

Once the follicles have reached the correct size, an injection will be given to mature the eggs for collection. A needle is then gently guided through the vaginal wall to capture the eggs one by one. Don’t worry, you will be sedated for this part of the procedure to ensure no pain or discomfort.

For egg sharing , we need to collect 12 or more eggs and are divided immediately after collection between you and TFP Fertility's egg donation bank.

Fertilisation

Healthy eggs are combined with sperm in the lab where they reach and penetrate the egg naturally. A method called intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), where a single sperm is injected directly into each mature egg, may be used for cases of low sperm count or quality.

Embryo Freezing

Fertilised eggs are left for five days to develop into mature embryos. These are monitored using an EmbryoScope™, which helps us select the strongest embryos to freeze on day five or six of development.