Understanding egg donation in-house
With our in-house programme, all embryo transfers take place in our Dublin fertility clinic in Dundrum. Our in-house service is an ‘identifiable programme’, which means that the donors have consented to be contactable by their biological offspring when they reach the age of 18.
We collaborate closely with Ovumia, a renowned fertility clinic in Finland and part of our FutureLife Group family. Ovumia offers a top-tier identifiable egg donor service, allowing patients to utilise our In-House Egg Donor Programme at our Dublin and Galway clinics. This means you can access identifiable donor eggs without the need for international travel. This program is highly favoured by patients opting for IVF treatment with identifiable donor eggs, providing the convenience of receiving care near their home.
Our Success rates
Our in-house Egg Donation Programme, in partnership with Ovumia clinic, offers the highest success rate among fertility treatments, with an average of up to 60% per cycle.
Who are the egg donors?
Our donors are Finnish residents aged 20 to 35 who generously choose to donate eggs to help women who are struggling with infertility to conceive and have healthy pregnancies and babies. They undergo rigorous screening in line with Finnish laws and EU Tissues and Cells Directive standards. This includes comprehensive blood and genetic testing. Furthermore, each donor meets with an Ovumia psychologist to ensure they fully understand the implications of their donation and feel completely confident in their decision. They are extremely well cared for, receiving comprehensive support before during and after their procedure. Their decision to donate is altruistic and not commercial, although they do receive a modest reimbursement to cover their expenses incurred.
Egg donation in Ireland using identifiable egg donors
Partnership with Ovumia
As part of the FutureLife Group, a European leader in reproductive medicine and women's health, Ovumia brings extensive expertise and advanced technologies to our egg donation programmes, ensuring the highest standards of care and success for our patients.
Thousands of babies delivered
Ovumia is the leading network of fertility clinics in Northern Europe, specialising in advanced pre-implantation genetic diagnostics, embryo research, and treatments with donor gametes. They have successfully assisted our patients in welcoming over 15,000 babies into their families.
Donor egg IVF in Ireland
With shorter waiting times, 60%+ success rates, and exemplary patient care, our in-house egg donation programmes are a popular choice for patients seeking to have their treatment in Ireland eliminating the need to travel overseas.
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Consultation
Our medical team will also take a full fertility history and review any previous fertility procedures undertaken to ensure that an IVF with egg donation treatment is a viable option for you.
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Dedicated Egg Donation Coordinator
Our dedicated egg donation coordinators will guide you through the whole process from start to finish. There will be several forms and consents to complete before we can start the treatment. Your coordinator will be there to clarify and answer any questions you might have. They will also provide you with the full costs for your selected egg donation programme based on your own specific requirements.
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Consents and Sperm Freezing
We will arrange a date for you to attend the clinic to complete your consents and if using partner sperm – complete the sperm freezing and viral screening.
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Donor Recruitment and Matching
Once we have selected a suitable donor for you she will start stimulation on the dates she is able to commit to. Your egg donation coordinator will tell you the estimated egg collection date.
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Donor Egg Collection
Once the egg collection takes place you will be updated on Day 5/6 to confirm the number of blastocysts. Alternatively you may be offered vitrified donor eggs for your cycle (at no additional cost). These will be matched to the criteria you selected and tested in accordance with Irish legislative requirements. They will be thawed and ICSI performed and similar to fresh eggs you will be notified on Day 5/6.
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Frozen Embryo Transfer
Once your blastocysts are frozen and ready we will have them transported back to Ireland where we will start to prepare your frozen embryo transfer which will be performed in either our Dublin or Galway clinic. If there are any additional embryos we will store them for you for any future treatments, if required.
Donor egg programme
Types of packages
- Aim of at least one blastocyst- if no blasts are frozen the cycle is repeated
- Donor wait time of 3 – 5 months
- Sperm freeze and shipment (if using partner sperm)
- Donor selection, egg retrieval, ICSI, freezing of embryos
- Repatriation/ return shipping of embryos
- Egg donation coordination and consent appointment
- Ultrasound scans during your first treatment cycle*
- Embryo transfer procedure (one)
- Pregnancy blood test (one) & early pregnancy scan (one)
- Post-treatment review (if required)
- Storage of embryos for the first year
FAQs
No, all your treatment will take place here. We will send the sperm to Ovumia and ship the embryos back. The only situation where travel might be necessary is if the sperm sample is too poor to survive the freeze-thaw process, in which case we would need a fresh sample for treatment.
We understand that, as a future mom, you want the donor to share similar characteristics with you so that your baby resembles you as much as possible. Our donor coordinator will find the best possible match based on your physical features, such as height, hair colour, and eye colour.
One of the forms that you will be required to complete is a Donor Recipient Characteristics form. This gives us a physical description of you and your partner (if applicable) and every effort is made to choose a donor who matches you and your partner’s physical characteristics as closely as possible.
The legislation currently in place in both Ireland and Finland eans that the donors must be identifiable. This does not mean that you will get the personal details of your donor, however. This simply means that when your donor-conceived child turns 18, they will have access to the doctor's contact information for potential communication.
The patient can receive the donor's hair colour, eye colour, height size & ethnicity information when a donor has been assigned to them.
Yes, you can, but if no embryo/s are created no fees will be reimbursed as your sample did not meet the guarantee criteria. We will advise you if your sample does not meet the guarantee criteria.
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Making your initial appointment for an IVF treatment using donor eggs can be challenging. Talk to us and let our expert team guide you throughout your egg donation treatment.
