What is Donor Egg Treatment and Who May Benefit from It?
In the lab, sperm fertilise the donor’s eggs. Sperm comes from the father or a donor. The clinic then places the embryo into the recipient’s uterus. Before that happens, every donor undergoes screening that covers her medical history, genetic risk, and infectious disease status.
Doctors turn to donor egg IVF mainly for two reasons: when a woman’s ovarian reserve is too low to work with, or when repeated IVF cycles have failed because of egg quality. What makes this option viable is that the uterus itself is often still capable of carrying a pregnancy, even after the ovaries stop producing eggs worth using.