A family without a baby may feel incomplete, and unfortunately, for various reasons some couples cannot have children. If you decide to donate your eggs, you may be able help these couples to have children.
We are looking to offer young ladies aged between 19 - 30, with blue or green eyes, minimum height 160cm of slim build, with good physical health, a holiday in Cyprus for one week. You will be accommodated in a hotel next to a golden beach, with breakfast and evening meal provided. We offer donors cash compensation for the donation of their eggs.
Who can become an egg donor?
Not all women can donate eggs. We have a strict policy of ensuring that our donors meet minimum criteria which are set out below.
How are egg donors selected?
Egg donors must be a minimum age of 19 and no more than 30. The lower limit ensures that the donor can legally enter into the contract with our clinic. The contract ensures their anonomity and is legally binding within Northern Cyprus.
The upper limit reflects the fact that older women respond less well to fertility drugs. There is also a chance that an older woman's eggs will be abnormal, making pregnancy less likely or increasing the risk of a birth defect.
Some programs prefer to use donors who have already given birth or successfully donated eggs as it is believed that they are more likely to be fertile.
Height, weight and physical characteristics are very important when selecting donors. As well as a full medical examination, blood tests for HIV, HepB and C, CMV are carried out, there is also a psychological examination to ensure they are fully prepared to donate eggs and the potential implications on their own fertility by becoming a donor. We also genetically test for Cystic Fibrosis, Thalasemia and Familial Mediterranean Fever(FVF).
What does egg donation involve?
If you apply to become an egg donor you will be expected to have a physical and gynecological examination, medical and family history will be taken, blood and urine tests, and a psychological evaluation. You will also discuss your rights and responsibilities with a program representative before signing a consent form to take part in the programme. Programme staff will thoroughly describe the procedures and risks involved in egg donation. You do not give your written agreement to becoming an egg donor until the screening process is complete. After you are screened, you should have access to the results of your medical tests - whether or not you become a donor.
Stopping your normal cycle
You may be prescribed a medication for one or more weeks to temporarily halt your ovaries normal functioning.
This makes it easier to control your response to fertility drugs. A doctor or nurse will give you an injection or instruct you about how to inject the medication daily at home.
Side Effects: The medications may cause hot flushes, vaginal dryness, fatigue, sleep problems, body aches, mood swings, breast tenderness, headache, and/ or vision problems.
What is Follicle Stimulation
In a normal menstrual cycle, one egg matures and, at ovulation, is released from an egg-containing sac (called a follicle) on the ovary. In egg donation, the goal is to obtain several mature eggs. You will be prescribed medication to stimulate your ovaries to mature more eggs than normal (called "controlled hyperstimulation"). The medications are similar to the hormones that your body produces, but at much higher doses. These medications must be injected (either under your skin or into a muscle). Treatment will start on a specific day of your cycle and continue for about ten days. You will be shown how to inject the medications. If you are unable to inject yourself reliably, you will need someone else to do it for you.
Removing the eggs from your ovaries involves a procedure carried out under mild anaesthetic using a vaginal probe.
The donated eggs are then be mixed with sperm from the intended father in the clinic's laboratory. If the donor egg recipient becomes pregnant and delivers a child, she will be the birth mother and legal mother of that child as the donor has given consent under Cyprus legislation to forfeit the rights of paternity.
Side Effects: You may develop soreness, redness or mild bruising around the injection site. You may experience mood swings, tender breasts, enlarged ovaries and mild fluid retention. Occasionally, the medications cause more hyperstimulation than intended (known as "ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome," or OHSS). This will cause fluid retention and swelling of the ovaries. In mild OHSS, you may have abdominal pain, pressure and swelling. This should go away after your next period. In moderate OHSS, you may require careful monitoring, bed rest and pain medication. Severe OHSS is rare but can cause serious medical complications, including blood clots, kidney failure, fluid build-up in the lungs, and shock. In rare cases, hospitalization is necessary and the condition can be life-threatening. One or both of your ovaries may have to be removed. The risk of OHSS decreases after the eggs are retrieved.(According to the new treatment protocols OHSS risk is very low as 0,1 per 100)
If you decide, for some reason, not to undergo egg retrieval after having completed fertility drugs, you increase your risk of OHSS. Very rarely, an enlarged ovary will twist on its stalk and cut off its blood supply. This painful condition requires immediate surgery and the ovary may have to be removed. Also, very rarely, a woman has an allergic reaction to fertility drugs.
You can become pregnant during the cycle, if you have unprotected intercourse. This could occur if some of the eggs are released before retrieval, or if the doctor is unable to retrieve all of the mature eggs. There is a chance that you could become pregnant with twins, triplets or quadruplets. You must abstain from intercourse or use effective barrier contraception. Ask the doctor about restrictions on intercourse during the donation cycle.
The long-term risks of fertility drugs are unknown. A few studies suggest that fertility drugs might increase a woman's risk for developing ovarian cancer later in life. Others do not show this link. At this time, no one knows for sure.
Confidentiality
You will donate anonymously and the recipient will have no access to your personal data, equally you will have no access to their information.
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