Egg Donation & IVF

Our egg donation and IVF practices are world renowned and supervised by Jeffrey Rakoff, M.D. This highly successful program features an experienced team of medical and laboratory specialists committed to maintaining the highest standards of excellence and helping every patient achieve a successful pregnancy.

Many women need to consider Donor Egg IVF because of various problems, such as ovarian failure, chemotherapy, genetic causes, no eggs due to previous surgery, poor egg quality, surgical loss of ovaries due to trauma, advanced maternal age, cancer or other medical conditions.

In the egg donation process, eggs are retrieved from a known or anonymous donor’s ovaries and fertilized in the laboratory with the sperm from the recipient’s partner (or, if needed, a sperm donor).  The healthy embryos are returned to the recipient (or, if needed, a gestational surrogate).

A typical egg donor is healthy, between the ages of 21 and 29,  single or married (preferably with known and proven fertility).  Eggs can be donated by a friend, family member or anonymously.

Egg donors receive approximately $5000 in compensation after they have met all the necessary obligations.  Some people choose to ask a friend or relative to donate for no compensation.