The first donor-conceived baby was born in 1978. Since then medicine has advanced so much that it has enabled people to conceive not only with standard IVF but also through third-party family-building routes such as; egg donation, sperm donation and embryo adoption. Treatments are safer, more effective and more accessible than ever for both donors [...]
Egg donation is an incredible way to help individuals and couples build families, but it comes with a host of questions and considerations for potential donors.
With Growing Families annual Surrogacy & Donor Information Day coming up in London on 21 April 2024, event organiser Sam Everingham takes a look at what will be discussed, and what we can learn.
Looking into donor eggs as part of your family-building journey? Check off these questions to help you learn more about the egg donor recipient process.
Clinic fit. Donor availability. Shorter wait times. More of us in the US and UK are looking into donor sperm and donor egg IVF in Europe – and the list of reasons why just keeps getting longer. Dive into the specifics with our 101 guide.
A two-time donor shares her experience – from why she chose to donate, to what happens on donation day and the wide-reaching benefits she’s personally experienced.
We delve into the process of egg donation in Spain, shedding light on how one of Europe’s benchmark clinics – Eugin – selects donors, the intricate steps involved in utilizing donor eggs, and the unique aspects that characterize the Spanish approach to this remarkable journey.
Egg donor information, from lived experience Becoming an egg donor, and the life-changing impact donation can have on families going through IVF treatment, is becoming more and more widely acknowledged and accepted. As part of the process, donors take a sequence of fertility drug injections, aimed at stimulating the ovaries to generate a larger quantity [...]
From quality assurance to choice, reference clinics and customer care - what are the biggest watch points for donor egg banks as we close out 2022? And, how might these impact your decision, when choosing your donor egg bank? Today, we’re focusing on a few core factors: the donation process quality assurance choice reference clinics [...]
Words by Jessie Day For many intended parents we speak to, the more information, the better. You’ve almost definitely been on a journey already. The last thing you want is another step which feels outside of your control. Egg donor profiles - what you’ll see, and the navigation - should be clearly set out, empowering [...]
If you're considering using an egg or sperm donor for fertility treatment, you might be wondering if it's right for you. Perhaps you're in a same-sex relationship, planning on being a solo parent, creating a fertility safety net, or maybe you or your partner have fertility problems. Whatever your reasons for using donor gametes, speaking [...]
Did you know that 64,000 children are born each year via IVF, egg donation, and surrogacy? All over the world, there are intended parents wishing to grow their families, and selfless surrogates and egg and sperm donors willing to help. Becoming an egg donor or a surrogate is an incredibly kindhearted act and at The [...]
If you're struggling with (in)fertility and going through fertility treatment, you may be considering using a sperm donor or an egg donor. In fact, 43% of our The Ribbon Box community has either used an egg or sperm donor for fertility treatment or is considering using donor gametes. Yet when it comes to using donor [...]
Have you ever wondered how to choose your egg donor? Who are these people and why do they donate? The Ribbon Box speaks to the fertility specialists and healthcare professionals at Cryos about the origins of their donated eggs and to explain the meticulous process they use to select egg donors. Why do people donate [...]
Today on The Ribbon Box, we're super excited to speak with Marvin Lemmen, from the Netherlands. Marvin is a single gay intended parent (IP), who is currently trying to have a baby via gestational surrogacy. He's sharing his fertility / surrogacy journey to date, in the hope that it will break stigma and inspire other [...]
Camille Guaty is an advocate for Donor Conception and Co-Founder of Foster a Dream. We are grateful that she is sharing with out The Ribbon Box readers her personal trying to conceive story on making the decision to use an egg donor, advice to anyone looking for an egg or sperm donor and how her feelings [...]
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