Surrogate Mothers Online Q & A: I recently donated eggs to 2 recipients. I am considering doing it again. My question is, is it possible to donate and keep a couple eggs for myself? I do not want to freeze embryos, but would like to keep some of the eggs. Is that possible? I hear a lot about freezing embryos but have not heard anyone mention freezing eggs for future insemination.

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2. I recently donated eggs to 2 recipients. I am considering doing it again. My question is, is it possible to donate and keep a couple eggs for myself? I do not want to freeze embryos, but would like to keep some of the eggs. Is that possible? I hear a lot about freezing embryos but have not heard anyone mention freezing eggs for future insemination. - Bess in Stafford - Top

Dear Bess,

From your post, I would guess that you are talking about a shared cycle. In a shared cycle, you can be an egg donor for 2 intended parents, or you can share your eggs with a couple, where you get half the eggs and they get half the eggs, and you get some help with the cost of IVF.

Freezing eggs is somewhat new, and the success rates aren't all that great. (We have been freezing embryos for years-but not unfertilized eggs). I am sure that the success rates will improve as more clinics offer the service of frozen eggs.

Here are a couple of clinics that I know offer some of these services:

1) The Cooper Institute in New Jersery *Shared Egg Donor Program*

2) The Genetics Institute in (GIVF) Fairfax,Va. *offers frozen donor/eggs*

3) The Fertility Institute in Tarzana * Offers frozen egg donors*

Check SMOs related links at http://www.surromomsonline.com/links.htm for more information on clinics and agencies.

Lisa - Updated: February 13, 2000
Miscellaneous egg donation related questions that do not fit under any of the other categories

2. I recently donated eggs to 2 recipients. I am considering doing it again. My question is, is it possible to donate and keep a couple eggs for myself? I do not want to freeze embryos, but would like to keep some of the eggs. Is that possible? I hear a lot about freezing embryos but have not heard anyone mention freezing eggs for future insemination. - Bess in Stafford - Top: Dear Bess,

From your post, I would guess that you are talking about a shared cycle. In a shared cycle, you can be an egg donor for 2 intended parents, or you can share your eggs with a couple, where you get half the eggs and they get half the eggs, and you get some help with the cost of IVF.

Freezing eggs is somewhat new, and the success rates aren't all that great. (We have been freezing embryos for years-but not unfertilized eggs). I am sure that the success rates will improve as more clinics offer the service of frozen eggs.

Here are a couple of clinics that I know offer some of these services:

1) The Cooper Institute in New Jersery *Shared Egg Donor Program*

2) The Genetics Institute in (GIVF) Fairfax,Va. *offers frozen donor/eggs*

3) The Fertility Institute in Tarzana * Offers frozen egg donors*

Check SMOs related links at http://www.surromomsonline.com/links.htm for more information on clinics and agencies.

Lisa - Updated: February 13, 2000

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