How it works: IVF and Egg donation
Sadly, quite a lot of people are unable to
experience the happiness of parenthood without some kind of medical
intervention. That is why contemporary ART (Assisted Reproductive Technologies)
are designed to effectively treat infertility. Here at IVF Group we involve in our treatment the
newest technologies and the most ambitious scientific research in this field.
Our main goal is to help our patients become healthy and happy parents.
How does IVF work and when donor oocytes
are needed
IVF means in vitro fertilization, which is
a type of assisted reproductive technology. The process consists of several
steps:
- Taking medications for several eggs to mature;
- Surgical extraction of the eggs;
- Combining sperm and eggs in the lab in order to achieve
fertilization;
- Placing embryos (fertilized eggs) directly into the uterus;
- One of the embryos attaching to the uterus lining, which means
the start of pregnancy.
Sometimes women cannot involve their own
oocytes, which leads to using donor eggs from oocyte
storage. There is a number of situations, which require oocyte
donation:
- Fertilization failed several times;
- Both ovaries were surgically removed;
- A woman suffers from a hereditary disease;
- A woman suffers from premature ovarian failure, etc.
Reasons to use surrogate motherhood
A surrogate mother is a woman who carries a
baby for other people to raise after its birth. Surrogate mother either gets
her egg artificially fertilized by the sperm of the father, or IVF is used and
embryo of the mother is placed into her uterus. A surrogate motherhood is used
in such cases:
- A woman cannot carry a baby due to problems with her uterus;
- A woman’s uterus was surgically removed;
- A woman has a condition which makes it dangerous for her health
and life to give birth;
- Adoption is not an option for some reason.
Surrogacy is legal in Ukraine and becomes
increasingly popular each year. Egg and sperm donation are regulated by law.
Many American and European couples seek a surrogate mother in Ukraine, because
statistics show that the percentage of healthy newborns is relatively high
Ukrainian women. Cases of low birth weight and infant mortality are also
relatively uncommon.
