Sometimes, help from others may be essential to making your dreams come true. If your own eggs do not allow you to conceive, that doesn’t mean you have to give up on your plans to start a family. Allow yourself to be helped and accept an egg donation from another woman.
Have you been told that you won’t be able to get pregnant using your own eggs? A diagnosis like this may leave you wondering: what next? Do I still have a chance of getting pregnant? IVF using eggs from an anonymous donor could be an excellent solution for you.
Clinical pregnancies following the first treatment (frozen embryos)
Guarantee of the number of blastocyst-stage embryos
Convenient online booking of an egg donation package
In vitro treatment using donor cells at INVICTA is a rapid and highly personalised process. The eggs come from a donor who has successfully undergone detailed medical, genetic and psychological assessments. Fertilisation takes place using the ICSI method, with sperm from the partner or an anonymous donor. The resulting blastocyst-stage embryos are then transferred to the recipient’s uterus (embryo transfer).
Plan your treatment with us so that the process is tailored to your needs. By prioritising effectiveness and providing online tools such as video consultations with doctors, the Patient Portal and the Online Fertility Bank, we are able to minimise the number of visits you need to make to the Clinic and the duration of your treatment.
In vitro fertilisation using donor eggs is a proven method used in most countries around the world. It is one of the most effective treatments for infertility. In Europe, the average success rate of IVF treatments using donor eggs is just 49.6% per cycle (ESHRE, 2018).
At the INVICTA Clinic, the pregnancy success rate is 75% after just the first treatment using frozen donor eggs.
Basic programme for the fertilisation of frozen donor cells
Recommended for patients who wish to spread the cost over time, freeze their embryos and have the embryo transfer at a later date.
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An extended programme for the fertilisation of frozen donor cells, which also takes the male factor into account
Designed for patients who also suffer from poor sperm quality or azoospermia and wish to have their embryo transfer at a later date.
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A comprehensive programme for the fertilisation of frozen donor eggs.
Designed for patients who value a comprehensive approach to treatment and wish to set a budget for it.
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A comprehensive programme for the fertilisation of fresh donor oocytes
Designed for patients who wish to use fresh donor eggs.
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INVICTA’s embryologists guarantee the production of at least one blastocyst from six fertilised donor eggs from the INVICTA Bank, provided that the relevant sperm quality criteria are met. Should no embryo develop, you will receive further donor oocytes free of charge. We will repeat the fertilisation process until successful, that is, until the guaranteed blastocyst is obtained.
Transferring a blastocyst offers a better chance of achieving pregnancy than transferring embryos at the 3-day stage.
More embryos are obtained than the guaranteed number. This allows for further embryo transfers without having to start the process from the beginning.
1. If you do not have your own eggs
Every woman is born with a specific number of eggs, which are ‘used up’ over the course of her life. Some women have more eggs at the start of their lives, others fewer, but there are also those who have no eggs in their ovaries at all. The depletion or absence of one’s own ovarian reserve is one of the most common reasons for undergoing IVF with donor eggs.
The loss of eggs may result from cancer treatment (chemotherapy, radiotherapy or surgical removal of the ovaries). Once you have recovered, thanks to donated eggs, you can confidently plan a pregnancy.
Another reason for a lack of eggs is the menopause. This is a natural and physiological stage in a woman’s life, typically occurring around the age of 50. However, this process can sometimes occur earlier, in which case it is referred to as premature menopause. Premature menopause affects one in a hundred women before the age of 40 and one in a thousand women before the age of 30.
2. If previous IVF attempts using your own eggs have been unsuccessful
Have you already undergone IVF treatment using your own eggs at another clinic, and did the treatment not result in pregnancy? It is worth exploring new options. At INVICTA, we always analyse your previous treatment records to draw conclusions and improve your treatment in the next cycle. If the failure was due to poor egg quality or if you were unable to obtain your own eggs, it is worth considering IVF using donor eggs. Take advantage of a free consultation following an IVF failure.
3. You are a carrier of a genetic abnormality that cannot be ruled out by embryo testing
Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) enables the detection of the most significant chromosomal abnormalities (e.g. Down’s syndrome) and monogenic disorders (e.g. cystic fibrosis).
However, if you are a carrier of a condition resulting from the interaction of multiple genes and environmental factors (e.g. schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease), or a carrier of a mitochondrial genome mutation, you can use donated gametes to prevent passing the condition on to your child.
4. Your partner has poor sperm quality or azoospermia
If you both have poor-quality gametes or none at all, this IVF programme allows you to use both donor eggs and donor sperm simultaneously. This is an alternative to adopting an embryo from patients who have already completed their IVF treatment.
You select a donor egg and a donor sperm separately, based on your physical characteristics (phenotype). Our embryologist then carries out in vitro fertilisation to produce embryos for you. This significantly reduces the time required and increases the success rate of the treatment.
An in vitro procedure using a donor egg is relatively safe, but, like any medical procedure, it carries a minimal risk of side effects. Before treatment begins, the doctor discusses all potential risks and side effects with the patient and carries out a thorough assessment of her health. Furthermore, following the doctor’s advice, open communication and regular check-ups can help to minimise risks and ensure the greatest possible safety throughout the process. These may include, amongst other things, an adverse reaction to the medication taken, a genital infection, or failure of fertilisation and embryo implantation.
The legality and ethics of IVF treatment using a donor egg vary from country to country. In Poland, the Act of 25 June 2015 on the Treatment of Infertility is in force, which regulates procedures relating to reproductive medicine, including IVF. Under this Act, IVF using donor oocytes is legal in Poland; however, there are certain restrictions and requirements, including:
The ethics of using IVF treatment with a donor egg is a personal matter and may be viewed differently by different people. If you are wondering how to deal with these ethical dilemmas, talk openly with your partner. It is important to take your partner’s views and values into account. Discuss your expectations and concerns, and consider what decisions will be best for you as a couple. A psychologist may prove to be a great source of support.
We only accept healthy women into the Egg Donation Programme – women who have no fertility problems and who have no congenital defects, genetic disorders or mental health conditions (including any in their family). We know them personally and find them a pleasure to work with. What’s more, they are the very picture of health, and their decision to donate is driven by a desire to help. They are often people who are already blood and bone marrow donors. We do not accept egg cells from patients who have completed in vitro fertilisation treatment. In our donor database, you will find gametes from women living in Poland, of various ethnic backgrounds and of the white Caucasian (Europoid) race.
An important aspect of the in vitro procedure involving cell adoption is the process of donor selection. A donor must meet the relevant health criteria, such as having an adequate ovarian reserve, a clean medical history, negative results for infectious diseases and normal results from genetic testing. An important part of the screening process is also a consultation with a psychologist, who analyses the information obtained during the medical history interview and carries out additional psychological tests to minimise the risk of the child inheriting a mental health condition.
In this procedure, the egg donor is selected on the basis of the physical characteristics of the intended parents, known as the ‘phenotype’. The most important of these is race, whilst other criteria include hair colour, eye colour, and so on. This helps to ensure that the child resembles the intended parents.
Egg donation is anonymous, in accordance with the Act of 25 June 2015 on the treatment of infertility. This means that neither you, nor your partner, nor your child will ever know the identity of the egg donor. This also works the other way round, so the donor will not receive any information about you either.
