Programs & Services - Donor Egg Program

Egg Recipients

A donor egg recipient is a woman who is unable to conceive for a variety of reasons. In most cases, the recipient has tried many other forms of reproductive therapies, which have been unsuccessful due to limited ovarian reserve/response or age. Recipients at Long Island IVF must be under the age of 50 and in good general health.

Egg donation was originally developed to treat infertility in women who have ovarian failure and want to experience a pregnancy and birth. Some women are born with this problem; other women have lost their ovarian function at menopause sometimes prematurely or following medical treatment such as chemotherapy. Still other women carry genetic problems that they do not wish to pass on to their children.

There are two types of Egg Donors who can donate their healthy eggs to recipients - the anonymous egg donor and the known egg donor. When you use an anonymous donor, you choose from our extensive and ethnically diverse database and you are only aware of her basic physical and psychological characteristics. About 80 percent of donors are anonymous. The known donor, on the other hand, is a woman who is known to you either as a relative or friend or through introduction. You may bring a friend or relative as a prospective donor to be evaluated by one of our physicians. Some recipients choose to utilize donors found through other sources. All of these "known donors" undergo a screening process similar to the anonymous donors. The difference between known donor and anonymous donor screening is hair drug testing and the background check by our private investigator. In the circumstance of a known donor, this is optional unless requested by the psychological screener, Aviva Zigelman LCSW.

For more information about Egg Recipients, please click one of the links below:

Becoming a Recipient
Process & Procedure

Sample Donors
Finances