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Egg donation
Egg donation is a well-established form of assisted
conception treatment. It offers hope for a large number of women who
previously thought they could never become pregnant and have children.
In the United Kingdom at is a legally accepted form of treatment. In
some countries, egg donation is not allowed.
It is important that both the donor and recipient couples
be adequately counseled, screened
and made aware of the psychological, moral and legal implications of egg
donation before being accepted onto the program.
At present, there is a shortage of egg donors in the
UK and most IVF clinics have waiting lists for 2 years or longer.
To whom egg donation is advised?
There are selected groups of patients to whom egg
donation is recommended.
- Women who have a uterus but whose ovaries do not produce eggs due
to premature menopause (affect 1-2% of women under the age of 40).
Women who have their ovaries removed as a treatment for cancer, pelvic
infection or endometriosis. Women whose ovaries were damaged by chemotherapy
or radiotherapy for cancer. Women who were born without functioning
ovaries (Turner's Syndrome). Women whose ovaries are resistant to
stimulation by the pituitary hormones, so-called 'resistant ovarian
syndrome'and women who have had poor ovarian response to hormonal
stimulation.
- Women who have a high risk of passing on genetic disorders to their
offspring. e.g. women who are carrier of sex linked diseases such as
hemophilia, Duchenne's muscular dystrophy and Huntington's chorea. Couples
with recurrent pregnancy loss due to chromosomal abnormalities. Although
antenatal fetal diagnosis is available for an increasing number of these
conditions, termination of pregnancy remains unacceptable to many couples.
Recent advanced in preimplantation genetic
diagnosis has enabled couples to undergo IVF,
preimplantation embryo biopsy and the transfer of normal embryos. However
the high cost and complexity of this procedure put beyond the means
of many couples.
- Women with recurrent IVF failures, this could be due to poor response
to stimulation by fertility drugs, failure of egg collections or poor
egg quality.
- Older women who have poorly functioning ovaries.
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User Contributed Notes
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Dr Samuel Marcus
09-Feb-2004 12:53 |
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The UK government is to change the law which safeguards the anonymity of women who have donated eggs to childless couples, giving their children the right to know their genetic parents.
Ms Melanie Johnson, the UK minster of Public Health, mentioned that the new regulations will not be retrospective and that the identities of adults who had already been donors would not be identified. |
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