Ovum (oocyte) donorship

A donor ovum is used when patient’s ovaries do not produce their own ova because of different reasons or when repeated attempts of artificial fertilization ended in failure. Ova donorship is also used in medicine if there is a risk to transmit hereditary deceases to a child.

Who can be an ovum donor?

An ovum donor can become a woman aged 20 to 32, who is physically and mentally healthy. The ova donorship program is absolutely anonymous. Spouses, who use donor ova, cannot see donor’s photos and are informed only about such characteristics as height, weight, colour of hair and eyes, blood group, and rhesus-factor, nationality, whether a donor has a family and children.

It is desirable that a recipient (a patient, who uses donor ova) is a woman aged to 50. An ovum donor receives no information about recipient.

When is ovum donorship used?

Indications for conducting in-vitro fertilization using donor ova are the following:

• Absence of ova because of such reasons as natural menopause, premature ovary failure syndrome, uterine appendages ablation;
• If a patient has a gene with mutation and sex-linked hereditary diseases;
• In-vitro fertilization attempts that ended in failure, low reaction of ovaries for ovulation induction, numerous receiving of low quality embryos.

Volume of examination for an ovum donor.

1. Therapist’s report;
2. Clinical blood analysis;
3. HIV, WR, hepatitis B, C;
4. Blood group, rhesus-factor;
5. Microscopy of discharge;
6. Cytology;
7. Gynaecological examination;
8. Pelvic ultrasound.