IVF with donated eggs

During your first visit, FIV Valencia offers a personalised fertility diagnosis. Through the Individualised Diagnostic Study (EDI), we will evaluate your and your partner’s fertility, examine your medical history, and develop a treatment plan tailored to your needs. This comprehensive approach ensures we recommend the best techniques to help you achieve your goal of becoming a parent. 

Your donor will also undergo careful screening and various medical tests to ensure the highest safety for you and your future baby. 

At FIV Valencia, our own egg donor bank allows us to select the most suitable donor for you. We consider your physical characteristics (hair colour, eye colour, skin tone, height, and blood type) to achieve the closest possible resemblance. All our donors undergo thorough medical and psychological assessments. 

How Do We Select Our Egg Donors? 

Our egg donors are young, healthy women who decide to help others become mothers by donating their eggs. At FIV Valencia, we prioritise the well-being of our donors and ensure they feel supported and valued throughout the donation process. In Spain, gamete donation is altruistic and completely anonymous. The identities of both the donor and the recipient family are fully protected. 

Donors must meet specific physical and psychological criteria to be eligible. At our clinic, we adhere to strict standards, ensuring that all donors pass a rigorous selection process that includes: 

- Medical Evaluation: Comprehensive blood tests, infectious disease screening (HIV, hepatitis, STIs), and genetic testing for conditions like cystic fibrosis and spinal muscular atrophy. 

- Genetic Counselling and Testing: Donors’ family medical history is reviewed to ensure there is no risk of hereditary diseases. 

- Psychological Evaluation: We ensure donors are emotionally prepared for the process and that their mental well-being is safeguarded. 

The egg donor undergoes hormonal treatment to stimulate her ovaries to produce multiple eggs. Simultaneously, the recipient begins hormonal therapy to prepare the uterine lining (endometrium) for implantation. This process is monitored through gynaecological ultrasounds to ensure the uterus is ready to receive the embryo. 

Once the donor’s eggs have matured, they are retrieved through a minimally invasive procedure under sedation. On the same day, the recipient’s partner provides a sperm sample for fertilisation, or previously frozen sperm is used. 

After retrieval, the donor’s eggs are fertilised in the Assisted Reproduction laboratory using either the partner’s sperm or donor sperm. Fertilisation may be carried out through conventional IVF or, if necessary, Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI). The embryos are cultured in an incubator for 2 to 5 days, and our embryologists select the healthiest embryos for transfer. 

Once the embryos have reached the optimal development stage, they are transferred to the uterus. The embryo transfer is a quick procedure performed in our clinic’s operating theatre under ultrasound guidance. A catheter is used to place the embryos directly into the uterus. 

After the embryo transfer, it is recommended to rest for about 30 minutes at the clinic. Following this brief rest, you can resume your normal activities, though strenuous exercise should be avoided. 

After the embryo transfer, your doctor may recommend progesterone supplements to maintain the uterine lining, ensuring the best conditions for the fertilised embryo to implant and to achieve a successful pregnancy. 

About 14 days after the embryo transfer, a pregnancy test is conducted to confirm the outcome. The test measures beta-hCG levels in blood or urine. If positive, an ultrasound will be scheduled 7 to 10 days later to confirm the pregnancy.