Posts Tagged ‘egg donation by donor’

Department of Health seeks help for donor brief

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A tender worth up to £320,000 is up for grabs as the DH looks to combine key services for donors and spread awareness of its work. A document seen by PRWeek reveals that efforts are under way to help those seeking infertility treatments by working ‘with media, social networking and other relevant parties to raise [...]

Ovulation

By Ana Crespillo Ovulation is necessary for reproduction; it is influenced by a complex interplay of hormones in the pituitary gland, secreting the lutheinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH). In response to FSH, follicles begin developing in the ovary but only one single, mature egg will be released when LH surges (ovulation). During the [...]

An Egg Donor Responds

The discussion earlier this week about the many ways to make a baby led Ruth Ragan to send me the memoir she wrote for an online writing class at the University of California,  Berkeley. Ms. Ragan was an anonymous egg donor 15 years ago, and reading Jennifer Weiner’s questions here about how donors might feel [...]

Egg Donation Spain Explained

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Egg donation has higher success rates than some other fertility treatments and it is a good option for women who cannot become pregnant with their own eggs.  In Spain egg donation is considered to be altruistic and anonymous, with a very strict range of tests carried out on potential egg donors. So what is egg [...]