Embryo Donation

embryo donation

Embryo donation is a preferred application in both male and female partners if there are infertility problems that cannot be overcome with standard IVF methods. Although frozen embryos left over after pregnancy donated by couples who have been donated by couples who are treated with IVV in some countries, embryos obtained legally in Cyprus can be used only by using donor eggs and sperm.

Selection of donors

As a donor, it is used physically (ethnic origin, skin-eye-hair color, body structure, etc.) and similar to the blood group, as applied in oocyte and sperm donation.

embryo donation process

It is not necessary to take any action for the male partner in the preparation of the buyer couple. The preparatory process of the female partner is as follows:

* Interview with the specialist physician: In this meeting, your health history story will be taken, physical examination and necessary tests will be planned.

* Interview with the Coordinator: Your transportation and accommodation organizations will be planned in this meeting. Except for medical issues, all the details of the treatment process will be discussed and your profile forms will be arranged. Sperm donor selection will also be determined at this stage.

* Psychological Counseling: Couples can get counseling about their questions about the donation process and its aftermath, and their social or psychological concerns.

* Implementation of tests: Relevant screening tests are required for the woman.

* Ultrasonographic examination: It is applied to analyze the structure of the uterus. If necessary, hysteroscopic examination may be requested.

* HSG (hysterosalpingography): It is requested for the evaluation of the tubes as well as the uterine structure. Thus, processes that can prevent embryo implantation, such as hydrosalpenx, are evaluated.

* Use of drugs for ovarian stimulation.

* Determining your control appointments (follicle tracking) to track the development of your eggs during the treatment process.

* Egg collection and embryo culture: Cracking needle will be applied on the day determined by your doctor on the day determined according to the follicle follow-up and egg collection will be applied after approximately 36 hours. In this process, the mature eggs collected are microinjected with the donor sperm selected on the same day. The next day, fertilization control is performed and then the embryo development is followed and the appropriate transfer day is planned. In this process, our center embryology laboratory provides information about the condition of your embryos on a daily basis.

* Embryo biopsy: If the genetic diagnosis procedure is planned in the embryos and the FISH method will prefer, the 3rd day biopsy is applied to the embryos that have reached sufficient developmental level and quality, and the transfer can be performed in the same cycle. If the NGS method is preferred, the embryos are frozen after the 5th day embryo biopsy procedure.

* Embryo transfer: In line with the quality of the developing embryos, how many embryos will be transferred will be determined and the selected embryos will be transferred to your uterus. The transfer process is a simple and short process (approximately 15 minutes). After a short rest after the procedure, you will be able to return to your daily life. If the FISH test was applied to the embryos for genetic diagnostic purposes, the embryo transfer is done within the same month 2 days after the test, and if the embryos are frozen after the NGS test, your embryo transfer will be performed the next month.

* Pregnancy: According to the developmental stage of the transferred embryos, the result will be determined with the pregnancy test (beta hCG) to be checked from the blood 9 or 12 days after the transfer. If positive results are obtained, gestational sac control is required with an ultrasound examination 2-3 weeks after the test.

Success rates in embryo donation

Since reproductive cells obtained from young and healthy donors are used, embryo donation is the application with the highest success rate among donation applications. For this reason, the most important factor determining the success is the careful examination of the uterus of the receiver's uterus for the attachment of the embryo and the optimal preparation of the transfer. In our center, thanks to the meticulous examinations and preparation processes, we achieve success rates of up to 85% in embryo donation.

Privacy

In the embryo donation application, the identities of the donors and the receiver are kept confidential. The applicant couples can only access the information in the profile form of the donors, and the photograph, identity and contact information are kept confidential. Likewise, donors cannot access the information of the couples in which the reproductive cells are used.

legal situation

* IVF and Donation Treatment Processes in Cyprus are subject to the Law No. According to this law:

* Egg donor age should be between the ages of 18-35.

* The body mass index should be in the range of 19-29.

* Donor sperms to be used must be brought from accredited sperm banks.

* The age of sperm donor should be between the ages of 20-45.

* In donor cycles, parameters such as the ages of the donor and the receiver and the quality of the embryos to be transferred are included, and the number of transfers is decided in accordance with the limitations in the IVF cycles.

* In order to transfer embryos in people over 45 years old:

* It is necessary to be medically documented by the Internal Medicine and Cardiology Specialist that there is no obstacle to pregnancy. This reporting process can only be done in a few centers in Cyprus, and our center is one of them.

* If the Ethics Approval Committee deems it necessary, additional examinations are required.