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Paying for an egg donor versus egg sharing scheme?

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wouldbemedic · 17/12/2013 13:53

I'd really appreciate some honest opinions on this. Hubbie and I are going for IVF but need donor eggs. We don't know whether to buy them through a bank (we're only aware of the London Egg Bank - are there others?) or go down the egg sharing route. Could you help me decide?

I know the egg sharing scheme would also help another couple trying to conceive, which would be wonderful. But I couldn't stand the thought of us getting pregnant and them not getting pregnant. Raising a child knowing their biological mother was childless would break my heart.

An advantage of buying eggs is a higher (I think) success rate in IVF - very important too. But it's costly and we're already paying other infertility related costs.

Please, please tell me what you think we should do!

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wouldbemedic · 17/12/2013 13:54

Oh, and we have one child already who is just waking from a nap. Sorry to post and run! Will check back in here later.

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wouldbemedic · 19/12/2013 12:49

bump!

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resipsa · 19/12/2013 16:51

You sound like me. DD will be 3 in Jan. Just got BFP from DE IVF cycle. Used Care with exclusive donor meaning we got all the eggs. Couldn't have shared. What if she had success and you didn't? To have funded someone else's success when I failed would have finished me off! I've been spotting since Tues so a little subdued but the proof is there - DEs work!

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