London Womens Clinic- Egg Sharing Programme

[asianbabe]

Hi All

I just wondered if any other mumsnetters had seen this advertisementand and what your veiws are on this scheme. It basically you get free IVF treatment if your willing to share some of your eggs.

I saw it on the tube yesterday on my way back from work. I'm quite open to it but DH is not so sure. Its not something that I would do right now but may think long and hard about if i'm still on these boards in say another 6-12 months time.

Would love to know your opinions on this matter.

Hmmm. I dont know what to think really.

People that that need IVF are in a fairly desperate situation, and to try and barter with them for free treatment seems morally wrong, especially when it involves giving up your reproductive material, unique to you.

However if it opens IVF up to people that may not otherwise get it, and enables childless people to get pregnant than maybe it could work.

So in short, I dont know!

We are just about to have treatment with donated eggs but our donor is an altruistic donor. This means our donor had heard about patients needing eggs or had just seen the clinics advert and volunteered her services free to the clinic.

If you are interested you may like to ask the clinic what being an egg-sharer entails. It is totally up to the individual. I think you'd certainly need to speak to your dh about what he feels.

i have looked into egg sharing. we may need ivf with icsi, as i have 2 dc already i would have to self fund.

egg sharing makes it sooo much more affordable for me.

I think a lot of it comes down to if you see the egg as making the child "yours" or the process of the pregnancy as making the child "yours".

Asianbabe did you decide what you were going to do? Just curious.

Hi - the clinic we have looked at doesn't allow egg sharing after age of 35 but if done after eggs are collected they give you a free IVF cycle.