Quality vs Quanity of Donor eggs? - Page 3

50/50 · 03-11-2005, 11:52 AM

Yeah, it's not too terribly much. I was expecting it to cost more. I have not heard of a mock cycle which included the donor? I would have preferred doing it the way your doctor is for the sake of time but my donor is not ready any how so I guess it doesn't matter in my case.

How exciting for you..I hope you find your perfect match! The other RE I mentioned to you only let us see donors that were "available" for the cycle we would have been doing with him. I didn't like that as I wanted to see all of them and then just sched accordingly. But thank goodness we were able to find one that was local and available! Hopefully her tests will come back fine. Laenae your story scares me...that must have been devastating. But I guess it's better to find out now than later.

Yes, this would be for our first child.

Laenae · 03-11-2005, 01:09 PM

Yes, 50/50, it was devastating. We really had our heart set on the first donor at the time. However, like you said, it was better we found out beforehand than afterwards!

We paid $3,500 for donor testing alone, the donor contracts, donor health insurance, donor attorney, donor agency fee, hotel, airfare, daily stipend and what have you. Less than 2 weeks before she was to start stims, we received word that the donor was a carrier for Tay-Sachs disease. That would mean that if my DH were a carrier, the baby would definitely have the degenerative disease. They wanted to test DH, but we did not even want a 50% possibility that the child would be a carrier and we refused the donor. If my DH were not a carrier, the child would have a 50% chance of being a carrier. The donor agency indicated that many clinics do not test for Tay-Sachs Disease. I know that my previous RE didn't. I was browsing through the donor agency web site and note that her photograph is still on the web site and she recently donated and is selected again for another cycle in May. I guess either the donor agency either are not disclosing to the recipients about the donor, or that the recipient's are ok with the fact that she is a carrier for the disease if that fact was disclosed.

I am glad my Clinic was vigilent in all their testing. It has given me a lot of piece of mind.

03-11-2005, 01:09 PM	#22 (permalink)
Laenae 1000-4999 post queen of hearts Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Blue State but Red State kind of Gal Posts: 2,497	Yes, 50/50, it was devastating. We really had our heart set on the first donor at the time. However, like you said, it was better we found out beforehand than afterwards! We paid $3,500 for donor testing alone, the donor contracts, donor health insurance, donor attorney, donor agency fee, hotel, airfare, daily stipend and what have you. Less than 2 weeks before she was to start stims, we received word that the donor was a carrier for Tay-Sachs disease. That would mean that if my DH were a carrier, the baby would definitely have the degenerative disease. They wanted to test DH, but we did not even want a 50% possibility that the child would be a carrier and we refused the donor. If my DH were not a carrier, the child would have a 50% chance of being a carrier. The donor agency indicated that many clinics do not test for Tay-Sachs Disease. I know that my previous RE didn't. I was browsing through the donor agency web site and note that her photograph is still on the web site and she recently donated and is selected again for another cycle in May. I guess either the donor agency either are not disclosing to the recipients about the donor, or that the recipient's are ok with the fact that she is a carrier for the disease if that fact was disclosed. I am glad my Clinic was vigilent in all their testing. It has given me a lot of piece of mind. __________________ Age 48/DH 44 - Married 23 yrs. K 02/19/00 (Clomid/C-Section) High Risk PG 12 IUIs/inject.; 6 IVFs; 1 FET; 1 M/C –Twins M 11/10/05 ~ High Risk PG - (C-Section) "Live a Good Life! And in the end, its not the years in a life that count...it's the life in your years!" Abraham Lincoln

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03-11-2005, 11:52 AM	#21 (permalink)
50/50 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,927 Blog Entries: 18	Yeah, it's not too terribly much. I was expecting it to cost more. I have not heard of a mock cycle which included the donor? I would have preferred doing it the way your doctor is for the sake of time but my donor is not ready any how so I guess it doesn't matter in my case. How exciting for you..I hope you find your perfect match! The other RE I mentioned to you only let us see donors that were "available" for the cycle we would have been doing with him. I didn't like that as I wanted to see all of them and then just sched accordingly. But thank goodness we were able to find one that was local and available! Hopefully her tests will come back fine. Laenae your story scares me...that must have been devastating. But I guess it's better to find out now than later. Yes, this would be for our first child.