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IVF Success Rates with Donor Eggs

Donor eggs are often used when in-vitro fertilization (IVF) or surrogacy with your own eggs isn’t an option, offering hope of achieving your dreams of parenthood.

If you are looking to grow your family through assisted reproductive technology (ART), using donor eggs for IVF has shown to have high success rates.

Understanding donor egg success rates can provide you with the hope that parenthood is still something you can experience even if there are issues with your own eggs.

Learn more about qualifications for egg donors and how they contribute to successful IVF journeys.

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This article will look at what the success rates mean and what factors into those success rates.

What are the Success Rates of IVF with Donor Eggs?

When looking into the various forms of ART to help make your dreams of parenthood a reality like using donor eggs, you’ll want to know the IVF success rate with donor eggs.

According to this data from the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority, regarding birth rates per embryo transferred when using your own eggs vs. donor eggs:

AgeBirth rate Per Embryo Transferred Using Own EggsBirth Rate Per Embryo Transferred Using Donor Eggs
Under 3531.3%32.8%
35-3724.6%30.1%
38-3918.7%30.5%
40-4211.3%31.8%
43-444.5%33.8%
Over 443.5%27.5%

The increase in donor egg success rates demonstrates how valuable donor eggs can be if you are over 35.

The donor egg success rate is tied to age as egg quality and quantity naturally decrease over time. In addition to age, using donor eggs to help grow your family could be part of your journey if you or your partner:

There may be different verbiage used when looking into these success rates such as live birth rates vs. pregnancy rates.

When it comes to IVF with donor eggs, live birth rates represent a percentage of IVF cycles that end up with the delivery of a live baby while pregnancy rates refer to the percentage of IVF cycles that result in a positive pregnancy test.

Live birth rates account for pregnancies that do not develop to term because of complications such as a miscarriage while pregnancy rates are another way to indicate how often embryo implantation happens successfully.

What Impacts the Donor Egg Success Rate?

Several key factors influence donor egg success rates:

Your donor’s surroundings could impact success rates. An example of how this may occur could be living in an area with high levels of pollution. Breathing in that air could result in changes to their body including fertility.

When looking at the donor egg success rate, it relies largely on donor age and egg quality. Egg donor programs have a maximum age limit to reinforce the quality of donor eggs.

There are strict requirements that egg donors must meet including a healthy medical history and completing various health screenings. This is to ensure the health and safety of all parties involved as well as any children that could come from using donor eggs.

If IVF is right for your situation, your surrogate’s health and age can impact the outcome. Donor eggs may not be successful depending on age, uterine health issues and/or autoimmune disorders.

From the professionals that work there to the practices the clinic has, the professional you work with has a direct impact on the IVF success rate with donor eggs.

 Although using donor eggs increases the success rates, it does not guarantee success.

If IVF with donor eggs is unsuccessful, a surrogate may be the answer to your issues

Find out more about how surrogates are screened

How Many Donor Egg IVF Cycles Before Success?

There is no specific number when it comes to how many donor egg cycles are needed before success because that success is impacted by more than just the number of IVF cycles.

It’s not uncommon for multiple IVF cycles to be needed to achieve a pregnancy. Ovogene, an AI-powered donor bank, noted a success rate of 59% for first-timers that increased to 65% and 89% on the second and third IVF cycles, respectively.

And while the success rates depend on the factors discussed above, cost could be another factor that impacts the success because you’ll need to have the cost of however many IVF cycles are needed in your budget.

Donor Egg IVF Success Rates with Surrogacy

Using a surrogate could be part of the journey and it can help you become a parent by circumventing the issues that may prevent you or your partner from carrying a pregnancy.

Although success isn’t guaranteed, there tend to be higher success rates because of how surrogates are screened to ensure that they can carry a pregnancy to term safely. This screening ensures the safety of your surrogate and your child.

Most professionals will have requirements that prospective surrogates need to meet before they can become a surrogate such as:

If surrogacy is right for your circumstances, creating embryos is a key part of your journey. Once you have embryos created, you can be matched with a surrogate in as little as 1-6 months.

Contact us online to find out more about how to find the perfect surrogate. If you need donor eggs for your surrogacy journey, learn more about how to find an egg donor.

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