"Egg Donations Are A Gift To Infertile Women"

Main Category: Fertility
Article Date: 25 Jul 2005 - 0:00 PDT

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Mark P Leondires, board-certified endocrinologist and medical director at Reproductive Medicine Associates of CT (RMA of CT):

"According to the American Pregnancy Association, approximately 3,000 babies are born each year using donor eggs, which are a gift to many infertile women.

According to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control, IVF success rates when using donor eggs far outpace those that use the mother's own eggs, particularly when maternal age is over 35.

Indeed, by age 40, only 20 percent of IVF cycles using the mother's own eggs were successful, compared with more than 50 percent of cycles using donor eggs.

At age 45, the disparity widened to 2 percent versus 51 percent, respectively. But what motivates young, healthy women to go through the process of egg donation for the benefit of complete strangers? Most donors are moved by altruistic reasons to help others conceive."

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