What is the Price of IVF?
August 24, 2010 in egg donor blog by Kate
I am 25 yrs old and have been told that I am unable to have kids, but I can carry a child and my husband and I are ready to start our family. OK so now you know a little bit about me here is the question.
My sister is 17 yrs old and will be 18 in January 2011. Would it by any chance be possible for her to donate her eggs to me and still be able to have a family of her own later on down the road? Also what about an approximate price range to do everything as well?
Yes, your sister can donate eggs to you. Like I’d tell any other donor, there are no long-term effects of egg donation. As for the cost, the majority of that is for the IVF itself, not the donor’s compensation. As a donor, I cannot speak to the prices for a cycle of IVF, or how having your sister as your donor will affect it. When you’re looking for doctors, explain your plans, and whether this has a significant effect on the price. Good luck!
Hello everyone – I hope this is a good place to say this given I am at my wits end. My name is Sarah and my husband and I have been trying (unsuccessfully) to conceive for almost four years now and have been through much together through our lives. I have experienced two miscarriages and several different doctors in an attempt to conceive our first child. My husband is 31 and I am 29 years old and following my first signs of pregnancy which I identified really early at around 3 weeks, our baby unfortunately did not make it past the first month. In our second pregnancy, the hospital for some unknown reason did not take a blood test to verify the pregnancy. I was visited at home by the local nurse and on each occasion in light of our previous miscarriage I asked again for a blood test to confirm all was well. Despite them not doing a blood test I insisted upon an ultrasound as I just had to know everything was ok – the ultrasound confirmed something I think we both already felt that the baby again didn’t make it. As you can imagine we were both devastated (again). The doctors told us I had a problem with my uterus, and the uterus walls were abnormally thick, which it was assumed was causing the problem – we were told to persevere…So we continued to try and recently I fell pregnant for the third time. I experienced bleeding for almost 1 month straight and the doctors could not really give me any answers why I was bleeding and simply conducted routine blood work to ensure I wasn’t loosing too much blood and a brief check to look for any abnormalities. A little while later, you guessed it the baby passed. This time I was given more information from the doctors whom suggested there is the potential that my body does not produce sufficient amounts of the progesterone hormone to stay pregnant in addition to the thick wall of my uterus.As you can imagine both my husband and I are exhausted and so want to have a baby but are determined – there are some procedures I can undergo apparently and also some drugs which can help with the hormone levels but I am really at my wits end. I regularly scour the internet looking for answers to my questions and recently came across this site (http://www.conceptionadvice.co.cc) which seems to show some good success stories, I will try anything at the moment, has anyone here heard about this or tried the course? I am running out of options (although we continue to try) and would appreciate any help anyone can provide to us.
Many clinics may hesitate to allow someone to donate eggs at 18 years old. Most clinics guidelines are 21 – 34 years old, but it never hurts to ask. Most US clinics will require you and the donor to have psychological screening and counseling (at least one session), and you will need to have her tested for fertility, STD testing, etc. You will also need the legal contract (even if it is a family member), but this should also be inexpensive if you use an attorney specializing in donor IVF contracts. Overall, I think you could expect a cost of around $20,000 on the low side, higher at some of the clinics that have better statistics.