When factors make achieving pregnancy with your eggs challenging, egg donation offers a treatment with a very high success rate.
Egg donation involves using eggs from a young donor to create embryos of the highest quality. These eggs are fertilized with the partner’s or a donor’s sperm.
Egg donation is suitable for women who, due to certain factors, have difficulties becoming pregnant with their eggs or maintaining a pregnancy. These factors include:
Women with a reduced egg reserve due to age or certain medical conditions.
Women with genetic disorders that could be passed on to their offspring.
Women who cannot achieve pregnancy due to infertility, recurrent miscarriages, or unsuccessful IVF cycles.
Egg donation in Cyprus must be anonymous. The identities of the donor and recipient remain confidential, ensuring a discreet and sensitive donation process. Cyprus legislation demonstrates a commitment to comprehensive and patient-oriented support for family desires and upholding ethical standards in medically assisted reproduction procedures.
According to the current law, the age limit for IVF with egg donation in Cyprus is 53 years. Women above this limit can apply for an exemption from the Board of Medically Assisted Reproduction.
Our donors must be between 20 and 30 years old and healthy. We also conduct a comprehensive range of tests to ensure the highest quality and safety for you.
Before being added to our list of anonymous donors, all candidates undergo a thorough health check, including a comprehensive examination for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) such as HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B and C. Through these extensive tests, we ensure donors are free from these infections.
All our donors undergo a karyotype test. Additionally, they are tested for up to 303+ recessive genes, including Cystic Fibrosis (CF), Fragile X Syndrome, Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), and Beta-Thalassemia, among the most commonly affected conditions.
Donors undergo a thorough social and psychological evaluation conducted by a licensed psychologist. This assessment includes a personality and attitude assessment and an in-depth interview about motives and personal background. The meticulous completion of all these tests allows us to have only the most suitable donors in our programs.
Your trust and satisfaction are of the utmost importance to us, and we want to ensure we find the perfect donor for your egg donation. Therefore, we developed a personalized questionnaire that considers your preferences and wishes. By answering questions about your appearance, such as height, weight, and physical traits, we can optimize the search for a suitable donor for you. To further tailor the selection process to your needs, please provide us with photos of yourself if possible. These images are a valuable tool that helps us establish a deeper connection with you and find an optimal match with the donor.
Furthermore, we would like to arrange a personal meeting with you before starting the treatment. This encounter allows us to get to know you better, understand your needs and desires more precisely, and establish a trustworthy foundation for the shared journey. A personal meeting allows us to fine-tune the selection process to your needs even more sensitively and tailor it to you. Our goal is for you to feel comfortable and understood throughout the process. With this individual approach, we aim to ensure your egg donation treatment is unique and tailored to your needs. Together, we will find the perfect donor to make your dream of a happy family a reality.
During a one-hour consultation, you will discuss your case with Dr. Roukoudis and be informed about all aspects of egg donation.
Our donors are young women under 30 years old who undergo numerous medical, psychological, and genetic evaluations under the applicable laws before being considered as donors. Your health and safety are our top priority, and we ensure that only qualified and suitable donors are selected.
The treatment process is carefully planned and precisely timed. After several days of ovarian stimulation in the donor, eggs are retrieved through a puncture. Subsequently, the eggs are fertilized with sperm to obtain high-quality embryos.
In your case, the focus of treatment is on the uterine lining. At the time of transfer, the lining must have optimal conditions to receive and successfully carry an embryo. To achieve this goal, you will receive estrogen and progesterone, and we will perform regular ultrasound examinations to determine the thickness and condition of the lining.
After culturing the embryos for five days until they reach the blastocyst stage, typically, only one embryo is transferred into the uterine cavity of the recipient using ultrasound guidance. We emphasize ensuring the success and safety of the treatment while minimizing the risk of multiple pregnancies.
Around ten days after the transfer, we will check the pregnancy hormone in your blood.
This approach is our preferred method and requires two short stays. Before confirming your treatment, we warmly invite you to our clinic. Here, you can get to know us personally and gain a direct impression of our team and the clinic.
During this time, Dr. Roukoudis can perform a personal examination and assess the condition of the uterine lining. During your first stay, your partner can provide a semen sample, allowing us to flexibly start the treatment with your donor and fertilize the eggs with fresh sperm. The resulting embryos will be cultured to the blastocyst stage and frozen in this state.
This first stay usually lasts only one day. Your uterine lining will then be prepared in your home country. Typically, an ultrasound examination is sufficient to assess the lining’s condition.
You will then fly in for 2-3 days for embryo transfer. An alternative option is for only your partner to fly in and provide a semen sample for fertilization.
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Did you know? The success rates are the same whether a fresh or delayed embryo transfer occurs.
This option requires a stay of 7-10 days in Cyprus. Dr. Roukoudis will create your treatment plan, which begins in your home country. Once the day of egg retrieval from the donor is determined, you will be notified. Subsequently, you must visit the clinic within a few days to provide a semen sample for the fertilization of the retrieved eggs.
While the embryos grow to the blastocyst stage, your treatment will focus on preparing your uterine lining for embryo transfer.
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Do you have more questions regarding the egg donation process? Contact us today. We are ready to accompany you on this unique journey and make your dream of a happy family a reality.
Obstetrician – Gynecologist
Fertility Specialist
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