Third party reproduction

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A donor with MTHFR Deficiency?

katyc67
  • By katyc67 · Posted yesterday at 10:34 pm
  • 0 replies
  • Per usual, I am scanning through donors, both frozen (mildly possible due to the reduced cost), and fresh (really not a possibility given the cost). A really cute one came up today on my frozen DE website ...

DE and Anonymity

XENOBIA
  • By XENOBIA · New reply May 8, 2013
  • 11 replies
  • The RE I work works with a university hospital that has a long track record with donor eggs. Their donor recruitment process is entirely anonymous. They do not even permit recipients to see current pictures ...

Great Donor Egg Center

BWMB
  • By BWMB · New reply May 5, 2013
  • 7 replies
  • Does anyone know of a reputable or top donor egg center in the Washington DC metro area to include Maryland and Virginia. Looking for a center with a diverse donor database and top doctors. I have gone ...

Any DE families in the Bay Area?

AmyAB
  • By AmyAB · New reply April 23, 2013
  • 2 replies
  • Hello- having just moved to the Bay Area, I'd be interested in meeting any others who have grown their families through egg donation. I moved from the east coast and was part of an informal group who ...

Looking for DE advice

Gramkelly
  • By Gramkelly · New reply April 2, 2013
  • 10 replies
  • My husband and I just found out in Dec. that we were going to have trouble conceiving. After a series of test our RE found that I am a Fragile X Premutation Carrier. With that information, I think we ...

Lesbian needing DE

OUTRAEJESS
  • By OUTRAEJESS · New reply March 22, 2013
  • 29 replies
  • I am new here and looking for some advice and support. My partner and I started this journey in January thinking I would get all the screening and get the clearance for IUI. We purchased the DS planning ...

Surrogacy: friend vs stranger

73klb
  • By 73klb · New reply March 14, 2013
  • 1 reply
  • Good morning! My DH and I have been debating surrogacy for a while now but decided to put it on hold to give treatments one last chance. Then a good friend of mine told me that she is thinking about becoming ...

Best donor egg agencies? Eggceptional Donor Group?

livingroom
  • By livingroom · New reply March 13, 2013
  • 5 replies
  • I'm curious to know which agencies people have really liked. I've liked Center for Surrogacy and Egg Donation (CSED) and Liz Wagner there in particular. I am not looking at a donor at Eggceptional Donor ...

Surrogacy and the Roman Catholic Church

Alicia537
  • By Alicia537 · New reply March 6, 2013
  • 1 reply
  • Can anyone point me in the right direction to learn more about the Roman Catholic Church's stance on surrogacy. I've got the basic concept that it's a no-no, that it's akin to adultery, but I would like ...

News article. MENTS

JDTrying
  • By JDTrying · New reply March 6, 2013
  • 9 replies
  • I hate that this is the story that gets media attention! I am really horrified reading this. http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/04/health/sur rogacy-kelley-legal-battle/index.html?hp t=hp_c2 ...

Donor eggs

Moreta
  • By Moreta · New reply February 25, 2013
  • 4 replies
  • Hi. Has anyone heard of doing an egg donor cycle and sharing the eggs? Someone told me they do this at a place called Shady Grove. I live in KY and Shady Grove is in DC I think. I would love to find somewhere ...

DS with ICSI and the 2-week wait

annk79
  • By annk79 · New reply February 24, 2013
  • 8 replies
  • Hello all, My husband and I (severe male and less severe female factor) had 3 failed IVF/ICSI attempts and, after lots of talking, exploring, and some infertility counseling, decided to use donor sperm ...

Using donor egg

0ver40teacher
  • By 0ver40teacher · New reply February 24, 2013
  • 6 replies
  • I am just starting the process for using an egg donor. I NEVER thought I would go to this but I long to be a mommy SO bad. Any feedback from those who are or have gone through this process ...

donor egg IVF Hawaii

jchill
  • By jchill · New reply February 22, 2013
  • 2 replies
  • Has anyone ever done donor egg IVF at Pacific In Vitro Fertilization Institute in Hawaii? If so, can you tell me about your experience. Thanks ...

What is your experience with Gennet in Prague?

Tullatulla
  • By Tullatulla · New reply February 9, 2013
  • 11 replies
  • We are a Norwegian couple thinking about the Gennet clinic in Prague. We hope to succeed to have a child using donor eggs. We have been to clinics in both Copenhagen (IVF) and St Petersburg (DE) and we're ...

I don't know what to do

c-girl
  • By c-girl · New reply January 24, 2013
  • 1 reply
  • Hi Ladies, has anyone hear about placenta accreta or experience placenta accreta? If so how difficult was to to conceive through IVF? And did you need to go on bed rest for most of the pregnancy? Any ...

Panick Attack!!

RHL16
  • By RHL16 · New reply January 23, 2013
  • 20 replies
  • So, i was totally fine yesterday morning. Then we went to see RE about doing IUI with DS. Also met with the nurse and financial councelor. The nurse gave me a list of things to do; call insurance company ...

Therapist in the Boston area

2thfairy
  • By 2thfairy · New reply January 22, 2013
  • 5 replies
  • After my most recent loss just a few weeks ago I am finding it really hard to pick up the pieces and move on. Everyone around me is pregnant with their 2nd and 3rd children and I just want to scream ...

Looking for advise with using DS

RHL16
  • By RHL16 · New reply January 6, 2013
  • 12 replies
  • So DH and I got knocked upone crazy night while still dating. Once we had that baby we decided lets wait until she is 3. Blah blah blah...secondary infertility. DH suggested we do foster parenting and ...

Egg donation---new to process!

bionicear6
  • By bionicear6 · New reply December 13, 2012
  • 3 replies
  • Hello Comrades, My husband and I would very much like to start a family. We are both professionals ----I'm almost 43 and my husband is 41 years of age. We have miscarried 3 times on our own due to my ...

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