Egg sharing

Our egg sharing programme enables couples to reduce the cost of their IVF treatment whilst helping other couples who require donor eggs for their infertility treatment.

How it works:

• The woman sharing your eggs will remain anonymous and you will be anonymous to her. You cannot find out the outcome of her treatment until a year after completion of your treatment cycle.
• If you get six eggs or more, you will share them equally with her. If you get an odd number, you will get the extra egg.
• If you get less than six eggs you will keep them yourself and have your treatment as planned with no additional cost.
• According to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, you will have no legal rights or responsibilities over any child resulting from the eggs you have donated.
• To participate in the egg sharing programme women must be under 36 years of age and have no family history of inherited illness or abnormalities.
• You have the right to withdraw your consent until the embryos are transferred to the recipient.
• You pay less than half the cost of an IVF treatment cycle.

Your treatment can only go ahead once screening is complete, your have seen our counsellor and a patient who requires egg donation has been matched with you and is ready to start her treatment. This means you may need to wait a variable period of time before such a patient is available.

To find out more please contact Minnie Cummins, our egg sharing programme administrator, on +44 (0) 1865 782 800.