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FAQs About The Egg Donation Process
FAQs About The Egg Donation Process
Look for a donor who aligns with your values and family goals. Your ideal donor will have the same disclosure preferences as you and check off your prioritized criteria. You can see photos and videos of our donors and learn about their medical and family history, education, interests, and more.
If your IVF clinic does third-party egg donation, then yes. Otherwise, Everie can help set you up with an IVF clinic that is convenient for you and collaborate with them throughout the entire process.
Yes, egg donors do need insurance. For fresh egg donors, insurance is sometimes purchased by the clinic. Otherwise, we can purchase it and include it in the overall cost for recipient parents.
Frozen donor cycle costs are covered by the egg bank, and insurance is included in those costs, but Recipient parents are not responsible for the added costs that would otherwise be required in a fresh donor cycle.
Through our Mutual Match™ program and The Exchange platform, donors and recipient parents connect in a transparent, collaborative process. Unlike traditional systems, Everie donors review parent profiles before matching, ensuring mutual alignment. This thoughtful approach creates meaningful connections and intentional beginnings, prioritizing long-term care for donors, parents, and donor-conceived children throughout the entire journey.
Yes, in a fresh donation cycle, your egg donor must travel at least twice during the donation process. These trips will be to your IVF clinic, where she will first undergo medical screening and then the actual egg retrieval process. You will be responsible for her travel expenses, including her meals, but don’t worry! We will help coordinate all her travel plans!
How Much Does Egg Donation Cost?
Donor egg costs typically range from $22,000 to $37,900, excluding expenses at your clinic. Pricing depends on factors like fresh vs. frozen eggs and whether the donor is first-time or experienced (first-timers receive $9,000 in compensation, while our egg bank has already compensated frozen donors).
Due to cycle syncing, immediate fertilization, and added medical and travel expenses, fresh eggs cost more. Additional costs may include donor lost wages, travel, and childcare. Everie partners with financing providers to help make egg donation more accessible based on eligibility.
Finding Your Ideal Egg Donor
Once you begin your journey as a recipient parent with Everie, you will receive guidance from us on identifying ideal, potential donor matches in our database after outlining your criteria. Defining the qualities most important to you when considering your future child(ren) is a vital step in the egg donor selection process. After all, your donor will be contributing to half of your child’s biology.
Defining Egg Donor Search Criteria
Below is a list of topics to consider when defining your egg donor criteria. We provide accompanying questions for each item here to help you dive deeper and expand on the topics as you see fit.
Health and Genetics
Reviewing an egg donor’s medical and genetic history early can help avoid mismatches, especially if you're a carrier for conditions like cystic fibrosis. Testing occurs before matching.
Physical Attributes
Photos of egg donors—past or present—can help envision your future child. Some recipient parents seek physical resemblance, while others prioritize specific ethnic or physical traits.
Personality and Interests
Don’t forget the woman behind the profile. What are her talents, special interests, demeanor, and mannerisms? Meeting a donor—via video or in person—can reveal personality, presence, and shared connection.
Education and Intelligence
You decide how much emphasis to put on your donor’s educational background. For instance, there might be a level of education you look for or a type of intelligence they gravitate toward—logical, naturalistic, mathematical, etc.
Culture and Ethnicity
You will share your culture with your child. Consider your egg donor’s ethnicity—if it is the same or different from yours—as well as cultural traditions and values.
Religion and Personal Values
Beyond genetics, traits like religion and values shape identity. While not inherited, they’re worth considering when reviewing donor profiles.
Identity Sharing
Consider how open your donor is to sharing personal details and whether you envision an ongoing relationship after your child’s birth—and what that involves.
Donor Experience
Think about whether you prefer an experienced or first-time donor. Experience can mean proven results and predictability, while first-time donors may offer other meaningful qualities.
How To Present Your Family
Your parent profile is just as important as egg donor profiles. It gives you a chance to share who you are—your hobbies, your family, and your hopes for the future. You decide how much to share, from a brief note to a detailed story with photos and anecdotes. Use donor profiles or examples for inspiration to create a meaningful introduction.
Our Recipient Parent Mutual Match™ Program
Traditionally, egg donors are excluded from the matching process and often don’t know who—or even how—sets of parents use their eggs. At Everie, we believe in a more thoughtful and collaborative approach. When recipient parents express interest, our donors are given the opportunity to learn more about them. When both sides feel aligned, the match moves forward, creating a thoughtful and intentional beginning to the journey ahead.
What Are the Benefits of a Mutual Match™?
Our unique matching program helps lay the foundation for more open, meaningful relationships throughout the egg donation process by:
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Aligning donors and recipient parents based on shared preferences for identity disclosure and future contact
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Encouraging thoughtful, informed decision-making with long-term impact in mind
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Promoting open and honest communication, moving beyond transactional arrangements
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Supporting a sense of connection and understanding for the future child
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Fostering mutual respect and a true sense of partnership between parents and donors
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Offering opportunities for ongoing education, support, and clarity around expectations
Mutual Match™ is built on the belief that empowered choices today create clarity and comfort for families tomorrow. Whatever path you choose, Everie is here to support you and your donor every step of the way—with expert guidance, resources, and a commitment to helping you make the right decisions for your unique story.
The Medical Process for Recipient Parents
As an intended or recipient parent, understanding the medical process can help you feel more informed and confident as you grow your family-to-be.
What Happens During IVF?
Using an egg donor for in vitro fertilization (IVF) opens additional possibilities for recipient parents to grow their families. How does the process work?
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Egg Retrieval: Your egg donor will take fertility medications to stimulate the production of multiple eggs. She will then undergo a short ultrasound-guided egg retrieval procedure.
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IVF: Either fresh or thawed frozen eggs are fertilized in your clinic’s laboratory and developed to the blastocyst stage over the course of 5 to 7 days. Fresh eggs can be fertilized by either the conventional insemination method or a specialized approach called intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), frozen eggs require ICSI for successful fertilization.
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Embryo Transfer: Once viable blastocyst(s) are identified, the embryo transfer can take place. In this procedure, the blastocyst is gently placed into your, your partner’s, or your surrogate’s uterus with the hope it will implant and begin a pregnancy. After the transfer, an ongoing prescribed medications regimen continues.
Depending on your clinic, you will take a blood test about one week later and another two weeks later to confirm whether the implantation was successful. Any remaining blastocysts can be vitrified (frozen) for later use if you want!
IVF: Fresh vs Frozen Eggs
Both fresh and frozen eggs will go through the IVF process—the main difference is the matter of when.
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Fresh egg donations go through the fertilization and embryo creation at the time of retrieval.
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After retrieval, frozen egg donations are vitrified and stored until ready. They're then thawed, fertilized via ICSI, developed into blastocysts, and transferred for potential implantation.
Vitrification has made frozen eggs as effective as fresh with similar success rates. Explore the differences between fresh and frozen egg donation to discover which path is right for you.
Choosing the Right Egg Donor: Characteristics to Consider
Selecting an egg donor is one of the most meaningful steps in your family-building journey. The woman you choose will contribute half of your future child’s genetic makeup, making this a decision that’s both emotional and deeply personal.
Consider what matters most to you. Here are some criteria to consider:
Genetic compatibility
Mental health
Medical & family history
Physical traits or ethnicity
Shared values
Donor type and desired relationship
Personality
Egg Donation Step-by-Step
For recipient parents, the egg donation process will go something like this:
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Complete your registration and connect with one of our coordinators to discuss your family-building goals and review the Mutual Match™ process.
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Next, you will review your thoughtfully curated donor profiles and select the right fit based on your preferences and needs.
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Your clinic will conduct a record review of your potential donor, confirm genetic compatibility, and issue medical clearance.
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If applicable, finalize a legal agreement that protects everyone involved, ensuring full transparency and comfort for everybody.
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You will stay in close communication with your Everie care team while we collaborate with your clinic until eggs are retrieved or to transport eggs for embryo creation.
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Next, your donor’s eggs will be fertilized and monitored. Embryos will be created for transfer, either immediately or frozen and stored for future use.
While each person’s journey to parenthood is unique to them, we make sure the process is as smooth as possible and that you are confident about what comes next.
Why Use Donor Eggs?
People choose egg donation to grow their families for many deeply personal reasons, including:
Reducing the risk of passing on a genetic condition
Facing infertility challenges
Medical issues that make it challenging to produce healthy eggs or sustain a pregnancy
Building a family as a same-sex male couple or single man
Regardless of the reason someone uses an egg donor on their path to parenthood, Everie is here to support you. Whether you are partnered, single, heterosexual, LGBTQIA+, facing fertility issues, or consciously choosing to grow your family a different way, there is a home for you here.
Types of Donor Arrangements
We offer three types of donor arrangements, each allowing you to choose the level of disclosure you are most comfortable with between you and your donor:
Open ID
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Success rates are similar, though timelines may vary. A fresh cycle doesn’t necessarily result in more eggs per retrieval. The difference lies in fertilization: in a frozen cycle, only mature eggs are preserved, whereas in a fresh cycle, all retrieved eggs are available. Ultimately, recipient parents decide how many eggs to move proceed with, based on what is available in inventory.
Semi-Open ID
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Donors and recipients meet over a video call, but may not initially want to provide each other with full identifying information. This allows everyone to have some privacy while getting to know one another. This doesn't mean an information exchange is permanently off the table.
ID Release
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Donors opt out of meeting recipient parents. No identifying or contact information is exchanged. Identifying information will, however, be shared with the donor-conceived individual at legal age if they request it. This allows your child the ability to learn and understand more about their origins and identity if you decide to disclose that information to them.
Why Choose Disclosed Donation?
Why do we advocate for disclosed donations? Knowing a child's origins can profoundly influence their identity. Understanding your child’s genetic background and medical history may be a crucial part of your decision-making process.
Meeting your egg donor can humanize the experience for everyone involved—it might even help you envision your future child. Hearing her reasons for becoming an egg donor can also offer meaningful insight and help you find the right match.
Still, some recipient parents may prefer less disclosure, focusing on their own family without a long-term connection to the donor. Others may want to keep the donor more abstract, avoiding any influence on how they imagine their child. There's no "best" path. Ultimately, it’s about finding the right approach for your family.
At Everie, we are more than just an egg bank—we’re an experienced team of fertility specialists connecting donors and aspiring intended parents. We champion transparency and disclosed donations and encourage shared stories to create meaningful, informed relationships. As specialists in egg donation for recipient parents, we're all about helping you grow your family and future with care, clarity, and connection.
Let's get started on your journey to finding your ideal donor today!
What is Egg Donation?
Egg donation is an assisted reproductive technique that allows individuals or couples to grow their families with the help of a generous, carefully screened donor. During a minimally invasive procedure, a donor’s eggs are retrieved and then used in fertility treatments to help hopeful parents—like you—achieve pregnancy.
Through extensive screenings, we ensure our donors are emotionally, mentally, and physically prepared to embark on this journey with you. They are not just here for a transactional exchange and understand that by donating their eggs, they will have connections to donor conceived individuals long after a retrieval has occurred.