Post Donation FAQs

No. It is extremely unlikely that donating eggs will affect your future fertility. Women who have donated eggs in the past have shown no adverse effect on their fertility in the years following the procedure.

All of your eggs are donated. Your donation could go to a recipient couple or our frozen egg bank for use in the future. If your eggs go to a recipient couple, your donated eggs are fertilised in our laboratory using sperm from the male partner of the recipient couple. The resulting embryos are then transferred into the womb of the recipient woman to begin growing as in a normal pregnancy. Any remaining embryos are frozen and stored for future use.

You will rest in the clinic for about two hours after the procedure and then you will be able to go home. You will need someone to take you home as you are not advised to drive for 24 hours after the sedation.

As part of the application process, you will provide some information about your characteristics and we spend a lot of time trying to match your characteristics with that of a patient who needs donor eggs.

After your eggs have been collected, you will be taken to our private ward, where the nursing team will take over your care before you go home. Here, they will ensure you are feeling well enough to be discharged.

Due to the use of general anaesthetic, we recommend that you do not drive for 24 hours after egg recovery, so you will need to bring someone along with you to accompany you home.

Following egg collection, you may feel tired, bloated and have some mild abdominal pain. There is also the likelihood of some light vaginal bleeding for a few days afterwards. These symptoms are perfectly normal after egg recovery.

Should you need to take something for the pain, paracetamol is recommended. You will be given our contact information, including an emergency out-of-hours number that you can contact with any concerns you have once you get home, we will be at the other end of the phone should you need any aftercare.

Many donors like to find out if any babies have been born as a result of their egg donation. You are entitled to know if your eggs have been used successfully, including the number of children that have been born, whether they are boys or girls and the year of their birth. You will not be given any information which could lead to those children being identified.

The law was changed in 2005 so that all new HFEA-registered donors are potentially identifiable to any conceived children once they reach the age of 18. Until then, they only have access to non-identifying information, such as your height, weight, hair and eye colour. Once they are 18 they can then contact the HFEA and obtain further details.

The recipients of your donated eggs are the legal parents of any child born. Therefore, you have no financial or legal responsibility for any donor-conceived children now or in the future.

No. Donations are done anonymously, recipient patients will not know who you are whilst they are going through the process. The expectant parents are usually given very basic information about you, which you yourself put on your Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) form at the time of registering as a donor. This information can include your hair colour, eye colour, and height. You will also write a short description of yourself called a Pen Picture which can include any skills, interests or hobbies. Along with a Good Will message for the donor conceived child. More detailed information is available to the child once it reaches the age of 18, which enables them to potentially identify you if they wish.

Our donors come from all walks of life - all with the same desire to help other women and all with something in common - great kindness, empathy, and commitment to giving the gift of life. Here is what one of our egg donors said about Egg Donors UK

"I was treated with greatest care during my stay at the clinic and I've also been under their care after my egg donation. I have to say they have a have highly trained team in every department.

I couldn't have asked for better treatment and clinic staff who took care of me during the whole process. I was informed about each step during the process. They have even designed an app which helps you with taking medications as well as appointments and important information.

The process of donating eggs itself was conducted in a very professional and caring way. Doctors and nurses informed me about everything and the team made me feel safe. If I could choose again I would donate my eggs again at this clinic without thinking twice."

Kamila