IVF with donor eggs uses eggs given by another woman, fertilised with your partner's sperm or donor sperm, with the resulting embryo transferred to your womb. It is an option when your own eggs are unlikely to lead to a pregnancy. Across all ages, around one in three embryo transfers using donor eggs results in a live birth.
For many people, particularly those in the LGBTQ+ community, their journey to parenthood is not possible without the help of an egg donor. Using donated eggs in your fertility treatment is a significant decision. We're here to support you as you decide whether donor conception is the right choice for you.
TFP's existing copy, unchanged. Covers who donor egg treatment is for, including people with low ovarian reserve, premature ovarian insufficiency, repeated unsuccessful cycles with their own eggs, a heritable condition they do not wish to pass on, and same-sex couples and single women building a family.
Understanding whether donor eggs are the right route for you
IVF, ICSI, frozen embryo transfer or surrogacy
Required before donor treatment, and there to help
From your clinic's bank, or a donor you know
Fertilisation and embryo development
Womb preparation, transfer and your pregnancy test
TFP's existing copy on matching, donor characteristics and what information you receive, unchanged.
TFP's existing copy, unchanged.
TFP's existing copy, unchanged.
A short line on what is and is not included, and where medication sits, to match how the cost sections read on the other treatment pages.
All figures to come from TFP's single pricing source. We will not invent prices.Live births per embryo transferred, comparing treatment using your own eggs with treatment using donor eggs.
| Age | Using your own eggs | Using donor eggs |
|---|---|---|
| 18 to 34 | 33% | 34% |
| 35 to 37 | 26% | 34% |
| 38 to 39 | 20% | 32% |
| 40 to 42 | 12% | 34% |
| 43 to 44 | 5% | 35% |
| 45 to 50 | 4% | 30% |
An honest account of where NHS funding for donor egg treatment sits, that criteria and availability vary by area, and what the usual limits are. Written plainly, without overselling private treatment.
What private treatment gives you: access without a waiting list, a named consultant, and a clear plan. Links to the cost section above.
A plain explanation of legal parenthood in donor conception and the consent forms involved.
What identifying information a donor-conceived person can request, and at what age.
That a registered donor has no legal rights or responsibilities towards a child conceived from their donation.
Existing copy from the guide being merged in.
The concerns people raise most often, answered honestly.
Support with disclosure, and where to find it.
TFP's existing egg sharing callout and its link, unchanged.
TFP's existing recipient stories and their links, unchanged.
Speak to our team about whether donor eggs are the right route for you. Whenever you are ready, we are here.
Book your consultationSpeak to our patient support team for advice about your options and to book your first consultation with a fertility expert.
TFP has two pages covering donor eggs for people receiving them, and they compete with each other. We are merging them into one. Here is the plan in plain terms.
Three TFP pages currently talk about donor eggs, and they are written for two different audiences.
/en-gb/donation/egg-donation is for people who want to become a donor. That page stays exactly as it is. It is not part of this merge./en-gb/donation/using-an-egg-donor is for people who want to receive donor eggs. This is the page we are keeping./en-gb/blog/exploring-ivf-with-donor-eggs is also for people who want to receive donor eggs. It covers much of the same ground, and it currently performs better in search than the page above, which is the wrong way round.When two of your own pages answer the same question, Google has to pick one, and it usually ranks neither as well as a single strong page would.
We keep /en-gb/donation/using-an-egg-donor. It sits in the donation section where the navigation points, it already has a named medical reviewer, and it matches the sperm equivalent at /en-gb/donation/using-a-sperm-donor. Keeping the two donor pages structured the same way makes both easier to maintain and easier to list in the Guides section.
/en-gb/blog/exploring-ivf-with-donor-eggs to /en-gb/donation/using-an-egg-donor, permanent, once the content is across. Not before.Anything in square brackets, or marked with an amber flag on the wireframe, is a value we need from TFP. We have not invented prices, clinical figures, waiting times or legal wording, and we will not.
The code below is an example to show what belongs on the page. The official, validated code follows once the page is amended and signed off.
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"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "MedicalWebPage",
"name": "Build your family using an egg donor",
"url": "https://tfp-fertility.com/en-gb/donation/using-an-egg-donor",
"about": { "@type": "MedicalProcedure", "name": "IVF using donated eggs" },
"lastReviewed": "[review date, once refreshed]",
"reviewedBy": {
"@type": "Person",
"name": "Garima Srivastava",
"honorificPrefix": "Dr",
"jobTitle": "Consultant Gynaecologist",
"worksFor": { "@type": "MedicalClinic", "name": "TFP Simply Fertility" },
"url": "[consultant profile URL]"
}
}All twelve questions, with answer text matching the visible page copy exactly. Do not mark up a question whose answer is not on the page.
{
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "FAQPage",
"mainEntity": [
{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "What are donor eggs, and how does donor egg IVF work?",
"acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "[visible page copy]" }
},
{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "Am I the biological mother if I use a donor egg?",
"acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "[visible page copy]" }
}
]
}The remaining ten follow the same pattern.
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