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Egg Donation Calendar
Example plan for a donor egg IVF cycle
Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago
Donor Egg Specialist Clinic
Gurnee & Crystal Lake, Illinois
Our donor egg program has consistently high success rates
| For 2003-2006 our donor egg clinic success rate (live birth rate) was: | 64% per transfer |
| For 2003-2006 the National Average for donor egg clinics was: | 52% per transfer |
Know the success rates at your clinic before you do egg donation
Links to the US government CDC Report on IVF and Egg Donation Success Rates
Sample calendar for a treatment cycle of IVF with donor eggs - Using birth control pills for both the donor and the recipient
A sample calendar for an egg donation cycle showing the days various medications are taken and timing of the monitoring and procedures for both the egg donor and the recipient. We actually do our donor egg cycles a little different from this, but it gives the general idea - and it all fits nicely on a one month calendar...
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1
Start
Lupron |
2
Lupron Birth Control Pill - D & R |
3
Lupron Birth Control Pill - D & R |
4
Lupron Last Birth Control Pill - D & R |
5
Lupron |
6
Lupron |
7
Lupron |
| 8 Lupron
Menstrual cycle day 1 for donor and recipient (approximate) |
9 Lupron Donor start FSH injections Recipient start estrogen pills Blood and ultrasound - D Day 1 of stimulation or estrogen |
10 Lupron FSH
|
11 Lupron FSH
|
12 Lupron FSH Blood test - D
|
13 Lupron FSH Blood and
ultrasound - D
|
14 Lupron FSH Blood and ultrasound - D
Day 6 of stimulation or estrogen |
| 15 Lupron, FSH Blood and ultrasound - D
Day 7 of stimulation or estrogen |
16 Lupron, FSH Blood and ultrasound - D Ultrasound - R Day 8 of stimulation or estrogen |
17 Last Lupron - D & R HCG injection Day 9 of stimulation or estrogen |
18
Day 10 of estrogen Recipient start progesterone |
19
Donor eggs fertilized Recipient continue estrogen and progesterone |
20
Recipient continue estrogen and progesterone |
21
Recipient continue estrogen and progesterone |
| 22
Recipient continue estrogen and progesterone |
23
Recipient continue estrogen and progesterone |
24
Recipient continue estrogen and progesterone |
25
Recipient continue estrogen and progesterone |
26
Recipient continue estrogen and progesterone |
27
Recipient continue estrogen and progesterone |
28
Recipient continue estrogen and progesterone |
| 29
Recipient continue estrogen and progesterone |
30
Recipient continue estrogen and progesterone |
31
Recipient continue estrogen and progesterone |
1
Recipient continue estrogen and progesterone |
2
Pregnancy test
- R |
3
Recipient continue estrogen and progesterone if pregnant |
4
Recipient continue estrogen and progesterone if pregnant |
Key to table:
Blood and ultrasound = blood test for hormone levels and transvaginal ultrasound to measure follicle development in ovaries
- R = done on recipient woman
- D = done on egg donor
Lupron = subcutaneous injection of a medication called Lupron. Taken once daily.
FSH = subcutaneous injection of a medication containing follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), which causes follicles containing eggs to develop in the ovaries. The donor takes this.
HCG injection = intramuscular injection of a medication called HCG, which causes the eggs to mature. The donor takes this.
Estrogen = pills or skin patches containing estrogen. Used to develop a proper lining in the recipient woman's uterus
Progesterone = vaginal cream or suppositories or intramuscular injection of a medication called progesterone, which helps to prepare a receptive uterine lining for embryo implantation
For out of town donor egg recipient couples:
The days shown with a light blue background on the calendar are those that the male partner must be in our area. Please discuss details with us.
The day shown with a light green background on the calendar are those that the female partner must be in our area. Please discuss details with us.
Coming here for donor egg IVF - details for recipient couples from out of town.
Note:
The calendar shown above is an example of how the cycle stimulation may evolve. It is possible that the ovarian stimulation process on the egg donor would be shorter or longer than that shown above. The example above shows 9 days of stimulation (FSH shots). The average number of days of taking the FSH injections is 8-10, with the range being about 7-12.
