Most of our out of town recipients of donor eggs have the monitoring of their uterine lining (usually only 1 ultrasound test needed) done in their home area. Then the couple comes here the day before (or early morning of) the donor's egg retrieval. They usually then stay in the area until the embryo transfer. This then becomes a total time here of about 4-6 days.

1. You can do a "long distance consult" first so that we can go over your case in detail and discuss all relevant issues. You can then have the monitoring of your uterine lining performed in your home area. Usually, only one ultrasound is required to document a proper uterine lining.

The husband needs to come here the day prior to the donor's egg retrieval, and the wife needs to come here by the day prior to the embryo transfer. This is the most common scenario utilized by couples from far away.

See a sample egg donation calendar for an example of procedure timing, when you would need to be here, etc.

2. Or, you can come for a "new patient visit" and then come back for #1 above when we do the egg donation cycle. This way we meet in person and can do an ultrasound on you and often a "mock embryo transfer" (a trial, or "dry run" of the embryo transfer procedure).

3. Or, you can make one extended trip to our area and have the monitoring of your uterine lining as well as the embryo transfer performed in our clinic - and then return home. This option requires about a 2 week stay here (therefore, not many couples choose this option). The exact duration of the stay depends on the duration of the ovarian stimulation of the egg donor. In this scenario, we have you do a long distance consult prior to coming in person to make sure that all relevant issues have been discussed.

In all cases, the male partner needs to be here by the day before (or early morning of) the donor's egg retrieval procedure. We need his sperm on the day of the egg retrieval in order to inseminate the donor eggs. The male can then leave our area and return with the female partner for the embryo transfer procedure several days later. The female recipient needs to arrive here by the day before (or early morning of) the scheduled embryo transfer procedure.

We perform the embryo transfer procedure either 3 days, or 5 days (blastocyst transfer) after the egg retrieval. We then request that you have "modified bed rest" for the remainder of that day (day of the transfer procedure). However, many (successful) couples have traveled back to their home areas that same day.

See a list of motels that are very close to our center

The Chicago area has many other hotels and motels which are not as convenient for travel to our location but offer additional amenities that you may desire. Both Chicago, Illinois and Milwaukee, Wisconsin are approximately a 30 minute to one hour drive from us and have much to offer in the way of restaurants, museums, and other sightseeing and cultural activities.