The International Egg Donation Programme (IED)

 

This is an Egg Donation programme, in which the anonymous altruistic egg donors have no history of infertility and are donating all their eggs to infertile couples.

The International Egg Donation programme option involves preparation at Bridge followed by travel to an the overseas centre for sperm and egg collection, embryology and treatment.

Groups of patients travelling for treatment at an this overseas centre will be are accompanied by a member of the Bridge care team and senior a Bridge medical personnel fertility specialist will perform the embryo transfer. Both Bridge and the overseas centre are ISO 9001 accredited.

There are many other aspects of this programme which set it apart from other international programmes (see the International Egg Donation Programme – General Information) and nearly 50% of the participants are achieving parenthood .

One key difference is that every participant is guaranteed 7 mature eggs.

The provision of mature eggs is fundamental to this treatment plan and is something which is rarely, if ever, guaranteed in other international programmes.

The provision of mature eggs is very important because this ensures that all the eggs you are given can be fertilised (see illustration below ) . Programmes which do not specify and guarantee mature eggs are likely to deliver fewer embryos.

"Our programme sets out to achieve the best possible results for a category of patients who typically experience below-average success rates. After three years of this programme, nearly 50% of our patients are happy parents – a truly impressive result."

Mr Mohamed Menabawey
Bridge Medical Director

Treatment on the International Egg Donation programme can take place within 3-4 months

 

Bridge is licensed by the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority to perform IVF, microsurgical fertilisations and treatments using donated eggs and sperm and to store genetic material.