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The Process: Working with ConceiveAbilities
STEP 1: Consulting the Professionals
- Contact your center’s clinical psychologist or other mental health professional to discuss the emotional aspects of egg donation. This is a requirement of the program and a necessary step before reserving an egg donor.
- Contact your fertility center's egg donor nurse coordinator to gather information on the medical work-up you need to prepare for a donor cycle
- Contact your insurance carrier and inquire about coverage for the egg donation procedures.
STEP 2: Reserving a Donor
- We welcome the opportunity to provide personal matching assistance. We want you to feel informed about candidates and confident in your decision.
- Once a donor is identified, complete the online process to “reserve” a donor. Donor reservations generate a time/date stamped email to our office and are strictly on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Once we confirm the donor’s ability to move ahead, acceptance paperwork will be sent to you for immediate return to our office. The “match” will be processed to your fertility center after we receive your paperwork.
- You will be required to obtain legal counsel within 15 business days of reserving the donor. This timing is absolutely critical. Upon medical clearance of the donor, the legal agreements and all remaining fees are due within 3 business days.
STEP 3: Donor Work-up and Clearance
- ConceiveAbilities will assist in arranging for the donor candidate to meet with the required professionals for further evaluation and screening as required by your physician.
- Contact your egg donor nurse coordinator and physician regarding medical preparations and instructions.
- Your physician’s office will notify us of the donor’s medical clearance. In turn, we will notify them once our office receives all executed legal documents. (This is required before any medication start dates are given.)
STEP 4: The Donor Cycle
- Your physician will determine all medical protocols.
- Donor cycles generally last anywhere from 12 to 24 days.
- During the cycle ConceiveAbilities will monitor both you and your donor to offer encouragement, support and resources and to be a conduit for information.
- Your physician will make decisions regarding successful stimulation, retrieval and transfer of embryos.
STEP 5: Post Egg Retrieval
- If fertilization takes place, one or more of the resulting embryos may be transferred approximately 3-5 days after retrieval. Any decisions regarding the disposition of embryos which are not immediately transferred will be the sole responsibility of Intended Parents in conjunction with their physician at the fertility center.
- During this time ConceiveAbilities will be happy to assist if you are inclined to send a small note of kindness or other gesture. This is by no means a requirement but rather mentioned so we can be involved as intermediary to protect the confidentiality of both parties. (Please avoid having your fertility center act as an intermediary for such gestures.)
And Throughout
Both you and your donor will be guided by our expert Case Managers. As the main liaison between Intended Parent, Donor, physician, nurse coordinator, attorney and other participating professionals, our case managers provide an unparalleled brand of support critical to the success of the process leading up to retrieval. |
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