Frequently Asked Questions
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“We couldn’t be happier. We were eager to get going quickly and the Conceive-Abilities team got the job done. Our daughter is amazing proof of how well it all worked out.”
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How long has ConceiveAbilities been established?
Since 1996 ConceiveAbilities has been successfully assisting prospective parents achieve their desires of having children. Personal experience guides our philosophy, with our unique team bringing an unmatched level of service and care for everyone involved. This approach has helped ConceiveAbilities form great relationships with intended parents, egg donors, and surrogate mothers while earning the respect of the nation’s leading fertility experts.
What services do you offer?
ConceiveAbilities offers both egg donation and surrogacy services. Our program attracts the best and the brightest egg donors and surrogate mothers because we’ve built our reputation on high quality, exceptional candidates. If you would like to become an egg donor recipient, learn more about our egg donor program. We also offer a full service surrogacy program to help you find a gestational carrier. Intended parents living abroad can benefit from our international surrogates program.
Why should an egg donor recipient use a donor from an agency?
Without question an egg donor agency provides a layer of protection and comfort necessary to egg donor recipients in order to facilitate the process of egg donation. A good egg donor agency does one thing and does it well: recruit the best candidates it can. It doesn’t suffer under the obligation of meeting the needs of a long roster of waiting patients like physicians and attorneys who also recruit egg donors aside from their practices. All parties feel a sense of protection when independent legal representation is a requirement, when the opportunity to view photos is available and when the agency can act as a mediating third party when problems arise. The doors of communication and disclosure are more readily open when you use an egg donor agency. Our egg donor agency has been successfully assisting egg donor recipients since 1996. During the past decade we have garnered a reputation for being one of the industry’s premier egg donor agencies and we are proud of the countless cycles we’ve managed and wonderful families created.
What’s your success rate?
We believe the best way to measure the success of any egg donor agency is the organization’s ability to mitigate the complexities and risks in the process and provide the support and resources to get the egg donor and egg donor recipient from match to retrieval. We’re proud to have earned a success rate of 80%. Anecdotally, we’re pleased to have received countless thank you letters from clients describing the ConceiveAbilities team as warm, caring, honest, and always demonstrating the highest level of professionalism.
Is ConceiveAbilities a Licensed Egg Donor or Surrogate Agency?
There currently is no formal licensing for egg donor agencies, however ConceiveAbilities is a member of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine and is registered with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a registered Human Cell and Tissue Establishment. ConceiveAbilities is also licensed for Tissue Bank operation in the State of New York.
Additionally, the ConceiveAbilities family includes its own licensed mental health professionals, social workers and biologists. Alicia Denefe is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC), Cathy Corbett is a licensed professional counselor (LPC), Deb Levy is a license professional counselor (LPC) and Jennifer Wolf is a licensed social worker (LSW).
Do you work with international prospective parents?
Yes, we have helped many international prospective parents find a surrogate mother through our international surrogacy program or egg donors in our egg donation center. Renowned worldwide for professionalism, selectivity and expertise in fertility care, you can trust that we will work with you every step of the way. The United States is well known for having favorable laws for intended parents and strict medical guidelines to ensure a safe and healthy experience. Learn more about our international surrogates program.
What is the time line associated with your egg donor program?
Once you reserve an egg donor and she confirms her availability, we generally find most retrievals occur within 2-4 months after the match is processed to your IVF center. This time frame can fluctuate depending upon any number of scheduling issues. There can be a wait for finding a compatible surrogate.
If a medical center/fertility clinic recruits their own donors, why should an egg donor recipient work with an egg donation agency?
An egg donation agency is an independent third party, generally in a much better position to manage the multiple participants involved and solve problems when necessary. Specifically, ConceiveAbilities offers egg donor recipients the greatest opportunity for success by providing the highest quality egg donors available, and the stability, professionalism and experience necessary to guide them through an often complex process. Perhaps most importantly, our exceptional screening and evaluation processes coupled with a reputation built on unparalleled service and knowledge, allow ConceiveAbilities to provide clients access to an egg donor pool of unmatched quality anywhere in the industry.
ConceiveAbilities also provides access to more and better information about the process as well as additional methods of support not available at most medical centers and fertility clinics including vital psychological and legal resources. Among other things, this access can allow participants have a say in the creation of their legal contracts and provide an opportunity to negotiate a great degree of pay allowances. Finally, clinics are only required to keep records for 10 years or less, while ConceiveAbilities will maintain your information for the foreseeable future.
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