Long Island New York Donor Egg Program Success Rates

The IVF success rates for our program can be viewed at the main Web site.  Because of the way the CDC and the Society of Assisted Reproductive Technology review the statistics, the latest data is for the year 2007. Typically, donor egg success rates are excellent and often exceed the success rates of the general practice population.

Women seek donor egg IVF because they cannot use their own eggs in an IVF cycle. Egg quality declines as a function of female age, disease, treatments such as chemotherapy which can destroy the ovaries, and others. IVF success rates for women in their forties are generally very poor and are often <5%.

Egg donors are selected and screened according to several factors including:

• Ages of 21- 32 
• Healthy weight 
• Non smoking
• No significant history for chronic medical conditions or genetic diseases
• Physically and emotionally healthy
• Must participate in and pass a screening process including a psychological examination 
• Must have transportation  

Egg donor age is particularly important as success rates are higher in younger age groups. The other factors listed above serve to "screen out" potential egg donors that my have backgrounds or "behaviors" that could reduce success rates.

The most encouraging fact for couples deciding to use an egg donor is that the success rates are equivalent to the egg donor's age group. For example;  If the eggs of a 22 year old are used in a cycle with a 45 year old recipient, the success rates equal the 22 year old age group.  For this reason, donor egg IVF success rates often exceed those of the general IVF population.

The excellent donor egg IVF success rates discussed above assume that the recipient has no serious health issues and that her endometrium will develop properly, with estrogen stimulation, to support a pregnancy. In fact, as long as a recipient is in good general health and has a viable uterus, pregnancy can be achieved very late in life.  However, most infertility specialists establish an upper age limit for their donor egg programs.  Our physicians discusses the "donor egg option" will all appropriate candidates.