There are many reasons the "perfect donor" may not work out. Often they're completely out of the control of the recipient, the fertility specialist, and the donor.
It’s easy to say, “don’t fall in love with your donor just yet,” but that's easier said than done. When working with egg recipients at InVia Fertility Specialists, I always suggest that when they are looking at donor profiles, they choose their top two or three rather than just one—and always keep in the back of their minds that something may change.
Working with a medical office fertility clinic presents advantages to recipients when choosing an egg donor, because the clinic screens out donors who are going to have a medical barrier to successful donation. InVia Fertility Specialists screens each prospective donor for day-three hormones (including FSH, LH, AMH, and Estradiol) and does a day-three follicular ultrasound to check her antral follicle count before she makes it into our program.
Of the 100+ applications we receive in a month, only 2 percent pass the screening and make it into our donor book. This screening allows us to give recipients the best possible chance to achieve a successful pregnancy. Egg donors from outside agencies are often not medically screened before they are matched with prospective recipients; often these turn out to be "sub-optimal" egg donors.
If you are facing fertility issues that require you to use an egg donor and are looking for a donor who has been pre-screened, make an appointment at one of InVia's four Chicago area fertility clinics.