All the consultations, examinations and meetings with the doctor are free. Our clinics are comfortable and feel like home, and we assign a midwife to each donor to support them from the beginning of the process to the end.
The donor will receive all the test results and information about the health of their reproductive organs gained during the process. We also make sure that, throughout the process, the donor is given accurate and easy-to-understand information about the different stages of the process and what will happen next. It is important to us that the donor is confident in her decision and feels safe.
The donated eggs are frozen in Ovumia Fertinova’s Finnish Egg Bank or used straight away to provide treatment for the recipient. Usually, a suitable recipient who is grateful for your donation is found within 2–4 months of freezing the eggs.
Are there any side effects or risks involved in the treatment?
For the majority of women, maturing and collecting their eggs goes very smoothly. Only a fraction of women experience side effects from the hormone treatment. During the retrieval of the eggs, the donor is given intravenous medication, which minimises the pain and relaxes them. The collection of eggs involves a slight possibility of complications. These are discussed thoroughly before the donation when you meet the doctor to make a treatment plan.
Read more about the risks involved in egg donation.
What kind of remuneration will I get for donating eggs?
According to the Finnish Act on Assisted Fertility Treatments, a donor can be paid a reasonable sum in compensation for expenses arising from the donation (daily allowance and, if applicable, kilometre allowance), as well as €250 compensation for temporary discomfort. The most important reason for donating eggs, however, is the desire to help someone, and the best reward is new life.
Read more about the remuneration of an egg donor.
Who are the eggs donated to?
The majority of our donation treatments are performed for Finnish, Nordic or other European couples who are unable to have a child naturally. They need donated eggs because they do not have eggs of their own or their eggs are of poor quality, which is why they have not succeeded in getting pregnant despite numerous attempts.
There are more than 700 treatments performed in Finland every year using donated eggs, but there are more couples who need the treatment than there are donated eggs. The results from treatments carried out using donated eggs are good. After just one treatment, 55–60% of the recipients become pregnant. In total, more than 80% of the couples who have received a donated egg have the baby they have longed for.
Wait a minute – does this make me a parent?
According to the currently valid Act on Assisted Fertility Treatments, every gamete donor is entered in a register maintained by a public authority, so that a child who may have been born from a donated gamete can, when they turn 18 years of age, obtain information about the donor’s identity from the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health. However, a person who has donated gametes does not have any rights or obligations as regards the child.
The identity of the donor will not be revealed to the couple who receive their gametes. They will only be told about the donor’s outward appearance, such as height, the colour of their hair and eyes, and their ethnic background. The same donor’s gametes can be used for providing children to no more than five different families. Each donation event is assessed separately. You can withdraw from the donation process without explanation at any time before the embryo transfer.
Read more about the egg collection procedure.
Read more about egg donors’ experiences.
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