We have lots of questions about choosing a donor egg agency in Thailand!
February 15, 2013 6:35 AM Subscribe
Asking for friends: We need help finding an IVF/egg donation agency in Thailand, and just looking at agency websites is unhelpful
Hello all. I am asking on behalf of some very dear friends of mine who have been unable to conceive after far too many rounds of IVF treatments. After many tears shed, dollars spent and sleepless nights, they have decided to pursue the idea of obtaining a donor egg in Thailand. Why Thailand?, I asked, and was told this: It is less expensive than if they were to try for a donor egg in the US, UK or Japan. Furthermore, the female portion of this couple is Asian, and wants her child to have similar features to her own.
They've reached out to their friends to help them evaluate the Thai donor agencies from afar. I turn to you, Green. Have you used a Thai donor egg? Do you know someone who has? Could you recommend an agency? How would you rate your experience? More broadly, do you have any experience with obtaining a donor egg in somewhere other than your home country, and you had to travel to get it implanted? Is this even a good idea? My personal concern is my friends travel all the way to Thailand, receive a donor egg, implant it and my friend still doesn't get pregnant. It looks like success rates are around 60% with donor eggs. Does that sound reasonable?
I am asking under my user name so I can answer any pressing questions, or people can PM if they aren't comfortable talking openly about the matter. I suppose what would be ideal is links to forums where people discuss traveling to Thailand to obtain donor eggs, and the experiences they have, and hopefully, the names of the good clinics vs. the not so good ones.
Thanks ever so much for any assistance you can provide!
Hello all. I am asking on behalf of some very dear friends of mine who have been unable to conceive after far too many rounds of IVF treatments. After many tears shed, dollars spent and sleepless nights, they have decided to pursue the idea of obtaining a donor egg in Thailand. Why Thailand?, I asked, and was told this: It is less expensive than if they were to try for a donor egg in the US, UK or Japan. Furthermore, the female portion of this couple is Asian, and wants her child to have similar features to her own.
They've reached out to their friends to help them evaluate the Thai donor agencies from afar. I turn to you, Green. Have you used a Thai donor egg? Do you know someone who has? Could you recommend an agency? How would you rate your experience? More broadly, do you have any experience with obtaining a donor egg in somewhere other than your home country, and you had to travel to get it implanted? Is this even a good idea? My personal concern is my friends travel all the way to Thailand, receive a donor egg, implant it and my friend still doesn't get pregnant. It looks like success rates are around 60% with donor eggs. Does that sound reasonable?
I am asking under my user name so I can answer any pressing questions, or people can PM if they aren't comfortable talking openly about the matter. I suppose what would be ideal is links to forums where people discuss traveling to Thailand to obtain donor eggs, and the experiences they have, and hopefully, the names of the good clinics vs. the not so good ones.
Thanks ever so much for any assistance you can provide!
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My friend had more than 20 transfers (from different donors) so far and is still not pregnant. No one knows why. In her case clearly something is going on - this is not normal - but the doctor was not concerned and not even considering looking for problems until after the 8th failed attempt. So that suggests that up to around that many failed attempts is not unusual enough to provoke comment.
I don't think your friend should be assuming it will work on the first try. If I were her I would be budgeting for three to four trips at least.
posted by lollusc at 2:20 PM on February 15, 2013