Oocyte Donation

Women who are menopausal or affected with premature ovarian failure can now hope to become mothers with the use of oocyte donation and IVF. Here the uterus is primed for conception with estrogen and progesterone. The donor’s physical characters like skin color, height etc is matched with the recipient . IVF/ICSI is performed with the husband’s sperms and the donor eggs and embryos transferred to the recipient. 65% pregnancy rates per cycle can be expected with this technique.

Indications:

 Premature ovarian failure
 Turner syndrome
 Ovarian failure following chemotherapy or radiotherapy
 In vitro fertilisation failure
 Genetic disorders

Screening of Oocyte Donor:

 The Oocyte Donor is screened as per requested by couple.
 Complete medical history of the egg donor is taken. Her age should be between 24 to 35 years.
 Obstetric history
 Menstrual History
 General examination is done thoroughly. Her weight, Blood Pressure, General health, presence of anemia, CVS and Respiratory system is checked.

The following tests are done

 Physical checkup – Chest X ray, ultrasound sonography of pelvis.
 Blood Tests – Blood group, CBC, HIV, HbsAg, HCV, Serum TSH, Serum AMH, Thalassemia.

Therapeutic insemination ( IUI ) with donor sperm

Males having absent or extremely low sperm count, who cannot afford ICSI or those with primary testicular failure, can opt for donor sperm from a semen bank. This remains one of the oldest ART methods known to mankind.

Indications:

 Severe male factor infertility ( Absent or low sperm counts, low sperm motility or sperm that requires surgical extraction due to prior vasectomy or other conditions)
 History of poor or abnormal fertilization
 High DNA fragmentation index
 Embryo development arrested in previous IVF cycle.
 Genetic disorder in male who are not pursuing preimplantation genetic diagnosis.
 Couples in which the male partner has an infectious disease, and the female partner does not.
 Single women, same-sex female couples and transgender individuals

Embryo donation

In the event of the wife being menopausal and the husband having no sperms the couple can still hope for a pregnancy with embryo donation. This helps fulfill the biological desire of a woman to be a mother Vis a Vis adoption. It also helps certain patients with repeated miscarriages or repeated IVF failures.

Indications:

 Absence of ovaries (surgical or from birth)
 Premature ovarian failure
 Poor ovarian function
 Genetic abnormalities in the mother or father

Our both center in Chembur, Mumbai and Vashi, Navi Mumbai are the best IVF Centers in India and managed by Dr. Sudha Tandon and team. She has been helping couples to fulfill their dream of parenthood. She and her experienced team have helped over 2000 couple’s battle various fertility issues for more than 25 years.

We at Dr Sudha Tandon’s fertility , IVF , Gynec Endoscopy and Maternity center have all world class facility for laparoscopic and Hysteroscopic surgery for all pelvic pathologies and IUI /IVF and ICSI treatment for ART.