Paying for IVF directly to your clinic
IVF with donor eggs
An egg bank will help you purchase and transport suitable donor eggs to your clinic. When you are ready to start treatment, these eggs will be thawed and fertilized with sperm to create embryos. These embryos will grow in the lab until they are mature enough to transfer to the uterus.
You and your doctor will discuss which embryo to transfer — typically, they’ll recommend starting with the best quality one. If the embryo is already frozen, an embryologist will thaw and prepare it, and your doctor will transfer it to the uterus.
8–14 days after transfer, your doctor will order a blood test to find out if you’re pregnant.
If your transfer isn’t successful, you can thaw and transfer any additional embryos you have stored. You'll take more medication to prepare your uterus for the implantation. This is usually additional progesterone to help grow the uterine lining. You and your doctor will discuss which embryo to transfer — typically, they’ll recommend starting with the best quality one. Because the embryo is frozen, an embryologist will thaw and prepare it, and your doctor will transfer it to the uterus.
8–14 days after transfer, your doctor will order a blood test to find out if you’re pregnant.