• Salt Lake City, UT Egg Donation Program Overview
• Letter from Donor Egg Coordinator
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Resources
• View Donors

Step 1: Consultation at Our Salt Lake City, UT Donor Egg Program
If new to RCC, couples will need to have an initial patient consultation with a physician. This is the couple’s opportunity to review their medical history with the doctor and to determine if they are medically a good candidate for the donor egg program. Couples also need to have a consultation with a staff member from the billing department to discuss financing their egg donor IVF cycle. RCC offers various pricing options including an option with a money back guarantee if you do not deliver a baby, and the billing department will work with the couple to assist them in determining which option best fits their financial needs.

Step 2: Screening
There are a number of medical tests that the couple will need to complete prior to beginning their cycle (additional tests needed for recipients 45 or older). In addition to medical tests, the recipient couple will need to have a psychological screening with a psychologist. Both the wife and husband need to attend this meeting. This is the couple’s opportunity to explore their feelings about using an egg donor and to discuss the issue of disclosure.

Step 3: Selecting a Donor
This is the most important and exciting step, picking a donor. Recipients are able to view egg donor profiles online in the privacy of their home. Egg donors provide medical and genetic history, personal information, childhood photos, and adult photos. Extensive information found in the egg donor profiles allows the couple to select a donor who fits their personal preferences.

Step 4: Cycle Coordination
Once the couple has selected their donor and paid the matching fee to reserve the donor, the coordination process begins. The menstrual cycle of the donor and recipient woman are synchronized using oral contraceptive pills and Lupron injections. The donor will begin taking FSH injections to stimulate egg production, while the recipient woman takes estrogen to prepare the lining of the uterus for the embryo transfer. On the day of egg retrieval, the eggs are fertilized in the laboratory with the recipient husband's sperm (IVF), or injected into the eggs (ICSI). Typically, three to five days later the embryo(s) are then transferred to the recipient woman’s uterus. Two weeks later a pregnancy test is obtained which we sincerely hope will be positive for you.