Choosing a egg donor is one of the first things an individual or couple undergoing fertility treatment with donor egg will need to do.

TYPES OF DONORS

Egg donors are classified as either “known” or “unknown” depending on the type of relationship between donor and recipient.

• Known donor: If the recipient already has an existing relationship with the donor.

Having someone you know undergo IVF procedures to provide the eggs offers several benefits, including knowing the genetic origin of the eggs and reduced wait times.

When a known donor is over 35 years of age, the recipient is advised of the increased risk of medical issues, including miscarriage and chromosomal abnormalities. If the recipient chooses to use an egg from a donor in these circumstances, this will be at the clinician’s discretion.

• Clinic-recruited donor: When a donor makes the decision to provide eggs to an individual or a couple not known to them. In this situation, the recipient has never met the donor, and the donor has the choice to remain unknown to the recipient. 

FINDING AND CHOOSING CLINIC-RECRUITED DONOR EGGS

To help couples and individuals find their ideal donor, Rainbow Fertility has launched Eeve Donor Bank.

Eeve Donor Bank is Australia’s leading donor egg bank with a diverse range of egg donors available for patients to choose from.

With both local and overseas donor options, find your ideal egg donor based on the attributes most important to you with the ability to filter by ethnicity, eye colour, hair colour, height and more.

And the best news? We have no waitlists so you can get started on your journey to parenthood sooner.

You can download the app now on the  App store and on Google Play Store.

For more information please visit our Eeve Donor Bank page.

Rainbow Fertility also operates an embryo donor program to assist individuals and couples to achieve their dream of parenthood.

TYPES OF DONORS

• Known embryo donor: If the recipient already has an existing relationship with the donor, this is called a known donation.
• Clinic-recruited embryo donor: When a donor makes the decision to provide embryos to an individual or a couple not known to them, this is known as a clinic-recruited embryo donation. In this situation, the recipient has never met the donor, and the donor has the choice to remain unknown to the recipient. 

For more information about using donor embryos, please contact our Fertility Advice Centre by calling 1300 222 623 or emailing info@rainbowfertility.com.au.