Indications
Indications
- Advancing age (beyond 40 years) is by far the most common reason why American women elect to work with an egg donor.
- The second most common indication for OD – and one that usually ties in with advancing age beyond 40 years – is declining ovarian function.
- In a select, but nevertheless significant percentage of cases, the indication for OD falls into one of the following categories:
- Premature ovarian failure in women under 40 years due to genetic cause
- Exposure to chemotherapy and/or excessive radiation as part of cancer therapy
- Aneuploidy (e.g. ovarian dysgenesis or Turner’s syndrome)
- Surgical removal of the ovaries (oophorectomy)
- Recurrent IVF failure due to “poor quality” eggs or embryos is relatively common and one of the most rapidly growing indications for OD in the United States.
- Another social reason for American women electing to undergo OD is in cases of same-sex relationships (predominantly female) where both partners wish to share in the parenting experience by having one serve as egg provider and the other as the recipient.
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