Shady Grove Fertility has a dedicated team to support women interested in becoming an egg donor. Candice Brown, one of the donor egg liaisons, helps answer these women’s questions about donating eggs. One of the most common questions Candice is asked is, “Will donating eggs impact my future fertility?” The simple answer is no, and here is why:
As a woman, you are typically born with two ovaries, each containing resting eggs or follicles. At 20 weeks gestation, you have about 6 million eggs, which is the largest amount of eggs you will ever have in your lifetime. At birth, you will lose approximately half of your eggs and, by the time you reach puberty, you will only have about 200,000 eggs left. At the beginning of each cycle, several follicles containing an egg are present with only one egg that develops, matures, and is released through ovulation. The remaining eggs die off and are no longer available. Therefore, as you age, your body naturally discards the unused eggs each month.
During an egg donation cycle, we use hormone medications to safely stimulate the ovaries to produce multiple mature eggs from the existing cohort of follicles. There are no additional eggs taken from your egg supply with hormone medications-just maximizing the number of eggs that reach maturity and therefore could potentially result in a pregnancy. A month following the egg donation cycle, when you have your next period, your body will continue to produce eggs as usual.
Learn More About Donating Eggs
To apply to become an egg donor at Shady Grove Fertility, please complete this brief application. If you have any question about egg donor compensation, please reach out to Candice, our Egg Donor Liaison by email or call 1-888-529-6382. If you have already applied and wish to complete your donor profile, click here.
If you have questions regarding infertility treatment or would like to schedule a new patient appointment, please call our New Patient Center at 877-971-7755 or click to schedule an appointment.
