Archive for tag 'Egg Donors'. Page 1 of 1

• 11th
  Apr
  2012

  Egg-sharing IVF - what are your chances of pregnancy?

  If you need IVF but don’t qualify for NHS treatment or can’t get it where you live because your local primary care trust has stopped offering it, you may already be wondering about joining our egg-sharing programme.

  Egg-sharing gives you a way to get a subsidised cycle of IVF treatment with us for £850 inclusive of all drugs and necessary screening tests, in return for donating half of your eggs which we retrieve during your IVF cycle, which aren’t being used for your ow...

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• 1st
  Sep
  2010

  IVF funding cuts - saving money at infertility's expense

  In recent weeks both the Isle of Man and Warrington Primary Care Trust have announced cuts in their funding of infertility treatment.

  The Isle of Man government has slashed its budget for infertility treatment by half, and infertile couples now have to meet much stricter criteria to even be considered for the one cycle of IVF that the Manx Government will pay for. This includes being in a stable relationship, non-smoking, not overweight, within certain age limits and infertile for at least thre...

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• 3rd
  Aug
  2010

  HFEA to be axed - What this means for patients

  The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, responsible for the regulation of fertility clinics and the use of embryos and sperm in treatment, is to be closed down by the Government.

  Health secretary Andrew Lansley announced that the HFEA is amongst a group of health watchdog bodies which will be merged or culled in an effort to save costs and red tape within the NHS.

  The HFEA will continue its work for the time being, but will transfer its functions to other bodies by the end of the cur...

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• 21st
  Jul
  2010

  Menopause test - Predicting your biological clock?

  At the recent fertility conference in Rome, it was revealed that scientists have developed a new test that could help to predict when a woman will start the menopause – and therefore how much ‘time’ she has left to start a family.

  It works by measuring a woman’s levels of AMH hormone – produced by the follicles in the ovaries from which eggs develop. Scientists are hoping to have created an ‘over-the- counter’ version of the test within three years. At ...

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• 6th
  Apr
  2010

  Celebrity Older Mums - how did they conceive?

  What do Hollywood actresses Halle Berry, Marcia Cross, Susan Sarandon, Courtney Cox and Holly Hunter all have in common? They had children in their 40s, some of them in their late 40s. But what they don’t tell you is that in most cases, women who do have children at this age aren’t getting pregnant ‘naturally’, or even through IVF. They’re having to use a donor egg. Marcia Cross, of TV's Desperate Housewives, recently revealed that a donor egg was how she managed to finally have child...

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