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[quote=Anonymous]I'm in my late 40s and have done IVF with SG using a donor egg.  We were in the shared risk program.  No regrets.  We were lucky to get pregnant during our first round of IVF.  While that means we will have paid more for the process than if we were not in shared risk, the fact is that we had to make a decision without the benefit of hindsight.  We had figured out that if we had to go thru more than 2 cycles (a possibility given our medical issues) we would be out-of-pocket more than if we got pregnant in the first round.  Frankly, if we weren't going to have success, we didn't want to be out all of that money.  So, basically, I too think the shared risk program is a smart option.

If using a donor egg, some questions you might want to ask are the following:

I) What are the success rates using 3:1 split, 2:1 split, or no split.  Basically, in shared risk, you can choose to receive 100% of the donor's eggs, or you can split them with 1 or 2 other persons.   The price you pay in shared risk is lower if you split but the number of eggs is not necessarily less and thus the success rates are not dramatically different.  I believe, but you'll have to ask, that donors with a higher number of follicles get put into the 3:1 program whereas donors with fewer follicles get put in the 2:1 program.  But, if you are the first person to select a donor, you can upgrade them from the 3:1 to the 2:1 or 1:1.  (However, the reverse is not true - you cannot take a 1:1 donor and make them a 3:1 donor.)

II) what kind of testing do donors go through?  Lots.

III). Ask them to give you the temp password for their donor database and start looking ASAP to get a feel for what kind of donors they have and how quickly or slowly certain donors are selected.  The temp password will give you access to most data on each donor.

Good luck!  [/quote]

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