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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here again with another question-- if we had a relative who was willing to donate an egg, would it reduce the cost of the DE procedure?[/quote]

Hi OP.  13:28 here.  Yes, your costs would be less - the fee that is paid to the donor is the piece you wouldn't incur if you had a donor who didn't want any compensation.  So depending on the clinic those fees can vary - usually within the $5-10k range from what I know.  There could be some additional costs w/ a known donor who hasn't had any of the testing and screening, whose response to the medications is unknown, etc...  Those would probably be significantly less than the donor fee, but they might be worth considering.  And your known donor could be a less than ideal clinical candidate and you might find yourself right back at looking at anonymous donors anyway.

But as others said, there are other complications - with an anonymous donor you pick from candidates who were prescreened for health, fertility, mental stability, etc... and perhaps can also know whether they have successfully donated before.  For instance, the donor we chose had a child of her own, and had donated twice before with our agency (both resulting in pregnancies) so they knew how she responded to medications, that her eggs seemed good, etc...   That gave us huge peace of mind.  And, while I do think of her often, she is a fairly abstract concept to us - not someone we'll be seeing at holiday gatherings, family events, etc...

We contemplated having a donor donor but in addition to some medical concerns and lack of knowledge about the health/viability of her eggs (she was 35 at the time) we also weighed very seriously how it would feel to us (and her!) to navigate the emotional waters of the various relationships over our children's lives.  So the things to think through go way beyond just the dollars.[/quote]

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