egg donation

On this page you will find information about:

• The legal requirements
• Bring your donor
• How does a treatment with egg donation work?
• Prospects for pregnancy with egg donation
• When is an egg donation useful?
• Important to know:

Egg donation means using the eggs of a donor to fulfill a couple's dream of having a baby. It allows women to become pregnant who otherwise would not have the opportunity to have a child.

In Austria, egg donation has been legally allowed since 2015.
The legal requirements are:

• The recipient of the donated oocytes must not be older than 44 at the start of treatment.
• The egg donor must be at least 18 and not older than 29.
• The child conceived by egg donation has the right to receive information about the donor after the age of 14. The Wunschkind Klinik is in possession of the donor's personal data.
• It is allowed to bring your own donor for a treatment. If a relative, friend or trusted person is willing to donate eggs to the couple, the donation can be accepted.

Bring your own donor

You have been diagnosed with infertility, yet you do not want to give up the happiness of a family?

We are happy to assist you during your egg donation treatment. If somebody in your family or circle of friends would offer herself as a donor, please bring her to the Wunschkind Klinik.

What does the donor have to consider?

The donor must be physically and mentally healthy. She must meet stringent criteria and conduct various investigations so that we can exclude infectious and hereditary diseases and can rely on healthy, fertile oocytes. Of course we carry out a detailed, medical consultation with the donor before starting the treatment.

The donor neither has the duty to support the child conceived with her eggs, nor is the child entitled to inherit. The donation is always voluntary. It is also forbidden that the donor demands payment any other consideration for the donation.

When is egg donation useful?

We all want children who are genetically our own. Sometimes that is impossible. The Austrian law allows egg donation in case of infertility. Egg donation can help to have a child after all.

You might consider egg donation in the following cases:

• The ovaries have stopped their production prematurely, perhaps because of early menopause or as a result of surgery.
• The quality of the eggs is insufficient.
• Several IVF treatments have already failed.
• There have been repeated miscarriages.
• Either you as a patient or your genetically own embryos show chromosomal abnormalities.
• No menstruation (primary ovarian failure).
• When the ovaries cease functioning before the age of 40.
  The reasons can be:
  • Hereditary factors
  • metabolic diseases
  • Autoimmune diseases, such as Addison's disease or diabetes mellitus
  • Infectious diseases, such as mumps or rubella
  • Environmental factors, such as intense smoking
  • Surgery that entails sterilization. For example, in the treatment of ovarian tumors.
  • A chemotherapy or radiotherapy given at an earlier time.

You want a child?
We inform you about all possibilities to get pregnant. Arrange an initial consultation.