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:

In an egg donation, we use the eggs of a donor to fulfill the dream of the baby to a child's desire pair. This can also make pregnant women who otherwise have no opportunity to have a child.

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

• The recipient of the donated oocytes must not be older than 45 years of age at the start of treatment.
• The egg donor must be at least 18 and no more than 29 years old.
• The child conceived by egg donation has the right to receive information about the donor after the age of 14 years. The child receives information about this in the Wunschkind-Klinik.
• It is allowed to bring a donor for treatment. If a relative, friend or confidant is willing to donate eggs to the childbearing couple, the donation can be accepted by this person.

Rechtlichen Vorgaben

Die rechtlichen Vorgaben sind diese:

• Die Empfängerin der gespendeten Eizellen darf bei Behandlungsbeginn nicht älter als 45 Jahre sein.
• Die Eizell-Spenderin muss  maximal 30 Jahre alt sein.
• Das durch eine Eizellenspende gezeugte Kind hat das Recht, nach der Vollendung des 14. Lebensjahres Informationen über die Spenderin zu bekommen. Auskunft darüber erhält das Kind bei uns in der Wunschkind-Klinik.
• Es ist erlaubt, eine Spenderin zur Behandlung mitzubringen. Ist eine Verwandte, Freundin oder Vertrauensperson bereit, dem Kinderwunschpaar Eizellen zu spenden, kann die Spende von dieser Person entgegengenommen werden.

Bring your donor

You have been diagnosed with infertility. Still, you do not want to forgo the happiness of a family?

We gladly accept your egg donation treatment. If you have a donor from your family or friends, please bring them to the Wunschkind-Klinik.

What does the donor have to consider?

The donor must be physically and mentally healthy. It must meet stringent criteria and conduct various investigations so that we can rule out infectious and hereditary diseases and you will receive healthy, fertile oocytes. In addition, we carry out a detailed, medical consultation with the donor before starting the treatment.

The donor never has a maintenance obligation for the child donated with her eggs. The child is not entitled to inherit. The donation is always voluntary. The donor may not demand payment or other consideration for the donation.

When is an egg donation useful?

We all want genetically own children in the first place. Sometimes that is not possible. The Austrian law allows egg donation when infertility is present. If there is still a wish for a child, the egg donation can help, but still have a child.

This can be the case in these situations:

• The ovaries have stopped their production prematurely, perhaps because of early menopause or as a result of surgery.
• The quality of the eggs is not enough.
• Several IVF treatments have already failed.
• The woman suffered repeated miscarriages.
• There are chromosomal anomalies in women or genetically-own embryos.
• If the woman has 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
  • Operations that involve sterilization. For example, in the treatment of ovarian tumors.
  • A chemotherapy or radiotherapy that has been performed earlier.

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