Donor Eggs

Fresh Donor Eggs

Alabama Fertility’s Donor Oocyte Program recruits healthy women between 21 and 34 years of age who are deemed to be in good health. Women approved for being an oocyte donor have a normal health history, no family history of significant genetic disorders and a normal physical examination. Laboratory screening for sexually transmitted diseases must all be negative.

Potential recipients will be included on a waiting list, matched with an egg donor and enrolled in the program. Eggs are retrieved from the donor, fertilized in the laboratory and resulting embryos are transferred to the recipient.

Frozen Donor Eggs

Alabama Fertility partners with Fairfax EggBank, a national donor egg bank, to provide patients with an enhanced selection of frozen donor eggs. As a sibling company to Fairfax Cryobank, a leading donor sperm bank in operation for over 30 years, Fairfax EggBank was born out of a successful and tested model for gamete cryopreservation and shipping.

Because of the advantages and improved efficacy, frozen donor eggs are increasingly a popular option for donor egg recipients. Since donors are recruited from across the United States, recipients will have access to donors spanning a wide range of ethnic backgrounds. Recipients will also feel secure knowing donors at Fairfax EggBank are rigorously screened and have passed extensive medical, genetic and psychological tests. Furthermore, there is no waitlist – once a donor is selected, donor eggs can be shipped overnight to Alabama Fertility, greatly reducing the time it typically takes to start a donor egg cycle. Overall, patients find the frozen donor egg process simple and quick, helping to mitigate the anxiety that many feel when deciding to use an egg donor.

To learn more about the benefits for frozen donor eggs, click here.

To view Fairfax Eggbank’s donor profiles, click here.

Egg Donor Testimonials

“If you’ve ever met someone who has had fertility struggles, you understand the gravity of their desire to become a parent. It is a wonderful privilege and unique honor to play a small part in making a family’s dream come true.”

“I have donated four times now and the staff of AFS has always treated me like family. They ensure that your experience is as comfortable as possible and that you are completely informed through every step in the process.”

“To me, it is a blessing to be chosen and join the parents in their journey to create a family. I had a very close friend who struggled with getting pregnant for years and after undergoing surgery to remove cysts from her ovaries – she was able to conceive and has two beautiful children! I would have given my left ovary to help start the family she always wanted, and I think of every recipient at AFS the same way.”