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How Can I Support My Partner During IVF Therapy?

IVF (In Vitro Fertilisation) is a fertility treatment that involves the removal of eggs from a woman's ovaries, which are then fertilised with sperm in a laboratory. IVF treatments can involve the use of a woman's own eggs or a donor egg. Once fertilised, the embryos are transferred to the...
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Your Guide To Finding The Best Egg Donation Programme In South Africa

Infertility can be a challenging and emotional journey for anyone experiencing it. While egg donation agencies have become more prevalent in South Africa, choosing the right one for your needs requires more than just finding an accredited programme. You need an agency that understands the complex emotions that come with...
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Can I do IVF if I am HIV positive?

Yes, HIV positive individuals can undergo IVF treatment. HIV is still the serious condition it was when first identified decades ago. But medical science has come a long way since then, and today’s HIV positive individuals can live normal, fulfilling lives like everybody else. This includes having the opportunity to...
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Do I Get Paid If My Eggs Don’t Result In A Pregnancy?

This is a question we often get asked at Nurture Egg Donor Program, and it’s totally fine to ask questions about egg donation. In fact, we recommend asking as many questions as you need to set your mind at ease before becoming one of our valued egg donors. The answer...
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What Is The Difference Between Using Fresh And Frozen Eggs?

There are many misconceptions around egg donation and IVF treatment. Unfortunately, too many mothers-to-be are discouraged by half truths and misleading wive’s tales. You want to give yourself the best chance of falling pregnant, which is why you’re probably searching Google for things like “What is the difference between using...
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Can I Donate Eggs If I Am HIV Positive?

Unfortunately not. The truth is that egg donation and in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) are such delicate procedures, with so many lives at stake, that medical experts couldn’t possibly risk transmitting HIV to either the surrogate mother or the unborn baby in good conscience. Keep reading to discover HIV’s negative effects on...
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Do Egg Donors Struggle To Fall Pregnant?

Egg donation has not been shown to have an impact on the future fertility of an egg donor. “Do egg donors struggle to fall pregnant?” is one of the first questions you’ll want to ask when choosing to become a donor, so we thought we’d straighten things out and clear...
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The Dangers Of Choosing A Private Egg Donor

Choosing an egg donor is a big, thrilling, overwhelming job to take on - especially in the complex social environment we live in today. Because there’s so much to consider, egg donor programmes usually put donors through important screening to give you peace of mind and enough information to make...
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A Quick Start-To-Finish Guide To IVF Treatment

We know that egg donation and in-vitro fertilisation are personal. Within our team, we have personally gone through over 30 IVF treatments of our own as infertility patients, and nine as egg donors. Every single member of the Nurture Egg Donor Program team has personal experience with fertility treatments, so...
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The Egg Donation Procedure

The egg donation procedure involves getting the timing just right. A lot of preparation goes into making sure that everything is lined up and timed perfectly so that when a donor's eggs are ready to be retrieved, the intended parent’s womb is ready to receive the embryos. Synchronising two women’s...
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