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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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What Is The Cut-Off Age To Donate Your Eggs?

This is a common question asked by women who want to share a few of their healthy eggs with intended parents, and it’s also a very important one. As South Africa’s leading egg donor program, Nurture must ensure our egg donors have eggs which are the absolute best quality possible....
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5 Reasons You’re An Excellent IVF Treatment Candidate

Did you know that almost 1 in 7 couples experience infertility? That’s what they call it when you’ve been trying for a baby without luck for over a year. Here’s a side note shocker: in up to a third of these cases, male infertility plays a role. Regardless of where...
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You and Your Future Fertility

Whoever deals with prayer requests must be very confused.  When I was in my early twenties, I had a few ‘oops’ moments that led to fervent prayers begging that I was not pregnant. “Dear Lord, if you make sure I am not pregnant, I will promise to behave myself and...
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