Explore Donor Egg IVF Options and Success Rates

Have a partner, or commercially prepared donor sperm, with sufficient quantity of sperm to allow egg fertilization.  Therefore, no azoospermia (absence of sperm) or severe oligozoospermia (very low sperm count) on semen analysis is acceptable. 

Post-vasectomy patient can qualify, but require pre-treatment hormonal testing indicative of continued sperm production, followed by sperm retrieval for egg fertilization.  (The costs of the hormonal testing and sperm retrieval of the male partner are not included in the refundable donor egg IVF program and are performed at an additional charge).  If no sperm or poor quality sperm is obtained from the epididymis or testicle, the couple must be willing to use donor sperm to continue qualification in the program.

The physicians at the Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine will have final discretion as to whether someone is accepted into the program or is released from the program.  A patient will be released from the program by Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine’s physicians only if one of the qualifying criteria is not longer valid, e.g., if the female patient underwent a hysterectomy, or is deemed medically not suitable for carrying a pregnancy.  If a patient is released from the program or voluntarily leaves the program prior to completion of all three donor egg IVF transfers and any resulting cryopreserved embryo transfers, the program will not be considered fulfilled.  Therefore, charges up to the point of program discontinuation will be calculated on current F.I.R.M. individual (“a la carte”) service pricing.  If the total of individual charges at the time of program discontinuation exceeds the initial donor egg IVF refund cost of $29,500 they will be waived, and if the total individual charges are less than the original $29,500 the difference will be refunded. 

Once accepted into the program, the patient must proceed with the transfer of her donor egg derived IVF embryos.  If pregnancy does not result, then transfer of the resulting cryopreserved embryos from the first donor cycle will follow.  If pregnancy has not occurred following the transfer of all the resulting cryopreserved embryos, a second donor egg IVF cycle with transfer would occur.  If pregnancy does not occur following the donor embryo transfer of the second cycle, then the transfer of all cryopreserved embryos from the second donor egg IVF cycle happens next.  Again, if pregnancy has not occurred, a third donor egg IVF cycle with embryo transfer would be undertaken, again followed by transfer of all cryopreserved embryos from that donor egg cycle.  If the couple does not have embryos available for a cryo transfer after a donor egg IVF cycle, they would proceed immediately into their next donor egg IVF cycle.  No credit or monies would be refunded because of a lack of cryopreserved embryos.  

Embryo transfer guidelines:  If available, one or two blastocysts (day 5/day 6 embryos) for both donor egg and cryo IVF cycles would be transferred.  If a patient is not willing to have two blastocyst embryos transferred, this would preclude participation in the program. Once a patient has been approved for the program, they must start their first donor egg IVF cycle, within 90 days.  If not, you must be re-approved.  If a patient voluntarily terminates a pregnancy for any reason other than a genetically chromosomally abnormal pregnancy, the contract will be considered fulfilled.  No monies will be refunded.  If a couple were to return for transfer of their cryopreserved embryos after a successful live birth, they would be charged at regular F.I.R.M. cryo IVF cycle rates.