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Family Building in Kansas City: Using an Agency Egg Donor
Posted on Pathways to Parenthood By July 5, 2014Once the decision has been made to use an egg donor to attempt conception, many women and couples wonder where to start in the process. Some have the option of working with their clinic’s egg donor program and select a donor that has been recruited and screened by the clinic. It is important to understand that if your clinic does…
Family Building Through Egg Donation in Kansas City: Should You Get Counseling?
Posted on Pathways to Parenthood By June 22, 2014There are a variety of reasons that women and couples seek out counseling when struggling with infertility. For those that have made a decision to use an egg donor to help in building their family, or for those that are trying to decide, a few sessions with a counselor knowledgeable about infertility and third-party reproduction can be very helpful. To…
Building Your Family Through Egg Donation In Kansas City: Transitioning To Parenthood
Posted on Pathways to Parenthood By June 16, 2014The pathway to parenthood for many that experience infertility and years of failed attempts to conceive and deliver a healthy baby can be long and seemingly never ending. The good news is that for most people the final destination results in the long awaited arrival of a baby, and the welcome but strange feeling of becoming completely and totally responsible…
Potential Egg Donors in Kansas City Want To Know: How many eggs will I donate to a couple?
Posted on Pathways to Parenthood By June 7, 2014The number of eggs produced, retrieved, and donated in an egg donor cycle varies. The typical range is between 10-20 eggs retrieved, however not all eggs successfully fertilize after retrieval and develop into healthy embryos. About 10-14 healthy embryos generally result from 20 eggs. Some of these embryos, usually 2, will be transferred to the recipient. The remainder of the…
Egg Donor IVF In Kansas City: What Are Your Chances of Success?
Posted on Pathways to Parenthood By May 31, 2014Choosing to do in vitro fertilization (IVF) using donor eggs greatly increases the chances of pregnancy for women and couples who cannot use their own eggs. It is also expensive, but well worth the investment if the outcome is the birth of a long awaited baby, or babies!! So what are the chances of getting pregnant when doing IVF with…