Egg donation is a medical procedure in which a female, known as the donor, provides her eggs (oocytes) to be used by a recipient for assisted reproduction. This process is typically employed in situations where a person or couple is unable to conceive a child on their own due to female infertility, being two same-sex intended male parents or other medical conditions. Egg donation is a component of in vitro fertilization (IVF) and is a means of helping individuals or couples achieve one or more pregnancies.
Female patients who struggle to conceive may resort to being on the receiving end of egg donation – a light at what seems to be the end of their infertility tunnel.
VEDA Egg Donation Agency has been around since 2014 helping match recipients with the right egg donors.
A need for egg donation may arise for several reasons:
• When a woman cannot generate a pregnancy using her own eggs
• When the attempt at still using one’s own eggs is not advisable or not financially feasible
• When a woman has reached advanced maternal age
• When a woman experiences early onset of menopause
• When a woman becomes aware of being born without ovaries
• When a woman’s reproductive organs have been damaged or removed due to disease or other circumstances
• When a woman carries a genetic condition or was born with a genetic disorder rendering her infertile or potentially posing a risk to any offspring
• When any other diagnosis can be circumvented by using donor eggs from another woman
• When women have none of these issues, but continue to be unsuccessful using their own eggs (undiagnosed infertility)
• When homosexual male couples pursue treatment using surrogacy
We encourage potential egg donors of all ethnic backgrounds and races to apply for the programme, to allow each recipient to find their ideal match.
Your matchmaking team:
Chanique Potgieter
VEDA reception and egg donor coordinator
Kaleigh Kratochvil
Egg Donor Co-ordinator
Dr Yossi Unterslak
Donor Doctor
Nurse Co-ordinators
Sr Anne Hacking
Sr Lauren Webber
Sr Catherine Maema
Sr Esme Williams
Sr Esme Henning
Sr Frances O'Brien
Sr Coenette Williamson