IVF with Donor Eggs

At Avenues, IVF with 6 frozen donor eggs from Ovacy costs £14,390. The package includes the eggs and their transport to the UK, donor matching with a dedicated coordinator, medication up to a positive pregnancy test, fertilisation, one embryo transfer, and freezing of any remaining embryos with the first year of storage.

If you choose a donor from another of our partner banks, we recommend our Egg Thaw, Fertilisation and Embryo Transfer package (£6,179), with the eggs paid for separately. Your coordinator will confirm the full cost before you choose a donor.

Implications counselling is a required part of donor egg treatment and is charged separately. You can see what is included and not included under each package above. Prices are valid for 3 months from your quote, and your coordinator will confirm every cost with you before you choose a donor.

After your consultation, your donor coordinator asks which characteristics matter most to you. They search our partner banks’ databases and share matching donor profiles with you. Profiles include non-identifying details such as physical characteristics, ethnic background, education, interests and, often, a personal message from the donor.

If none feels right, we keep searching until you find a donor you are happy to confirm. If you would like a donor from London Egg Bank, their own matching team works with you directly, and you buy the eggs from them.

We work with Ovacy (Cyprus), London Egg Bank (UK), Ovogene (Ukraine), Ovobank (Spain) and Aphrodite Egg Bank (Cyprus). Whichever bank you choose, every donor must be UK-compliant: she has agreed that your child can learn her identity at 18, and she has been screened to UK standards.

We are not tied to a single egg bank. Your coordinator searches five partner banks for donors who match what matters to you, so your search can begin as soon as you are ready. How long matching takes depends on your preferences: donors from some backgrounds are rarer, so matching can take longer. Once you have confirmed your donor, transfer usually follows within 3 months, depending on the egg bank.

Usually within 3 months. Once you have confirmed your donor, the frozen eggs are shipped to Avenues while your womb lining is prepared. The exact timing depends on the egg bank: some eggs need a quarantine period before they can be used, and shipping times vary. Your coordinator will give you a timeline for your chosen donor. Donors from some backgrounds are rarer, so matching can take longer.

Yes. We do not set an upper age limit for donor egg treatment. Whether it is right for you depends on your overall medical history, which your doctor reviews with you before treatment begins, including any extra pregnancy risks to consider.

UK egg donors are aged 18 to 35, so with donor eggs the donor’s age matters more to your chance of success than your own.

No, we do not set a BMI limit for donor egg treatment. Your doctor looks at your overall health and will talk openly with you about how weight can affect treatment and pregnancy, and the support available. Read about our inclusive approach to fertility care at a higher BMI.

The donor eggs from our partner banks are frozen by vitrification, a fast-freezing method. Studies show success rates with vitrified donor eggs are now close to those with fresh donor eggs. Frozen eggs also mean there is no need to synchronise your cycle with a donor’s, the donor has already been screened, and treatment can be planned around you. See our egg donation results.

Your baby inherits their genes from the egg donor and the sperm provider. Many parents choose a donor with similar features and background, and children pick up their parents’ expressions, mannerisms and ways of speaking as they grow.

Early research also suggests that the pregnancy itself may influence how some of a baby’s genes are expressed, known as epigenetics. Scientists are still learning how much difference this makes, so we would not promise a resemblance. What is certain is that you are your child’s parent, and our counsellors can help you think through any feelings about this.

In most cases, yes. Searching several banks gives us a wider choice of donors. Donors from some backgrounds are rarer, so matching can take longer. We will be open with you about timescales and keep searching across all our partner banks.

Yes. Your donor is anonymous to you when you choose her and at the time of treatment. From age 18, your child can ask the HFEA for the donor’s name, date of birth, town of birth and last known address, which means they may be able to contact her if they choose. UK law gives your child the right to this information; whether contact happens is up to them and the donor.

This applies to UK and overseas donors alike, as overseas donors must agree to be identifiable before their eggs can be imported. Only your child can request this information, not you as parents.

Yes. If a friend or relative would like to donate her eggs to you, we can provide treatment with a known donor. She goes through the same medical, genetic and infectious-disease screening as any donor, and you will both have implications counselling to talk through what a known donation means for everyone involved, now and in the future. Screening for a known donor is priced separately; your coordinator will explain the costs and timeline.

Avenues is one of London Egg Bank’s partner clinics. If you choose a London Egg Bank donor, you buy the eggs directly from London Egg Bank rather than through us, so they are not part of our donor egg packages. You can create a London Egg Bank account for free and browse their donors before you decide. Your treatment at Avenues is then our Egg Thaw, Fertilisation and Embryo Transfer package (£6,179), which does not include eggs. Your coordinator will confirm the full cost before you choose.

Yes. You pay at least 50% up front, which covers the cost of your donor eggs, and the rest in up to 3 further instalments. Your coordinator will set out the payment schedule before you commit.

Yes. Implications counselling with a specialist counsellor is a required part of donor egg treatment at Avenues. It is not an assessment: it is a space to think through what donor conception means for you and your future family, and how to talk to your child about their origins. Counselling is charged separately from your treatment package.

Yes. The donor eggs are thawed and fertilised in our lab by ICSI (injecting a single sperm into each egg), and an embryo is then transferred to your womb.

Most patients have a medicated cycle: oestrogen to build the womb lining, checked by ultrasound scan, then progesterone to prepare for and support the embryo after transfer. Your doctor will tailor the plan to you, and the standard medication is included in your package, up to a positive pregnancy test.

Yes, this is a common path for single parents by choice and same-sex male couples, often alongside surrogacy.

No. Egg Intelligence™ assesses eggs at the moment they are collected and placed in our incubators. Donor eggs, and any eggs imported from another bank or clinic, arrive frozen, and assessing them would mean thawing and refreezing them, so we do not use it for donor eggs.

Once your donor eggs are thawed and fertilised, Embryo Intelligence™ assesses the embryos as they develop in our time-lapse incubators.

Egg thawing, fertilisation and embryo transfer take place at our clinic near Euston Station in London, with direct rail links to major UK cities and good connections to Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Luton airports. There are plenty of places to stay nearby, and our Navigator Team can help you plan your visits.

Our treatment packages include the medications required for a standard treatment protocol. For donor egg treatment, this covers your medication up to a positive pregnancy test.

Every patient’s treatment is personalised, with the exception of Fair IVF. If your Consultant determines that your treatment requires additional medications, higher medication dosages, or a longer course of medication than is included within your package, these medications are not included in your package price and will be charged separately.

Examples of medications or treatments that may incur additional charges include, but are not limited to:

• Human Growth Hormone (HGH)

• Pergoveris® above 150 IU per day

• Stimulation medication above 300 IU per day

• Stimulation medication required beyond 10 days

• Lubion® more than once daily

• Clexane® / Inhixa®

• Prednisolone

• Melatonin

• Immunology medications

• Any medication outside the standard treatment protocol prescribed by your Consultant

If additional medication is clinically required, your Consultant will explain the medical reason for the recommendation. Before any additional medication is dispensed or treatment proceeds, your Patient Navigator will explain the associated costs and obtain your agreement.

Where possible, you will always be informed of any additional medication charges before these costs are incurred.