Egg donors > Does egg donation affect fertility

Will being an egg donor affect my own fertility and will I be able to have children in the future?

Being an egg donor is highly unlikely to affect your future plans to have or complete your own family.

Each ovary contains about 500,000 eggs and in the donor treatment cycle you will only donate about the same amount as you would naturally lose in that month. This is about 10 - 15 eggs, depending on your response to the drugs, which still leaves you with hundreds of thousands for the future.

If you are at risk in any way, or your fertility could be compromised, you would not be allowed to continue. Your fertility status is assessed by the doctors, and becomes clear in the early stages when you start the screening process. The doctors at the Licensed Centre will talk you through the medical implications of this treatment and if you are at all concerned you may change your mind without fear of repercussion.