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Does Egg Donation Hurt?

No, it definitely shouldn’t. You will be asked to take a pain-relieving medicine one hour before egg collection as this will make the whole process painless and comfortable for you afterwards.

You will be given sedation by an anaesthetist who keeps you asleep and pain free during and after the procedure, and the collection itself only takes about 20 minutes.

None of our egg donors have experienced pain from undergoing a donor cycle. Most have said that at the worst it has felt as though they had period pains for a few hours, and no-one has said that they were in pain the following day. Without exception all Altrui donors have gone back to their normal routine – some immediately afterwards. One has gone to a wedding following egg collection, another back to work, another cleaned her house from top to bottom and others have gone home with a hot water bottle and a DVD.

You will be in the safest and most experienced of hands, which is demonstrated by the ease at which donors have gone through this. If you wish to find this out first hand, let us know and we will put you in touch with another Altrui egg donor.