Predictive factors for successful pregnancy in an egg-sharing donation program

Successful pregnancies following an egg donation program in women with previously treated Hodgkin's disease.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES In order to draw attention not only to patients affected by a neoplasia, but also to those who may have problems of sterility, we describe six women affected by Hodgkin's disease who had precocious menopause due to chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy but who were safely delivered of children. These pregnancies were achieved through oocyte donation, in vitro fertilization ...

Egg sharing and egg donation: attitudes of British egg donors and recipients.

The question of payment to egg donors has recently focused the attention of both the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) and licensed clinics. An acute shortage of egg donors and the rising costs of assisted conception treatment are matters of grave concern to many patients. To understand the emotional and social effects of egg sharing and egg donation, we conducted a survey of ...

Egg donation pregnancy as an immunological model for solid organ transplantation.

In egg donation (ED) pregnancies the fetus is allogeneic to the gestational carrier. During these ED pregnancies the mother has to cope with a higher degree of antigenic dissimilarity compared with spontaneously conceived pregnancies. At the fetal-maternal interface maternal cells and fetal cells come in close contact. Understanding the immune mechanisms at this fetal-maternal interface gives m...

The Role of Infertility Etiology in Success Rate of Intrauterine Insemination Cycles: An Evaluation of Predictive Factors for Pregnancy Rate

P-148: Predictive Factors for Pregnancy after Intrauterine Insemination: A Retrospective Study of Factors Affecting Outcome

Background: Controlled ovarian hyper stimulation (COH) in conjunction with intrauterine insemination (IUI) is frequently used to treat various causes of infertility in couples. In this study we evaluate the relation between IUI outcomes and infertility with the intent to detect the most important parameters that pertain to a successful IUI. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, ...