STUDY QUESTION Do heterosexual parents of young children following oocyte donation (OD) and sperm donation (SD) tell or intend to tell their offspring about the way he/she was conceived? SUMMARY ANSWER Following successful treatment with oocytes or sperm from identity-release donors in Sweden, almost all heterosexual couples intend to tell their offspring about the way he/she was conceived an...

BACKGROUND Infertility due to accelerated loss of ovarian follicles/oocytes may occur through numerous mechanisms. As a result, posthumous human oocyte donation, banking and maturation protocols for research and fertility restoration are current interests in reproductive medicine. METHODS A computer-generated sample of Utah residents (n = 704) were surveyed regarding demographics, willingness...

BACKGROUND First-person reports of oocyte donors, years after their donation, can give valuable information about medical complications of oocyte donation, as well as changes potentially required in procedures and priorities of US-based in vitro fertilization (IVF) centers. This paper reports findings from an online survey of former oocyte donors. METHODS The instrument was an author-construc...

A polysyloxane vaginal ring containing 1g of natural progesterone was developed as luteal supplementation for women treated with IVF-embryo transfer and for agonadal women participating in an oocyte donation programme. The ring provides continuous release of progesterone (10-20 nmol/l) for 90 days. The efficacy of this form of progesterone supplementation was evaluated in two multicentre prospe...

17 Introduction 18 Ovarian stimulation 20 In vitro fertilization (IVF)/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) 23 Immature sperm conception 25 Egg donation and surrogacy 28 Oocyte maturation 28 Embryo culture 30 Assisted hatching 31 Cryopreservation 32 Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) 34 Cytoplasmic donation and mitochondrial DNA (mDNA) transfer 37 Fertility preservation 39 Conclusion 41

OBJECTIVE To investigate the attitudes and preferences regarding future contact with donation offspring among identity-release donors of oocytes or sperm. DESIGN Longitudinal cohort study. SETTING University-based fertility clinics in Sweden. PATIENT(S) A total of 210 women and men were questioned 5-8 years after their donation of oocytes or sperm. INTERVENTION(S) Questionnaires given t...

This document provides the latest recommendations for evaluation of potential sperm, oocyte, and embryo donors as well their recipients, incorporating recent information about optimal screening testing sexually transmitted infections, genetic diseases, psychological assessments. revised incorporates from US Centers Disease Control Prevention, Food Drug Administration, American Association Tissu...

Background Since there was not a valid and pervasive questionnaire regarding attitude toward oocyte donation, this study aimed to design and develop a tool to measure attitude toward donated oocyte. MaterialsAndMethods In this methodological research, qualitative research was done on 15 infertile. Also, literature review and search in various data bases were carried out. Validity of this questi...