What You Can Expect
Coordinating and facilitating egg donation cycles is our specialty and we strive for a smooth and timely cycle. After the selection of your Egg Donor, your Care Coordinator will organize your cycle to ensure success and will be continually committed to resolving any challenges that may arise in a professional and timely manner.
Welcome to ED&SS! Start by creating your free account to access our donor database.
- Browse profiles on your own schedule
- Or work directly with our matching team for extra details (photos, videos, clarity)
- Consider your options: Schedule a free consult to talk through the types of cycles (known donor or unidentified), process, timing, and fees.
When you're ready, contact us to place your preferred donor on a complimentary 3-day hold.
- You'll receive a detailed cost breakdown based on your selection.
- All match details are emailed for your records and convenience.
To finalize your selection, you'll receive and sign a retainer agreement.
- You'll then create a SeedTrust account and fund your escrow.
- SeedTrust is a third-party service that manages and protects donor funds.
Once your donor is secured, your dedicated ED&SS Care Coordinator will guide you through the entire journey—scheduling, coordination, communication, and support.
Your care coordinator will work with your clinic to schedule the donor’s screening.
- Screening may include AMH, genetic consult, bloodwork, STD/drug testing, ultrasound (AFC), and psychological evaluation.
- Your physician makes all medical determinations.
- Before legal contracts begin, full funding is due via wire/ACH to your escrow.
- An attorney specializing in reproductive law will draft the Direct Egg Donor Agreement, which you’ll review in a consultation. This outlines all roles, rights, and expectations.
Once contracts are signed, your donor begins injectable medications per clinic protocol.
- Retrieval typically happens 2 weeks after your egg donor has begun the injection medications.
- Your donor will attend 4-8 appointments during medication protocol either at a monitoring clinic or your primary clinic.
- Our team will coordinate all donor travel, if necessary.
- Eggs/Oocytes are fertilized and frozen.
Now that the cycle is complete, you’ll work directly with your clinic and physician to determine next steps.
- Your coordinator will follow up periodically to offer continued support.
We’re thrilled for you—and we’re still here for you.
- Need help mediating future contact with your donor?
- Want to join the Donor Sibling Registry or DCPData?
- Looking to connect with other parents?
W-E S-E-R-V-E you every step of the way!
The Egg Donation process (from the selection of an egg donor until transfer) averages 4-5 months depending on the donor’s cycle and your clinic’s schedule.
