Advantages and Disadvantages Being Ovum Donor

News Health Articles - Advantages and Disadvantages Being Ovum Donor. Donating ovum effort to help couples who are unable to have children. In return for their time and sacrifice, donors often receive some money. Not only to help couples who are less fortunate, also donated ovum for research purposes.

However, some parties are still questioning the health risks for the donor. Unlike in western countries, overt advertisements seeking ovum donors almost never found in Indonesia.



Nevertheless, women who intend to donate their ovum should need to know the benefits and risks of donating ovum.

Here are the benefits and risks for women who become ovum donors, as quoted from io9.com, Wednesday (12/21/2011):

How long does the process take?

Extraction of ovum from the donor only takes 20-30 minutes, but a large amount of time invested before the ovum retrieval is often called the 'harvest'.

Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) is given to the donor a few weeks before the procedure, along with the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin 36 h before harvest to produce more ovum or "oocytes". Injections of this hormone serves to maximize the number of ovum available.

Harvesting procedure is relatively short. A physician or surgeon inserts an ultrasound probe is equipped with vacuum capabilities into the vagina and removing the fluid around the follicle in the hope of reaching the ovum from each follicle. Psychological evaluation performed in an attempt to predict the response of post-harvest donor.

Is this ovum donation process painful? And how many ovum are retrieved?

The procedure is usually painless, but requires an additional 1-2 days in the hospital afterward to relieve cramps and discomfort. Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome can also occur due to a given fertility drugs cause a lot of mature ovum cells, because without these medications, there will be only one ovum is available for harvest.

One in 10 women who underwent the process of donor ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, which lead to weight gain in the short term, increase the amount of fluid, and severe abdominal pain.

The number of oocytes retrieved every time the harvest varies from 8 to 66 ovum, with an average harvest produce 10-15 ovum.

How much does it cost?

Because of side effects and the time required for oocyte donation, donors often receive compensation. American Society of Reproductive Medicine guidelines provide that the total donor payments are justified more than U.S. $ 5,000  and amounts above U.S. $ 10,000 are considered inappropriate. Donors will not be paid more than $ 10,000 in any circumstances.

The amount paid to the donors can vary, because no aspect of punishment that states exact numbers are also not regulated by the ASRM United States. The compensation is usually in the range of U.S. $ 4,000   in the United States.

Compensation in the UK and Europe are much lower. UK compensation limit of 250 pounds and Spain set a limit at 765 pounds.

Oocyte donors devoted to the study also received compensation. State of New York state will pay for oocytes donated for research, but how the numbers are not published.

How the ovum are used?

Ovums are harvested to be fertilized, and fertilization of ovum by parents who have a genetic link is offered to single parents or couples who need ovum to be fertilized, regardless of their genetic relationship.

If the ovum is fertilized and then not used, will be frozen to be used again in the future. Most ovum frozen eventually discarded or used for research.

Long-term effects

The technology was developed to assist the process of reproduction has been almost 25 years old. Monetary compensation for donors is banned in Canada and France in the absence of knowledge about long-term effects on the donor.

Rapid development of cancer cases due to increased hormone levels are rare. Early menopause and infertility is often associated with donor ovum, but it is not certain.

The positive effects of ovum donation is psychological, most women felt happy because it can help couples in need. There are experts who concluded that several rounds of hormone therapy can produce side effects in the future, but not yet definitely known until today.

Through the data to see the level of cancer in women taking the drug stimulation of ovulation in 1965 to 1988, women who took the drug had an increased risk of uterine cancer has doubled.