Eggs are aspirated, fertilization occurs, embryos are implanted, and remaining embryos are frozen. Egg donor usually spends 4-5 days in the area that the couple lives and then flies home. As a general rule the donor is permitted to have someone accompany her. The couple pays for the airline tickets, hotel and daily food allowance. The infertility doctor in the donor' location begins the process to stimulate the egg donor's ovaries.
Couple sends frozen semen to that doctor.
Eggs are aspirated, fertilized with the frozen sperm and resulting embryos are frozen and sent to the couple's doctor for transfer to the recipient at a later time. The general rule of thumb used by our program, is that the doctor who does the actual aspiration is considered the primary doctor. The doctor assisting with the synchronization, but not doing the actual aspiration, is the secondary doctor. The primary doctor sets the protocol and the secondary doctor follows this protocol for the purposes of monitoring and prescribing medication. The two doctors' talk often and compare blood levels and the primary doctor decides whether the medication prescribed should be altered or not.