3 to 4 Weeks:

After medical clearance, the in-house IVF Clinic at Indian Egg Donors will create a cycle schedule for you and the egg donation recipient. Your care coordination team will assist you with appointments, travel queries, medication administration guidance, and all necessary arrangements for a successful egg retrieval. A full donation schedule typically spans 2-3 weeks of daily hormone injections. While on medications, local morning medical appointments monitor the effects of the medication through blood work and ultrasounds.

Following the third week of the donor’s cycle, egg donors begin daily self-injecting hormones such as Lupron (Leuprolide Acetate Injections) for approximately 10 days. This phase slows down the menstrual cycle, and egg donors are monitored daily to measure follicle growth using vaginal sonograms and blood tests.

After the Lupron Injection series, egg donors administer injections of fertility hormones like GONAL-F® (Follitripoin Alfa) or FHS (Follicle Stimulating Hormone) for the next 8-10 days to stimulate egg follicles’ growth.

For approximately 2-3 weeks, egg donors receive hormone injections with a small needle, often in the thigh or belly. The eggs that aren’t extracted for donation would naturally pass out of the body during the menstrual cycle.

Note: Indian Egg Donors places a high priority on patient confidentiality and respects your decision to share or not share your egg donation journey with family or friends.