California Conceptions Donor Embryo Program

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Some pregnancy journeys are just longer than others. For many couples, their first trip to the local fertility center to explore in vitro fertilization (IVF) and other infertility treatment options leads to multiple IVF cycles and frozen embryo transfers. But what happens when a woman is not able to have a baby even with the help of IVF? Often using donor eggs and pursuing adoption are the next steps toward getting pregnant and having a family. But unfortunately, both traditional adoption and using an egg donor can be very expensive and time consuming ways to build a family, especially after spending thousands of dollars on failed IVF cycles. There is an alternative to the high costs of IVF with uncertain chances of success. The California Conceptions Donor Embryo Program offers renewed hope.

Very high success rates even when most all other options have failed.

Donor embryos offer an alternative to adoption using donor sperm and donor eggs.

Cost effective with a guarantee option available to qualified individuals.

The California Conceptions Donor Embryo Program uses donor sperm and donor eggs to form embryos that are provided to the recipients through a matching process. Unlike other programs, the California Conceptions program uses fresh and frozen embryos formed specifically for this program. The waiting times are generally only a few months from the application process. Patients are able to participate in the selection process by reviewing donor information before accepting the embryos. The biggest factor affecting the outcome for most patients is a normal uterus. Because the program offers 3 transfer opportunities, the rate of success will usually exceed 95% when the recipient has a normal uterus.

Using Donated Embryos is Affordable and
Combines the Best Aspects of Egg Donation with Adoption

The California Conceptions Donor Embryo Program offers a unique alternative to the high cost of IVF services with an outstanding chance of success. Using donor sperm and donor eggs, the California Conceptions Program can offer a guarantee to qualified individuals. Participants have up to three tries using donor embryos for one flat fee. By offering an affordable treatment option with a high rate of success, California Conceptions has been helping to build families since 2010. Patients from other states and other contries come to California IVF Fertility Center in Sacramento to take part in the donor embryo program. Patients have an alternative to the rising cost of donor egg cycles, the difficulty and uncertainty encountered with adoption, and the long wait for traditional embryo donation.

Donor Embryos

Anonymously donated embryos are a very affordable alternative to egg donation and adoption with similar benefits. Much like an anonymous adoption, embryos from IVF procedures are donated to couples and individuals wanting to have a baby. After an initial screening process, we coordinate the matching of embryos and manage the preparation of the uterus for the transfer of embryos. Each patient participating in the program is offered up to 3 transfer attempts using one or two embryos. This donor embryo transfer is similar to using IVF with an egg donor and sperm donor, and results in a very high rate of success for most participants. With three attempts and a possible guarantee option, most patients are able to achieve their goal of becoming pregnant and having a baby. Donor embryos offer hope to women with advanced reproductive age, same sex couples, and people experiencing multiple failed IVF attempts with their own eggs and sperm.

Genetic Screening Now Available

The California Conceptions program now offers an option for genetic screening of embryos. Preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) will evaluate the embryos using genetic testing to determine if the correct number of chromosomes is present. This testing has been associated with higher pregnancy rates, lower miscarriage rates, and avoidance of genetic disorders such as Down Syndrome. The PGS option offers up to 3 transfers using one genetically tested embryo with each attempt. Gender selection is available if desired at no additional costs. Alternatively, patients may choose to not know the gender of the embryo. The refund option uses the same criteria as the regular program. Due to the high costs associated with PGS, the program will have a higher cost than the regular program and the refund option will not refund 100% of treatment costs. For patients already enrolled in the regular California Conceptions Program, there is a conversion program that will be available for a limited time. This will allow our patients to convert their remaining transfers into 3 tries under the new PGS program.

Parental Rights

Since the donors have waived their parental rights to the embryos, the resulting pregnancy belongs to the couple receiving the embryos. Like with adoption, the parents are not genetically related to their future children. With the California Conceptions Donor Embryo Program, the intended mother gets to carry the pregnancy and deliver the baby with no legal challenges or problems with parental rights. Intended parents get to enjoy being pregnant, have their names placed on their baby’s birth certificate, and build a family without the complexities of adoption.

Embryo Adoption

Pregnancy using donated embryos is sometimes called “embryo adoption”. However, since the intended mother carries the pregnancy and gives birth, and there are no legal challenges to parental rights, the use of the term “embryo adoption” is not accurate. The term donor embryos is most frequently used to imply the embryos are from egg donors and sperm donors. Donated embryos is the term most often used to refer to embryos that are donated from other people after their own fertility treatments are complete. This is also referred to as “traditional embryo donation”.

If anonymous donor embryos seems like your best chance for getting pregnant, consider joining the California Conceptions Donated Embryo Program. We offer patients an excellent opportunity to become pregnant using donor embryos with minimal waiting time and our success allows us to offer a 100% refund plan to qualified recipients.

California IVF Fertility Center

2590 Venture Oaks Way Suite 102 & 103, Sacramento CA 95833-3200

Tel: 530-771-0177 Fax: 530-771-0135

info@californiaconceptions.com

www.californiaconceptions.com

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