Many patients seek egg donation and embryo donation treatments in the United States because their local jurisdiction either limits or bans compensated egg donation. Our knowledge, expertise, and experience in international egg donation cycle coordination lends itself to optimal outcomes and an overall more positive experience for our intended parents.

With our Fresh Matching Program, a fresh egg donor can travel to your IVF clinic for a one-on-one cycle. We also ship frozen donor eggs through our Frozen Egg Bank internationally.

Find An International Egg Donor with Donor Nexus

Donor Nexus is based in Newport Beach, California, representing egg donors worldwide. We have shipped frozen donor eggs to Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Georgia, Ukraine, and throughout the United States. We are happy to help orchestrate shipping to your desired clinic and work with your clinic to ensure all criteria are met before shipping.

Brazilian Egg Donors

There are two options for intended parents who are interested in using an egg donor who lives in Brazil:

1. Travel to Sao Paulo, Brazil for the IVF cycle. We work closely with Huntington Clinic. Dr Eduardo Leme Alves da Motta co-founded the clinic in 1995 after returning to Brazil from his time spent in California at Huntington Reproductive Center (now HRC Fertility). Although there are additional fees incurred by the recipient to travel to Brazil, the overall cost of IVF in Brazil is approximately 1/3 the cost of IVF treatment in the USA.

2. Freeze and ship the donor eggs to your desired clinic. We can cycle the egg donor and freeze her eggs in Sao Paulo before shipping the eggs to your desired IVF clinic. Before confirming the cycle, we would require clinic approval.

Intended Parents Living in Australia

We partner with Demeter Fertility in Sydney to ship frozen donor eggs. To ensure the frozen eggs are New South Wales compliant, the egg donors must complete a counseling session with a therapist in Sydney via FaceTime or Zoom. We typically ship in cohorts of 6 eggs and the cycle price starts at $19,500 USD. Since the eggs are already frozen, we can ship the eggs right away.

What to Expect: International Egg Donation Process

Below, we share an overview of the process a patient traveling to the United States for a donor egg or donor embryo cycle with Donor Nexus might expect. Contact us for more specific information or questions.

Step 1: Egg Donor or Donor Embryo Selection/Matching

The Donor Nexus team will work with you to determine which cycle program best suits your needs. If desired, we will set up a phone call or Zoom video conference at a time that works best for you. Once we determine the specific cycle, we will work with you to select an egg donor or donor embryo.

We will discuss your desired characteristics and send you profiles to review that most closely match your criteria. Once you’ve chosen an egg donor or donor embryo, you will receive preliminary paperwork, a contract, and an invoice. All items must be completed and returned to Donor Nexus within 7 days. Once we receive the paperwork, signed agreement, and initial deposit, the cycle is confirmed, and we can assist you in connecting with one of our partner clinics if you have not already established care with another fertility clinic.

Step 2: Initial Consultation and Intended Parent/Egg Donor Pretesting

Donor Nexus will help you schedule your initial consult with a partner clinic in Southern California if you have not already established care with another fertility clinic. The physician will review your medical history and order pretesting to be completed in your home country by either your general practitioner (GP) or gynecologist. Some pretests will need to be completed on specific days of your menstrual cycle.

You can expect to have the following pretesting ordered by your physician:

• Uterine Cavity Evaluation- sonohysterogram or hysteroscopy with mock embryo transfer (to be completed Cycle Day 6-10 of Menses)

• State-Mandated Infectious Disease Panel

• Any additional testing the physician requests

• Semen Analysis on husband or designated sperm provider

The physician will review your pretesting results and determine if you are cleared to move forward with the cycle. You will work with your nurse coordinator to determine specific cycle dates. At this time, you can book flights and accommodation if you are traveling for the embryo transfer.

Step 3: Starting Treatment

You will start treatment in your home country. Your physician and nurse coordinator will coordinate with your local clinic to have the necessary ultrasounds and blood tests completed before traveling to California. Most patient medications can be ordered from a local pharmacy or shipped to your home if they are not available locally. You will be on medications for approximately 4 to 6 weeks before your embryo transfer.

Step 4: Your Embryo Transfer

For our Donor Embryo Program, the embryo transfer will take place at our partner fertility clinic in Southern California. For our Donor Egg Programs, the transfer will take place at your fertility clinic.

On the morning of the embryo transfer, the physician will discuss the results of the cycle and show you photos of the embryos. You will determine which embryos to transfer/freeze/discard. Most physicians require two days of bed rest following the embryo transfer.

Step 5: After Your Embryo Transfer

You will be seen at your local clinic 10-12 days after the embryo transfer for your initial bHCG blood test. If there is a positive pregnancy, you will continue to monitor at your clinic for the first trimester. Once you reach your second trimester, you will return to your OBGYN for the remainder of your pregnancy.

International Fertility Laws:

Many patients seek care in the United States because certain fertility treatments are not available in their local jurisdiction. Also, egg donation treatments have proven to be safe and effective in the United States. International reproductive laws differ between countries. Below is a brief description of the reproductive laws that inhibit or limit a patient’s ability to utilize egg donors, gender selection, and gestational carrier surrogacy.

Egg Donation Countries where commercial (compensated egg donation) is legal:

• Barbados

• Czech Republic

• Cyprus

• Greece

• India

• Mexico

• Panama

• Russia

• Spain

• South Africa

• USA

• UK (non-anonymous)

• Ukraine

Countries where only altruistic egg donation is legal:

• Australia

• France

• Canada (must be non-anonymous)

Countries where all forms of egg donation are illegal: Rest of the world (Italy, Germany, Austria)

Source: Kovacs P (2010-06-14). “Seeking IVF Abroad: Medical Tourism for Infertile Couples”. Medscape.

Gender Selection

Countries where Gender Selection is legal:

• Cyprus

• Thailand

• United States

Countries where Gender Selection is illegal: Rest of the world (Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Italy, Korea, Spain)

Source: Darnovsky, Marcy. “Countries with Laws or Policies on Sex Selection.” Geneticsandsociety.org. Center for Genetics and Society, Web.

Gestational Carrier Surrogacy

Countries where commercial (compensated surrogacy) is legal:

• Armenia

• Belarus

• Cyprus

• Georgia

• India

• Russia

• South Africa

• Ukraine

• United States (Arkansas, California, Florida, Illinois, Texas, Massachusetts, Vermont)

Countries where only altruistic surrogacy is legal:

• Australia

• Canada (except Quebec)

• Denmark

• Hungary

• Israel

• Netherlands

• United Kingdom

• United States (New York, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nebraska, Virginia, Oregon, Washington)

Countries where all forms of surrogacy are illegal:

• Austria

• Belgium

• Canada (Quebec)

• China

• France

• Germany

• Iceland

• Italy

• Japan

• Norway

• Pakistan

• Saudi Arabia

• Spain

• Sweden

• Switzerland

• United States (Arizona, Michigan, Indiana, North Dakota)

Sources: Milliez, J. (September 2008). “Surrogacy: FIGO Committee for the Ethical Aspects of Human Reproduction and Women’s Health”. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 102 (3): 312-313.