Donor Nexus Egg Bank

The Donor Nexus egg bank (DNEB) is located in Southern California with options for shipping frozen donor eggs throughout the USA (excluding New York) and internationally. We are happy to help orchestrate shipping of frozen donor eggs to your desired clinic and work with your clinic to ensure all criteria are met prior to shipping. Additionally, to provide intended parent(s) with the widest selection of donors possible, we provide options for selecting a fresh egg donor and requesting to bank her eggs to be used for your frozen donor egg cycle.

Using Frozen Donor Eggs: How Does it Work?

At Donor Nexus, we provide access to frozen donor eggs from our egg bank to intended parent(s) worldwide. Our high quality frozen donor eggs were contributed by our proven egg donors whose fresh cycles resulted in positive pregnancies. Using frozen donor eggs is an excellent option for many patients, providing a high probability for pregnancy at an affordable price. You can view frozen egg donors on our online donor database by selecting the "Frozen Eggs" program, which will provide you a list of egg donors who have frozen donor eggs available in our egg bank. Register now for complete access to our database!

After you choose a donor who has frozen eggs available, we will thaw until we have at least six viable eggs. The number of donor eggs thawed are dependent on the number of donor eggs available and the number of eggs you request. Next, the thawed donor eggs are fertilized by ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection) with the designated sperm to create embryos. The embryos are grown in our laboratory to maturity and then transferred into the prospective mother or designated gestational carrier. Surplus embryos can be frozen for future use.

Our Frozen Egg Bank Guarantee

For each cohort of 6 eggs, intended parent(s) are guaranteed 1 blastocyst embryo for either transfer or freeze by day 7. If this guarantee is not met, we will ship a second batch of frozen donor eggs* at no additional cost. Please note, recipients are only eligible for a replacement batch with a confirmation of a normal semen analysis** from the IVF clinic. 

* If your selected egg donor does not have any frozen donor eggs available to be shipped, you may need to choose another egg donor. 

** A normal semen analysis must show > 1 million total progressively motile sperm.

Frozen Donor Egg Cost 

  » For intended parent(s) who choose frozen donor eggs from our egg bank, frozen donor egg cycles start at $18,000 USD.

Egg Banking vs. Frozen Donor Egg Cycle

When an egg donor goes through a cycle to retrieve and freeze her eggs, the cycle is called "egg banking." When intended parent(s) select frozen donor eggs to use, they are participating in a "frozen donor egg cycle."

Requesting Egg Banking from a Fresh Egg Donor

If there are no frozen eggs available that the recipient is interested in, the recipient can select a fresh egg donor. Donor Nexus will cycle the egg donor, freeze her eggs and ship either 1 cohort of eggs or all of the eggs retrieved from the donor (on average 16-22). 

  » The cost to ship 1 cohort of eggs from a fresh egg donor starts at $22,000 USD.

  » The cost to ship all of the eggs from a fresh donor starts at $40,000 USD.

The exact cost depends on the specific donor’s compensation and location. This process takes a bit longer since we have to screen the egg donor and schedule her IVF cycle. Usually the process takes 3-5 months from the time you choose the egg donor to when the eggs arrive at your designated fertility clinic. Please note: depending on the specific regulations and laws in your country, the process can take longer (ie. if your country requires a second confirmatory negative HIV blood test on the egg donor 6 months after egg retrieval). 

Benefits of Using Frozen Donor Eggs for IVF

Since there is no need to synchronize cycles with a donor, the frozen egg transfer can be done at a time that is most convenient for the intended parent(s). This means there is less time spent waiting and the cycle can begin almost immediately. Typically a fresh cycle takes 2 to 4 months whereas a frozen donor egg cycle only takes 6 to 8 weeks. Frozen donor eggs are available instantly and can typically be shipped to the intended parent(s) chosen fertility clinic if requested. The main benefits of using frozen donor eggs are convenience, timing, and cost.

Egg Banking Using Vitrification

The donor eggs are ‘frozen’ using the most advanced method currently available: vitrification. Although most eggs are used within months or years of being frozen, they are viable for decades at this temperature. The vitrification process is carried out by the experienced team of physicians at HRC Fertility in Newport Beach, California. The laboratory team in Newport Beach has been working with the vitrification process since its introduction into the fertility laboratory and is is one of the leading fertility clinics in egg freezing and thawing. Their expertise and experience with this technique allows Donor Nexus to confidently offer frozen donor eggs to our patients with superior results.