During fertility treatment, a need for donor material can arise from both sides, without it being the same requirement. For example, you may be a acceptor candidate for sperm
donation, since you have excellent eggs.
In this situation, artificial insemination using donor sperm can often be the treatment of choice. Examples include lesbian relationships
or when the sperm within a heterosexual pair is unsuitable for use. However, you could, when in this situation, choose to undergo an IVF treatment and donate half of the harvested
eggs to another couple. In a manner of speaking you are exchanging the insemination process for egg sharing.
Why should you do this? The answer is easy; the chance of success is greater. Even though an IVF treatment is more intensive than an artificial insemination, it is generally more
successful. In its simplest terms, one IVF treatment is the equivalent of three artificial inseminations. Considering that a light stimulation treatment is required for every
artificial insemination, together with blood tests and ultrasound scans, it is clear that by undergoing IVF, you save yourself a lot of time. This is especially true the further
away from Brussels you live.
Apart from that, because of the fact that you donate a number of your eggs, (assuming that you have enough to do so) you have a sort of compensation for the extra costs involved.
In other words, you can increase your own chances of becoming pregnant, plus you help other couples to do so, with no extra cost to yourself.
