During this time, many Dutch people were eating as little as calories a day. Children born during the Dutch Hunger Winter were studied decades later, and scientists found that these people grew up to have higher rates of obesity and diabetes than the general population. However, the famine ended after these babies were born, and they grew up in the food-abundant post-war era. These babies naturally developed metabolic conditions due to the uterine environments of their starving mothers, causing them to be predisposed to obesity and other weight-related health problems.
While physical stressors obviously impact maternal health, new evidence has shown us that maternal psychological stress during pregnancy can increase the risk of adverse physical and mental outcomes for the baby. Cortisol, also known as the stress hormone, can cross through the placenta and affect fetal brain development. Research has shown a link between elevated maternal cortisol levels and changes in childhood brain anatomy and cognitive performance.
Psychological stress can also cause a maternal inflammatory response, which can lead to inflammatory molecules passing to your baby through the placenta as well.
These inflammatory molecules can affect the nerve connections in the fetal brain, which can cause delayed cognitive development and contribute to emotional and behavioral problems as the child grows. Inflammation due to maternal psychological stress can cause physical problems in your child as well. This inflammation can put your child at an increased risk for obesity, insulin resistance , abnormal lipid profiles, and immune system conditions.
If you are experiencing issues with your mental health, speak with your doctor. Together, you can create a plan to stay as mentally healthy as possible for your baby.
How do changes in your environment impact your growing fetus? We know that genes ultimately control all human processes; and if you are using donor eggs, these will be the genes of your egg donor. However, the switches that turn our genes on and off may play an even greater role in health and development.
These switches are known as epigenetic controls. The most studied form of epigenetic control involves silencing genes by the placement of a molecule called a methyl group also known as DNA methylation. All these details help to give you a good idea of the type of person the donor is, so you can make a confident and informed choice.
We also know our donors well as we support them through our donor programme, so can give you additional and useful personal insight.
Counselling is mandatory for donor treatment because there are all kinds of things you need to think about when using an egg donor to conceive.
Such as how you might tell your child in future how they came to be born, what rights they have to trace their donor if they wish to, and what rights you have as a parent.
Counselling helps you to understand all of this, so you can look forward to having your baby and feel prepared for the future. Counselling is all about supporting and helping you, and it is a very valued and vital part of treatment for people using donor eggs.
We guarantee six eggs from your chosen donor for your treatment cycle. The eggs we provide are of the highest quality for your best chance of pregnancy. This is because of the tailored stimulation protocols we use for our egg donors, which concentrate on safe and individualised stimulation for each donor, for a good number of quality eggs. We make sure you have as much information as possible about your egg donor. So our donor profiles include:. Donor profiles do not contain anything that identifies your donor, as your donor is anonymous to you.
If your treatment is successful you can also find out if your donor has helped anyone else to have a family and if your child has any donor siblings, via the HFEA. Here are some useful external websites for more information about using an egg donor to conceive:.
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Safety restrictions still in place. Not all eggs or embryos will survive the thaw, so using fresh eggs may increase the amount of frozen embryos stored for future use.
It is important to note that the pregnancy success rates using frozen donor eggs and fresh donor eggs are virtually the same. Both partners must feel right about the donor they choose, which means that selecting a donor will require patience. The best first step is for each partner to write down what is most important to them, then compare notes. For example, if a couple is Jewish, it may be important that their donor is also Jewish. Many different characteristics are shared in an egg donor profile such as eye color, hair color, education level, religious practices, personal interests and talents, height, weight, and more.
Donors traditionally have entered egg donor agreements as anonymous donors and this is an agreement drawn up by her reproductive attorney. However, the donor also has an option for increased openness if that is her wish, but this must be explicitly stated in her legal agreement. Egg donors and intended parents undergo screening prior to treatment being approved.
For donors, this includes infectious disease testing as well as testing for carrier status of genetic diseases. Using frozen donor eggs allows intended parents to skip this step as it has already been completed. For intended parents, they experience must also be screened for infectious diseases. The egg donor is compensated for each donation.
The costs are somewhat lower for frozen donor egg cycles, as these costs are already calculated into the overall fee. The process for using a frozen donor egg can require months and includes acquiring frozen donor eggs, thawing them, then injecting the eggs with sperm and incubating the embryos as they develop.
According to some studies, fresh eggs result in a live birth around 50 percent of the time while frozen eggs result in a live birth around 40 percent of the time. Other research suggests success rates are similar for both methods. Next on the baby-making agenda: involving a lawyer. It may also specify what will be done with all retrieved eggs and any extra embryos that result. Fresh donor eggs are, on average, about twice the price of frozen donor eggs. And if you need more than one IVF cycle to achieve pregnancy, those costs multiply.
Unfortunately, donor eggs are usually not covered by insurance, although the IVF cycle may be covered by your insurance if your plan has IVF coverage. What to Expect follows strict reporting guidelines and uses only credible sources, such as peer-reviewed studies, academic research institutions and highly respected health organizations.
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