A common question we receive is whether donating your eggs will deplete your egg supply. The answer is no.
Actually, an egg donation cycle can be comparable to a menstrual cycle in regards to the number of eggs lost. Each menstrual cycle, a group of eggs (about 10-20) inside the ovaries begins to grow and mature. Eventually, one egg becomes the leader. This egg is the one that will be ovulated for that cycle and it sends a signal to the other eggs to stop growing. The body reabsorbs the rest of the eggs and they are no longer capable of being ovulated. They essentially die away.
In an egg donation cycle, you will use hormone medications in order to make all of the eggs grow equally. The medications turn off the ability of one egg to become dominant. We allow all the eggs to grow for the retrieval process, even those that would have been absorbed back into the body in a normal menstrual cycle. The egg donation utilizes eggs that would otherwise be lost. Because of this, there is no need to worry about any depletion of your egg count from an egg donation.
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