I don't have any more active eggs and i'm only 33 yrs old. really looking for egg donor or your unused frozen eggs.

[Hayari]

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for an egg donor fresh or frozen, to try IVF.
Recently we found out that my eggs are no longer active and my body is already going thru menopausal stages.
The only way for me to be pregnant is thru IVF with donor eggs.
If anyone have balance eggs before the fertilization, i would welcome the donation.

Thank You.

Hope everyone is well and healthy during these dreadful times.

warm regards,

Hayari

 

[Angelica Cheng]

Please click on the following website link:

Egg Donation Options And Choices Of IVF Patients In Singapore

Hi, you can actually import frozen donor eggs into Singapore from "Ovogenebank" in Europe, which was formerly known as "First Egg Bank". The Ministry of Health permits this.

However, their large pool of Asian egg donors are predominantly Malaysian Chinese (see attached catalogue and price list). To date, I believe that there is no Malay egg donor.

Here is the website of Ovogenebank:
Ovogenebank | Find Egg Donors| Only genetically certified oocytes

Here is their Donor Catalogue:
Catalog | Donor list (ovogenebank.com)

I realized that the First Egg Bank in fact sourced their Asian donors from another egg bank in Malaysia. (Some of the catalog photos and donor profiles are very similar, if not identical). The irony is that this particular egg bank in Malaysia has not been officially approved by MOH for import.

Here are the websites of the Malaysian Egg Bank:

Asian Egg Donor Agency for Intending Parents | Egg Bank Asia

Asian Egg Donor Bank providing high-quality services for intending parent including gender choice and IVF. Asian Egg Donation Agency to start you family.

fertilitymy.com

About Egg Bank Asia's donor egg services and embryologists

Egg Bank Asia provides a specialist egg bank with Asian egg donor services and egg freezing/cryotec from our embryologists

www.eggbankasia.com

In fact I inquired at the Malaysian Egg Bank, and they told me that it would not be possible for them to directly export frozen donor eggs to Singapore, as there is no MOH approval. So I need to go through First Egg Bank.

I understand that the success rates with frozen donor eggs are substantially lower than fresh donor eggs, as shown in the attached bar chart. Also, I understand that the transportation costs is very high due to the need for a cryogenic container, and that the IVF clinic or lab will charge an administrative fee for the paperwork required for the import process.

Beware the risks of using frozen donor eggs imported from an Egg Bank, says an American fertility specialist:

 

[Angelica Cheng]

At a local private fertility clinic that I consulted, a nurse hinted to me that I can secretly use a Malaysian, Thai or International egg donor agency to discreetly send an egg donor to Singapore. But payment must be kept secret. The donor and us must sign a form declaring that the donor is unpaid and donating her eggs altruistically to us.

The nurse also hinted to me that the doctor and fertility counselor may suspect or secretly know that we are using a foreign agency and paying the egg donor, but they will be willing to 'close one eye' and look the other way. After all , we will have to sign a declaration form stating that the donor is unpaid.

Additionally, the nurse also warned me against using individual freelance egg donors who offer their services online, as there is no money-back guarantee. For example, freelance egg donors may renege on their agreement after receiving some payment, and it would be difficult for me to sue her to return my money, as the payment was illegal in the first place and that I would only implicate myself in an illegal transaction if I were to commence legal proceedings. Moreover, it is rather difficult to monitor and ensure freelance egg donors regularly follow the painful and tedious procedure of hormone injections required for ovarian stimulation.

She also pointed out the advantages of using a foreign egg donor agency instead of an individual freelance donor. For example, most egg donor agencies will get a coordinator to accompany the donor on her travel to Singapore, who will ensure that she injects herself punctiliously with fertility hormones during the ovarian stimulation cycle. Many agencies will also give you a new replacement donor free-of-charge, if no eggs are retrieved, or if the donor gets sick and backs out half-way. Furthermore, the agency coordinator will also coach the egg donor to say the right things to the fertility counselor, since it is compulsory for the donor to receive counseling before the egg donation procedure.

In hindsight, I realized that all these must actually be the doctor's idea, and that he was using his nurse to relay such information to me, so as not to breach the medical professional code of conduct and ethics. All legal liability will be on us, since we have signed the form declaring that the egg donation is unpaid and altruistic. The clinic and IVF lab will be free of any legal responsibility for the secret payment, once the appropriate declaration forms have been signed by us and the donor.

Here is an interesting Straits Times article that talks about this:

https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/egg-donors-payment-ban-can-create-a-black-and-a-grey-market

 

[Angelica Cheng]

In case you are considering egg donation overseas, do note that in Malaysia, egg donation is allowed only for non-Muslim couples. However my experience is that most foreign IVF clinics wants to push you to do genetic testing of embryos (PGS) with an egg donation cycle.

This is actually unneccessary if you are using a young and healthy egg donor, and the clinic is actually trying to make extra money off you.

Why not do genetic testing of the egg donor's blood sample, instead of more expensive PGS?

What I understand is that there is much more DNA genetic material within a blood sample containing thousands of white blood cells, as compared to just a few cells from an embryo biopsy during the PGS/PGT-A procedure, which makes it easier and cheaper to do genetic testing.

Anyway, egg donors are usually required do blood tests for HIV, HepB and Syphylis at the IVF clinic itself. That is precisely why I am wondering why the IVF clinic cannot just collect extra blood samples for genetic testing at the same time.

Do read this article:

https://www.todayonline.com/commentary/overseas-egg-donors-what-singaporean-women-should-be-wary

Here are some interesting video podcasts that cast doubts on the necessity of utilizing PGS / PGT-A in egg donation cycles:

 

[Angelica Cheng]

Here is a sample profile of an Asian egg donor from "Ovogenebank", previously known as "First Egg Bank".

 

[Botbot]

Riding on this thread.

We are also looking for any forum or reviews on Malaysia donor egg facilities. Any one did it with donor eggs overseas? Could you kindly share your experience with us?

We are a Chinese couple and have been TTC for a few years now. We are also open to doing donor eggs in Singapore. But sadly, do not know of anyone willing to donate their eggs

 

[Angelica Cheng]

Riding on this thread.

We are also looking for any forum or reviews on Malaysia donor egg facilities. Any one did it with donor eggs overseas? Could you kindly share your experience with us?

We are a Chinese couple and have been TTC for a few years now. We are also open to doing donor eggs in Singapore. But sadly, do not know of anyone willing to donate their eggs

Dear Botbot,

Please kindly click on this website link for more information:

Choices and options available for patients considering egg donation in Singapore. What are the disadvantages and pitfalls of using an egg donor?

Please click on the following website links: https://www.msn.com/en-sg/lifestyle/other/egg-donation-options-and-choices-of-ivf-patients-in-singapore/ar-AAKcvtC https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-available-options-and-choices-for-women-considering-egg-donation-in-Singapore In Singapore, it is...

singaporemotherhood.com

 

[Angelica Cheng]

Riding on this thread.

We are also looking for any forum or reviews on Malaysia donor egg facilities. Any one did it with donor eggs overseas? Could you kindly share your experience with us?

We are a Chinese couple and have been TTC for a few years now. We are also open to doing donor eggs in Singapore. But sadly, do not know of anyone willing to donate their eggs

Dear Botbot,

Please see these threads about Egg Donation in Malaysia:

Egg Donation in Malaysia - Precautions that Singaporean patients should take

https://www.quora.com/What-precautions-should-Singaporean-patients-take-when-going-for-egg-donation-in-Malaysia/answer/Angelica-Cheng-2 Here are three tips for Singaporean patients considering egg donation in Malaysia: (1) Do not do highly-expensive genetic screening of IVF embryos (PGS /...

singaporemotherhood.com

Review of egg donor agency and egg donation programs in Malaysia. Beware of additional costs in Johor !

Dear Ladies, Below is a list of egg donor agencies in Malaysia. Typically, these agencies charge between 20k to 25K Malaysian ringgits, if you approach them directly. Cost will usually be higher if you ask a Malaysian IVF clinic to source egg donors for you from these agencies, typically...

singaporemotherhood.com

 

[Angelica Cheng]

Advice and tips for Singaporean patients seeking egg donation in Malaysia - The New Savvy

With the increasing trend of late marriages and delayed motherhood in Singapore, coupled with the lifting of age limits in IVF treatment since 2020, there is anticipated to be increasing demand for egg donation by older female IVF patients nearing or past menopause. Such women with diminished...

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Advice and tips for Singaporean patients seeking egg donation in Malaysia

With the increasing trend of late marriages and delayed motherhood in Singapore, coupled with the lifting of age limits in IVF treatment since 2020, there is anticipated to be increasing demand for egg donation by older female IVF patients nearing or past menopause. Such women with diminished ovarian reserves often consider the egg donor option, after having failed IVF due to the reduced number and low quality of their retrieved eggs. In recently years, neighbouring Malaysia has emerged as a popular destination for Singaporean IVF patients seeking egg donation, due to close proximity and cost-competitive medical fees. Nevertheless, there are various pitfalls that patients have to navigate through, as highlighted by the Q & A below. Cumbersome travel and quarantine restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic are economically unsustainable in the long-term, and it is only a matter of time before borders reopen, and Singaporeans are once again free to travel to Malaysia for IVF treatment.

Is it difficult to find a local egg donor in Singapore?

Yes, because Singapore health regulations require egg donation to be altruistic, and payment can only be made to reimburse direct expenses such as traveling costs. The egg donation process is lengthy, tedious and painful, involving a few weeks of regular hormone injections, frequent blood tests and ultrasound scans, finally culminating in day surgery for egg retrieval. Additionally, there is also the hassle and inconvenience of commuting to and fro for numerous medical appointments. Understandably, without any financial incentives, very few local young women are willing to donate their eggs.

Why go for egg donation in Malaysia?

A large pool of egg donors of varying ethnicity and educational backgrounds are readily available in Malaysia because of generous financial inducements. Additionally, Malaysia has numerous IVF clinics and donor agencies that offer cost-competitive egg donation programs, which are much cheaper than other foreign countries such as USA, Australia and Taiwan. It is also much easier to source Asian egg donors in Malaysia, compared to Western countries such as USA and Australia. Moreover, Singaporean patients prefer to undergo IVF treatment at a destination close to home like Malaysia.

Are there any legal restrictions on egg donation in Malaysia?

Yes, only non-Muslim patients are allowed to receive egg donation. Shariah laws in Malaysia forbid Muslim patients from receiving egg or sperm donation.

What are the typical costs of egg donation in Malaysia (excluding medical fees)?

At the beginning of 2020, before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, egg donor agencies in Malaysia typically charge between 20k to 25K Malaysian ringgits, if you approach them directly. Egg donors are typically compensated between 5K to 8K Malaysian ringgits. Hence the gross profit margin of these agencies are typically between 12K to 20K Malaysian ringgits.

Which cities in Malaysia are good for egg donation?

Greater Kuala Lumpur and Penang. Most of the egg donor agencies are located here, and virtually all IVF clinics in Malaysia, even those from other cities and states, depend on these agencies to source egg donors for their patients.

What about egg donation in Johor that is much closer to Singapore?

Singaporean patients must beware that most egg donors in Johor come from out-of-town or out-of-state. As mentioned earlier, the overwhelming majority of egg donor agencies and agents in Malaysia are based in Kuala Lumpur and Penang, and IVF clinics in Johor rely on such agencies and agents to source egg donors for their patients. It is much more difficult to control and monitor the ovarian stimulation cycle of traveling egg donors from out-of-town or out-of-state, who reside far away from the IVF clinic. Such traveling egg donors may commute to the clinic for medical appointments, receive the hormone medications and then return to their hometowns where they are expected to self-inject for several days. Because supervision from the IVF clinic is not near at hand, the egg donor may not be bothered to strictly comply with such a painful and tedious routine of self-injections. If they are extra careless, the expensive hormone medications may not be kept properly refrigerated leading to spoilage and reduced potency. Without strict adherence to the injection protocol and proper refrigeration of hormone medications, the number and quality of eggs obtained from the donor will be severely compromised. Additionally, Singaporean patients must also take note that there are usually additional traveling and hotel costs associated with getting an out-of-town egg donor and her accompanying agency coordinator to travel to Johor.

Is it better to contact egg donor agencies directly, or get your selected IVF clinic to source egg donors from such agencies?

It is cheaper for you to contact egg donor agencies directly, and for them to arrange IVF treatment for you at their affiliated clinics, rather than getting an unaffliated IVF clinic to source egg donors for you from these agencies. Many egg donors agencies in Kuala Lumpur and Penang partner with their affiliated IVF clinic to offer special package deals that include egg donor costs plus medical fees. If you get an unaffiliated IVF clinic in Malaysia (particularly in Johor) to source egg donors for you, the clinic usually takes an extra cut of profit. For example, if the egg donor agency charges RM 25,000, the IVF clinic will charge you RM 30,0000, thereby taking a cut of RM 5,000 as additional profit.

Is embryo genetic testing necessary for egg donation?

Because it is unknown whether the egg donor is carrying any genetic defect, most Malaysian IVF clinics often recommend patients to do highly-expensive genetic testing of IVF embryos (PGS / PGT-A). This is completely unnecessary and a waste of money, if the egg donor is young and healthy, because chromosome abnormalities such as Down syndrome usually appear only in the eggs of older women. To evaluate whether the egg donor is carrying any unknown genetic defect, it is much cheaper to do genetic testing of the egg donor’s blood sample before starting IVF treatment. Moreover, you can also use NIPT (Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing) to screen for genetic defects in your unborn child after getting pregnant, which is also much cheaper than PGS (PGT-A). Although many fertility clinics claim that embryo genetic screening can improve the IVF success rates of older women, this usually refers to older women using their own eggs, which have a high incidence of chromosome abnormalities. PGS (PGT-A) will not improve the success rates of older women using a young egg donor. Patients must also beware of the risks of damaging the embryo during the ‘highly-delicate’ PGS (PGT-A) procedure, which involves extracting cells from the embryo after drilling a hole through the embryo shell (Zona pellucida).The smooth performance of this technique is often highly dependent on the skill and training of the laboratory staff (Embryologist). Even with high levels of training and accreditation, there is still a possibility of human error, particularly in a very busy laboratory that handles several such cases a day. Lastly, one must also beware that Malaysian IVF clinics often manipulate and play on the patient’s biased preference for either a boy or girl child, to persuade them to undertake embryo genetic testing for sex selection.

Should I choose fresh or frozen egg donation?

Some IVF clinics and egg donor agencies in Malaysia offer frozen egg donation as an alternative to fresh egg donation. The advantages of frozen versus fresh egg donation are greater convenience due to simpler logistics, as there is no need to coordinate and synchronize the treatment cycle of both donor and recipient; as well as lower costs due to negating the travel and hotel stay required for fresh egg donation. Another advantage is the greater certainty of the number and quality of frozen eggs available, which are unknown and non-guaranteed for fresh egg donation. Nevertheless, patients should use the same fertility clinic or IVF lab that recruited the egg donor and freeze her eggs. Avoid transferring frozen donor eggs from one medical facility to another. For best results, the thawing protocol must be matching and compatible with the freezing (vitrification) protocol, and only the same IVF lab that performs both the freezing and thawing processes, can ensure this. Patients should also beware that IVF success rates with frozen donor eggs are significantly lower than with fresh donor eggs.

What else should Singaporean patients be wary of when doing egg donation in Malaysia?

A critical piece of information that is often downplayed by Malaysian IVF clinics is the risk of accidental incest between half-siblings conceived by the same egg donor. Although such risks may be minimized in Singapore through safeguards that limit the number of children conceived per egg donor to three, it must be noted that there is no mandatory limit to the number of recipients that a single egg donor can donate to in Malaysia. Additionally, Singaporean patients should also be aware of the lack of appropriate counseling for egg donation in Malaysia. Rigorous counseling will ensure that both husband and wife are agreeable to egg donation, without any misgivings or emotional blackmail from either spouse, and without undue pressure from parents and in-laws. Additionally, they would also miss valuable advice on whether or not to tell their child the truth about his/her conception in the future.

 

[Angelica Cheng]

Can I contact Administration?
It is about advertisement on your website.
Thank.

I am not advertising, I am trying to warn patients of the dangers and risks of egg donation in Malaysia. Please read my article properly.

 

[Angelica Cheng]

Have you used Ovogene bank before ? I am trying to find donor eggs and have come across Genesis International egg and sperm centre. They seem to have really good guarantees, which if I am paying alot of money I really want. Did Ovogene offer you a guarantee ?

Dear EbonyJ, I understand that new rules by Singapore MOH has recently prevented the commercial import of frozen donor eggs into Singapore. As a result, all IVF clinics in Singapore has suspended import of frozen donors eggs from overseas:

Please see the new MOH regulations regarding import of frozen donor eggs:

https://www.moh.gov.sg/docs/librariesprovider5/licensing-terms-and-conditions/moh-cir-no-67_2021_1jun21_guidelines-on-the-import-and-export-of-embryos_and_annex-a_registry-version.pdf

Use of Donor Gametes or Embryos

Where donor gametes/embryos are used in any way, all the following additional declarations are required:

(i) The couple must provide a written declaration that they have paid no more than reasonable expenses for such use. As commercial trading of human gametes/embryos is prohibited in Singapore, the couple will be required to produce evidence (e.g. an itemised invoice) to support their declaration.

(ii) Written declaration by the overseas PGS lab and, where applicable, overseas AR clinic that the collection / retrieval of the gametes / embryos meet AR LTC 2020 paragraph 5.29.

(iii) Documentation that the donor was screened for the following transmissible diseases: (a) Hepatitis B; (b) Hepatitis C; (c) Syphilis; (d) Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) (and whether a second test was repeated no earlier than 6 months from the time of donation); and, (e) Cytomegalovirus.

(iv) Documentation on whether the donor’s eggs have been used before, and if so, the number of live-births that the donor’s eggs have resulted in.

Notes:

1) Under the Human Cloning and Other Prohibited Practices Act (HCOPPA), only reasonable expenses may be provided for the supply of gametes and embryos. As per HCOPPA section 13, and MOH’s Licensing Terms and Conditions for Assisted Reproduction Services paragraph 5.31, “reasonable expenses” can include expenses relating to the preparation, preservation and quality control of the gametes/embryos.

2) In particular, if donor gamete / embryo is being used, please ensure that the following is observed: 5.29 AR Centres shall ensure that only: (a) oocytes donated by women between the ages of 21 and 35 at the point of oocyte removal;

 

[Botbot]

Hi EbonyJ,

You might want to see SF LOH at thomson fertility paragon. he takes in donor eggs from overseas. Maybe they can share the administrative requirements and updated legal requirements.

I bought donor eggs from first egg bank last year and recently transferred my donor eggs from Alpha to Thomson. Still have 3 frozen babies. Trying next cycle with SF LOH.


Good luck!