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We’re the UK’s first and only dedicated egg bank, with the largest number of egg freezing and thawing cycles in the country. We encourage egg donation in the UK to help people from all walks of life build a family of their own.

What is IVF With Surrogacy?

Treatments for same-sex parenthood might seem a little different, but we’ve helped many men with their choices to build a family of their own.

Most same-sex couples and single men need to use an egg donor for in vitro fertilization (IVF) and then a surrogate to carry the baby until it’s born. There are also women who due to their medical history need a surrogate. Whatever your situation, choosing to use donated eggs to achieve a pregnancy is a big decision that requires consideration and planning. We’re here to help.

WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT?

As a group, London Egg Bank and our partners London Women’s Clinic and London Sperm Bank were the first clinics in the country to offer treatment to same-sex couples and single women, and we’re proud to have helped so many same-sex couples achieve parenthood through egg donation.

Finding the perfect donor

You’ll have full access to the largest selection of frozen donor eggs in the UK, and our treatment coordinator will help guide your search. We aim to meet your personal needs and can help you narrow your choices to find the perfect match.

Planning for your family needs

We have options if you are planning to use a surrogate. For example, you can purchase and reserve a bigger batch of eggs from the same donor if you plan more than one child for your new family. Our matching coordinator will discuss this and other specific support with you.

Personalised care

Your assigned coordinator has many years of experience working with male same-sex couples, and will support you through your treatment. We’ll guide you through the procedures and legal regulations, offering you a cost-effective way to achieve pregnancy.

Egg thawing survival rate

Cumulative pregnancy rate after one embryo transfer from a single cohort of donated eggs

Cumulative pregnancy rate after two embryo transfers from a single cohort of donated eggs

Success Rates

We manage the egg donation process from start to finish to ensure the highest quality of eggs. As a result of our consistent and reliable approach, many healthy babies have been born through frozen eggs. Our success rates show you our focused approach really works.

How does it work?

The Surrogacy Process

Our friendly onboarding team will help answer initial questions and book a consultation with one of our fertility consultants. Our doctors will review your medical history, including any treatment or investigations you’ve already had elsewhere and provide you with the best course of treatment for you.

You can expect to have some blood tests, and an analysis of a semen sample. Sperm needs to be quarantined for 91-180 days depending on the screening process before treatment can begin.
Your surrogate will need a scan and some blood tests. Evidence of legal advice concerning the surrogacy is required. A safeguarding letter will be sent to your and your surrogate’s GPs separately before starting treatment.
We ask all patients who are considering conception with donor eggs to see an independent counsellor to help understand the broader implications and make informed decisions. Your surrogate will need to have a separate counselling session, followed by a joint counselling session together.
Once you’ve had your consultation with the doctor, your dedicated onboarding coordinator will search our databases and help you with donor selection. We offer both fresh and frozen eggs options.
Once a donor is chosen and agreed, you’ll see your doctor to discuss your personal treatment plan. Then you’ll have a consultation with our senior nurse experienced in surrogacy. She will arrange for your pre-treatment screening tests and all necessary consents so that your surrogate can start her treatment.
If your surrogate is married, she and her husband will be the legal parents of the child until you and your partner apply for a parental order. If your surrogate is single and you are using your own sperm, you and your surrogate will be the legal parents until you transfer the legal parentage via parental order.
Your surrogate will need hormone treatment for about 17 – 18 days before transfer to prepare her womb for embryo implantation. Our specialists will monitor her closely with ultrasound scans throughout.
Donor eggs are fertilised in our lab with sperm from you, your partner or a sperm donor. Fertilised eggs are usually cultured as embryos for five to six days, until they reach the blastocyst stage.
You’ll be updated by our senior embryologist on the progress of fertilisation, and will book a date and time for embryo transfer. The best embryo will be transferred under ultrasound guidance into your surrogate’s womb. This is a simple and painless process without need for anaesthetic.
Most women only have one embryo transferred to avoid the risks of multiple pregnancy. Remaining embryos can be frozen and stored for future use should another cycle be needed or for sibling pregnancy.
After the embryo transfer, you will be given a date for a pregnancy test and details of medication. This will be taken up to 12 weeks of pregnancy.
We also offer an early pregnancy scan 3- 4 weeks after the pregnancy test to check for fetal heartbeat.

Find Your Donor

We can help you find your perfect match from our large choice of UK-recruited egg donors. Our smart, altruistic donors come from a diverse range of backgrounds.
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What our patients say

“We still regularly keep in touch with our surrogate, swapping updates with each other. What she did for our family was incredible, and we want our daughter to know that.”
– Mark

SURROGATE

Patient Stories

Mark and Nick's Story

The path to fatherhood via surrogacy.

Mark and Nick's Story

Mark and Nick's Story

FAQ

Have questions about using donor eggs?

Using Donor Eggs FAQ

Does a donor have legal parental rights?

Using Donor Eggs FAQ

Can I have more than one baby from the same donor?

Using Donor Eggs FAQ

UK Surrogacy Regulations

Surrogacy is legal in the UK, but any surrogacy agreement cannot be enforced by law. If you use a surrogate, she will be the child’s legal parent at birth and their spouse or civil partner would be the second parent, unless the surrogate did not give permission.

Legal parenthood is transferred by parental order or adoption after the child is born, and we can support you through the processes you need to follow to protect yourselves and the child.
You can find out more about the legal side of fertility treatments for same-sex couples on the HFEA website.

Egg donation

If eggs are donated through a licensed UK clinic, the egg donor will not be the legal parent of any child born as a result of their donation, and will have no legal connection to the child. When the child reaches 18, they have the right to request identifying information about the donor from the HFEA.

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You can request more information or book a free consultation with our Treatment Coordinator. This initial consultation is part of the treatment process and will guide you through each step, answer your questions, and help you explore all your options.

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Our Terms and Conditions

Conditions of use:

London Egg Bank (LEB) is a registered company in London based at 112 Harley Street.

By reserving a donor at the LEB, you, the recipient of the donated eggs, confirm that you have:

  • attended a consultation with a fertility doctor at LEB or any registered fertility clinic which has a Third-Party Agreement with LEB and have a treatment plan at that clinic.

  • received verbal and written information about your treatment and had the opportunity to discuss the procedures involved in receiving eggs as part of your treatment with your treating clinic.

  • been informed that you have received all the relevant information pertaining to your treatment from your treating clinic, as required by the HFEA Code of Practice.

  • been offered counselling by your treating clinic regarding the implications of the treatment.

  • received a confirmation of the full cost of your treatment.

Ordering and purchasing donor eggs:

  • An order is considered completed when the recipient has completed and returned all required documentation and made payment.

  • LEB will confirm your order when they have received confirmation of your treatment cycle from your chosen clinic, as well as have received your signed consent forms and payment in full.

  • Frozen eggs provided by LEB should be used in treatment within 4 months of the date of dispatch from LEB. This is to ensure that your reserved pregnancy slot is not lost.

  • Please complete and sign the donor characteristics consent form within 5 days or your order will be cancelled, remember to check your junk/spam mail folder. If you have any queries regarding your donor acceptance paperwork, please call 0207 299 9547 between 08.30 – 17.30hrs and a member of staff will be happy to help you.

  • Donor eggs will only be reserved and dispatched after full payment of eggs and transportation if required (see the Refunds and Cancellation policy for further details).

General:

  • Donor Eggs (Eggs) provided by LEB may only be used for embryo creation at the laboratory of one of the registered clinics which has a TPA with LEB.

  • LEB provides Eggs to you for your exclusive personal use, and you confirm that you will only use them as such.

  • LEB Eggs provided to you may not be resold or distributed without LEB’s written permission.

  • All information relating to donors is kept confidential and disclosed only in the circumstances permitted by law. Information on donors comprises sensitive personal data for purposes of the Data Protection Act 2018. LEB will only provide relevant information about your selected donor to you for the purpose of allowing you to select an Egg donor, without breaching the donor’s confidentiality (Data Protection Act 2018) and the relevant requirements of the HFEA Act 1990.

  • LEB’s donor database usually has a large selection of available donors. However, donor availability may be limited at times. LEB provides donor eggs on a first come, first served basis.

  • It is important that you inform LEB of the treatment date that you have agreed with your clinic. The LEB must be informed of any changes to this date immediately.

  • This agreement does not override the terms of paragraph 4A of Schedule 3 to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (as amended) (‘HFEA Act’) which states that the Egg donor may withdraw or vary her consent from the use of her eggs in treatment at any time. This includes if an embryo has already been created using her Eggs. The variation to consent may occur up until the time of embryo transfer and may result in the discard of this embryo(s).

  • In some cases, there may be the possibility of adding extra eggs to the order from the same or a different donor. Please be aware that embryos created from different donors cannot be used in one treatment cycle.

Quality standards:

  • All donors available via the LEB donor database have been recruited and screened in compliance with donation criteria under the European Tissues and Cells Directive (EUTCD), Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) standards and professional guidance.

  • All frozen donor egg samples have been procured, tested, processed, preserved and stored in a manner consistent with EUTCD and HFEA requirements.

  • LEB does not take responsibility for eggs or embryos being accepted by any other external centres.

  • LEB eggs meet all required quality standards. However, LEB cannot guarantee that a pregnancy will be achieved using donor eggs or that any pregnancy or offspring derived as a result of using the egg donor will be free from genetic disorders/defects or infectious diseases. In particular:

    1. it is not feasible to test for ALL genetic markers or infectious diseases and in some cases, there are no available tests.

    2. donor testing is properly administered; however, even where the results return as normal, the tests have limitations and may not be entirely reliable; and

    3. LEB’s recruitment processes (including counselling) rely on the donor providing accurate and correct information about their genetic and general health history. We treat the information provided by the donor in good faith. LEB is not able to independently verify this information. However, to date we are not aware of any inaccurate information being provided by our donors.

Donor confidentiality:

  • Non-identifying information about each donor is displayed on the LEB donor database. LEB is unable to provide any further personal information on donors.

Refunds and cancellation policy:

  • Should you change your mind and wish to cancel your order for any reason, LEB will offer you a full refund within 5 working days of placing an order. 

  • Please note that the egg thaw survival rate and fertilisation rate provided on our patient information materials represent the averages of all patients per stated period of time and age group. We do not guarantee a minimum egg thaw survival or fertilisation rate per patient cycle. 

  • In the rare event that all the eggs (whether from one donor or a mix of two or more donors) do not survive the thawing process, LEB will offer you a new batch of eggs free of charge.

  • Once donor eggs are dispatched from our premises and delivered to a treatment centre not part of London Women’s
    Clinic / JD Healthcare Group, they are non-returnable and non-refundable.

Limitation of liability:

  • LEB shall not be liable for any special or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, the materials on this site or the performance of the products, even if LEB has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Applicable law may not allow the limitation of exclusion of liability or incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.

  • London Egg Bank cannot guarantee that additional eggs will be available at a later date for the purposes of treatment for a sibling pregnancy.

  • Donated eggs (fresh and/or frozen) are not quarantined prior to use. There is therefore a theoretical risk of transmission of infection through the transfer of embryos.