There is no waiting list for Egg Donation Treatment, as donor availability is more than efficient.

Women interested in IVF or Egg Donation Treatment in Greece must by law be strictly no more than 50 years old.

Yes we treat same sex patients.

We aim to match the donors according to recipients’ requirements. We mainly match using physical characteristics criteria and, if possible, criteria related to personality, education, lifestyle etc.

The average age in our clinic is 24.

Donors remain strictly anonymous according to Greek law. Recipients are allowed to information regarding donors’ characteristics, personality, education, lifestyle and medical test results. However, they are not allowed to see photos or in any way come in contact with the donors.

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STATISTICS

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There are usually two recipients per donor. Under NO circumstances will there be more than three recipients per donor anyway.
The mean number of eggs per recipient in all circumstances should not be less than eight.

An initial consultation is of crucial importance, as during that time we review your medical and fertility history, check all your tests results, perform necessary examinations and, of course, answer to all your potential questions. Alternatively, particularly if you live abroad, we may arrange telephone discussions or regular e-mail contacts in order to minimise your visits in Greece.

Upon your arrival, an OVUM travel assistant will be waiting for you at the airport and will take you to your accommodation. A dedicated English nurse is also member of the team. She will be more than happy to accompany you to the Unit, help you with practical issues and act as a chaperon during medical procedures.

Our travel assistant offers different levels of service available. We would recommend you to stay somewhere near the Unit, in order to cut down on cost and time of local transportation.

Patients having fertility treatment in Greece must have recent (within the last 6 months) results for Hepatitis B, C, HIV I, II and Syphilis as well as Hb electrophoresis. You will be asked to sign the OVUM consent forms, which we provide you with or you may download from our website.
Passports or identity cards are also required.

As mentioned above, we can arrange frequent telephone discussions and consultations in order to minimize travelling inconvenience.

Our midwife coordinator will be in contact with you during and before the treatment either by phone, fax or e-mail as often as necessary. You may of course contact one of OVUM consultants directly if you wish so. All contact information is on OVUM website.

No. All consultation costs are included in the package.

Dr Despina KATOPI or Dr Anastasios SYKOUTRIS will meet you in their consulting offices by appointment.
Appointments can be arranged either via the midwife coordinator or directly with one of the two consultants. All contact information is on OVUM website.

Yes. Bring anything you think may be relevant to your treatment. An OVUM consultant will review the information and make copies of all important tests to be kept with your medical file. It is always useful for our treatment plan to keep these pieces of information together and it saves you a lot of time in any future contact with OVUM.

It should be relatively easy to take an OVUM prescription to your GP and kindly ask him to help you with getting the drugs from a UK chemist. The drugs you will need are usually given as HRT in women, so most GPs are familiar with them.
Alternatively we may provide you with all the medication required for your treatment. Cost varies according to the dosage required but an average figure would be around 200 Euros for egg donation treatment. Commercial prices of drugs in Greek pharmacies can be found on the website of the Greek National Drug Organisation.

Yes. OVUM operates in fully-equipped, latest technology laboratories that give excellent pregnancy results with the use of vitrification procedure for embryos. We also use vitrification for freezing eggs and results are encouraging as this is still an experimental method.

We provide 8 eggs on average.

The number of embryos transferred, depends on the recipient’s reproductive history and age and on the quality of embryos themselves. We usually transfer 3 embryos but single embryo transfers are welcome. By law, we are not allowed to transfer any more than 4 embryos in any case.

If a cycle is abandoned due to the recipient’s reasons, other than not achieving good endometrial thickness, 30% of total cost needs to be paid.
In case where a cycle is abandoned due to ANY reasons resulting from the donor NO cost is charged and any deposit is fully refunded.
However in the unfortunate (extremely rare) event where no eggs are retrieved during egg collection or no eggs are fertilized 50% of total cost needs to be paid.

The initial consultation will take about an hour.
If you are travelling as a couple, you need to arrive in Greece the day before or on the day of egg collection at the latest as your partner will provide us with a semen sample on that day. You will need to stay until embryo transfer which usually takes place 2 to 3 days later. If embryo transfer is to be performed at blastocyst stage this takes place 5 or 6 days after egg collection.
Alternatively your partner’s sperm may be frozen and exported from a UK laboratory to our unit at any time before egg collection. In such a case you would only need to be in Athens for the day of embryo transfer.