Egg Sharing is a process in which a woman (the sharer or donor or provider) going through IVF treatment (because she needs IVF to get pregnant), elects to give away (donate) half of her eggs to another woman who needs donor eggs because the recipient woman is unable to produce her own. By doing so the egg provider not only helps somebody to become pregnant, but she gets her own IVF treatment at a substantially reduced cost.
Some women produce many more eggs than are necessary for their own treatment and would like to be able to help another woman who is unfortunate enough to be sub fertile because she has no eggs. Egg sharing provides this opportunity, enabling two couples to be treated during one IVF treatment cycle. Unfortunately NHS funded IVF treatment is not available to many couples and because funding an IVF treatment can be very expensive; the sharer has the advantage of receiving a substantial reduction in the cost of their own IVF treatment.
The disadvantage to the couple who provide the eggs (not embryos) is that they will give away half of the eggs that they would otherwise have used for their own treatment. In order to safeguard the interests of both the egg provider and the recipient (the woman receiving the eggs) we will only accept women for the egg share programme who have a very good chance of producing sufficient eggs to give both the sharer and recipient a reasonable chance of pregnancy.
Since there are psychological, social, moral and ethical implications of egg sharing e.g. the act of giving away eggs may result in the recipient achieving pregnancy egg sharer (provider) not becoming pregnant and to ensure that the interests of all parties are looked after, both the recipient and donor couple are counselled regarding the implications of using/donating eggs. The minimum number of eggs for sharing is 6 to optimise the chances of pregnancy for both the donor and the recipient couple. The criteria for entry to the egg share scheme are:
Please see the egg donation section for further information on this and our price list for up to date costs.
Our egg donation coordinator or one of the medical team would be happy to discuss with you further about this treatment. If you wish to speak to someone, please telephone 024 7696 8879.
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON BLOOD TESTING DUE TO COVID-19
Shielding Patients in very high risk for COVID Group
All people who have been identified as very high risk (requiring shielding) for COVID are in the process of being contacted by their clinician regarding their ongoing care. If you require a blood test whilst shielding as part of your care, appointment details including when and where your blood test will be carried out will be sent to you via a text message from SwiftQueue who manage our blood test bookings.
If you have regular blood tests and have been asked to have these, please ensure you have blood forms at home available; if you haven’t please contact your specialty to have some sent to you in advance of your blood tests.
Older People and Vulnerable Adults
People who are in the groups identified by the government as higher risk e.g are over 70 or receive a yearly flu jab, but are not in the very high risk (requiring shielding) group, can attend our normal blood test clinics. The blood test clinics and waiting areas have been adapted so that social distancing can be maintained.
Please check the locations on the map below.
Click on the map for information about phlebotomy clinics in Coventry. You can book an appointment online at the locations in red.
Please book an appointment before attending for a blood test. Click on the ‘Book Online’ button above. Booking an appointment helps patients, their carers and family members to plan their hospital visit better, helping to reduce clinic waiting times and enabling patients to be seen much more quickly.
Location: Outpatients Department, on the ground floor. Opening hours: 8am-4.45pm, Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays).
Children under 16 years old will need to book online here.
Please book an appointment before attending for a blood test, click on the ‘Book Online’ button above. Patients from Rugby and the surrounding areas are able to access the Friends Blood Taking Unit at the Hospital of St Cross.
Referrals for blood tests can be from GP's, practice nurses or from hospital consultants. Patients are also able to leave other samples, such as urine, which have been collected at home, at the hospital's Pathology Reception.
Location: Near Brookfield House, just off North Road - map here. Opening hours: The blood taking clinic sessions for adults and children are listed below:
Monday -Friday 7am-4:45pm Appointment only
Wednesday Evening 5pm-7pm Suspended due to COVID
Saturday Morning 7am-10pm Suspended due to COVID
April 2020 NEW - This Clinic is now by appointment. Please book an appointment before attending for a blood test. Click on the ‘Book Online’ button above.
Address: Stoney Stanton Road, Coventry CV1 4FS Location: Access is via the main doors, the Phlebotomy team are in Area A. Opening hours: Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays). 8am–4.45pm
Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT)
Specialist Tests - There are a small number of specialist tests where blood needs to be taken on a hospital site as the sample must be transferred to the laboratory rapidly for the test to be undertaken. Click here for a list of these specialist tests and to find out more.