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Read MoreA donor program uses a screened egg, sperm, or embryo donor to help you conceive when your own gametes aren't a workable option. At TheFertilife, Dr. Anshika Lekhi runs these through registered ART banks. The gametes are sourced fresh. Nothing gets reused, and nothing is ever taken from another patient's leftover samples. All of it sits inside India's Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021. The bank recruits and screens every donor. Every donor is anonymous. And the law is firm on one point. A donor can't be a relative or a friend.
To book a donor program consultation, call or WhatsApp +91 9560026697. Dr. Lekhi's team will schedule a time.
"Couples come into this conversation worried about the legal side as much as the medical side, and that's fair — the rules genuinely matter here. I walk through exactly what the ART Act requires before we talk about anything else, so there are no surprises six months into the process." — Dr. Anshika Lekhi
An egg donor program uses eggs from a screened bank-provided donor, fertilized with your partner's sperm or with donor sperm. It's most often suggested for diminished ovarian reserve, premature ovarian failure, repeated unexplained IVF failure, or when cancer treatment has affected the ovaries.
Sperm donor programs use screened donor sperm for IUI or IVF. These come up after severe male-factor infertility, after repeated failed ICSI cycles tied to sperm quality, or to avoid passing on a serious heritable genetic condition.
This is worth being clear about. Donor eggs and sperm come only from a registered ART bank. The bank recruits the donors and screens them. Your own gametes and embryos stay yours. They're used only with your written consent, never otherwise. Every donation is fresh and bank-managed.
Yes. Gamete and embryo donation is legal in India, regulated under the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021. Every donation has to go through a registered ART bank. It's anonymous on both sides, so donors and recipients never learn who the other is. You also can't pick a relative or a friend as your donor. The law rules that out. Buying or selling eggs or sperm is a criminal offense. A donor can be paid back reasonably for her time and effort, but not for the eggs or sperm themselves.
Egg donor: This usually fits a married woman or couple with diminished ovarian reserve or premature ovarian failure. It runs through the bank's donor stimulation and retrieval, then fertilization, then the embryo transfer.
Sperm donor: Typically the recipient here is a married couple facing severe male-factor infertility. The donor sample goes through IUI, or through IVF.
Embryo donor: For this one, both egg and sperm factors are limiting either partner's own gametes. The embryo gets created from bank-provided donor gametes, with proper consent.
Eligibility can shift when the rules get updated, so check your own situation with Dr. Lekhi before you assume either way.
Before anyone is approved, the registered ART bank tests every donor on all the major health parameters. CBC, blood sugar, thyroid, kidney function, liver function, HIV, Hepatitis B and C, syphilis. Genetic and general health screening on top of that. Under the ART Act, a person can donate only a limited number of times, whatever the law specifies. The bank keeps records too, to hold down the number of genetically related children coming from any single donor. All of this happens at the bank. Before any gamete reaches the clinic.
A donor-program consultation covers the medical fit and the legal process together, so you're not piecing the rules together from scattered sources as you go.
To book a donor program consultation, call or WhatsApp +91 9560026697. No referral is required.
MBBS | MS (Obstetrics & Gynecology) | Fertility & IVF Specialist
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