Bridge Egg Recipient Programme

- Kiev, Ukraine

 

Superb results - over 50% cumulative live birth rate

This is an accompanied and fully-supported programme supervised by Professor Bider and involving key staff from Bridge and a specially-assembled international team. Only mature eggs are provided.

The Bridge programme in Ukraine is run at Isida Hospital in Kiev by a specially-assembled team of leading embryologists and physicians in Assisted Reproduction. They arrive at this centre especially for the week our recipients have treatment.

Isida provides one of the largest egg donation programmes in Europe, performing around 1,200 procedures each year with very high success rates, and works exclusively with Bridge to treat patients from the UK.

Assessment and preparation of recipients is carried out at Bridge followed by travel to the overseas centre for treatment. Our patients are supported in Kiev by a member of the Bridge care team and a Bridge fertility specialist performs the embryo transfer. Counselling support is provided by Mr Pip Reilly, who, recently elected as the Vice Chair of EIA (European Infertility Association), travels to provide counselling support to our patients.

Both Bridge and the overseas centre are ISO 9001 accredited.

The anonymous altruistic egg donors have proven fertility and are donating their eggs to infertile couples.

There are many other aspects of this programme which set it apart from other international programmes and one key difference is that every participant choosing the full programme is guaranteed 7 mature eggs.

The provision of mature eggs is fundamental to this treatment plan and is something which is rarely, if ever, guaranteed in other programmes. It ensures that all the eggs you are given can be fertilised (see illustration below).

Programmes which do not specify and guarantee mature eggs are likely to deliver fewer embryos.

"This programme sets out to achieve the best possible results for a category of patients who typically experience below-average success rates. After three years of this programme, nearly 50% of our patients are happy parents – a truly impressive result."

Mr Mohamed Menabawey
Bridge Director and Medical Director

Superb Results

Since the inception of this programme and until April 2009, 210 patients have been treated. Out of 178 recipients for whom we already have the result, 87 have given birth and another 20 recipients have ongoing pregnancies expected to go to term. So, just under 50% of our patients have achieved parenthood as a result of this programme - a figure which will rise as further results come in. The age range of patients is 35-56 and a number are now returning to try for a sibling.

Highly-skilled Leadership

The programme is led by Professor Martha Dirnfeld, an internationally-renowned fertility expert who is Head of the IVF Unit at The Carmel Medical Centre and one of the pioneers of international egg donation. She previously worked at Bridge for two years and now works closely with the Bridge team, led by Director and Medical Director, Mr Mohamed Menabawey. Professor Dirnfeld personally performs the embryo transfer and supervises our patients in Kiev. Professor David Bider, another internationally-recognised fertility expert, leads donor recruitment and the embryology laboratory for this programme at Isida.

Do you need a visa for Ukraine?

For most patients, visas will not be an issue, irrespective of the treatment location you choose.

However, it is increasingly the case that citizens of certain countries are finding visas increasingly difficult to obtain.

If you believe that you might encounter visa problems our advice is 'do not apply' to encounter difficulties and be 'flagged' by the authorities.

We can assist with visas and details are available from the Egg Donation Team.

 

Bridge is licensed by the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority to perform IVF, microsurgical fertilisations and treatments using donated eggs and sperm and to store genetic material.      

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