West Nile Virus Screening Underway At TWEB West Nile Virus (WNV) is an arbovirus spread principally by Culex mosquitos that occur widely in the continental US. Mosquitos pick up the virus from infected birds and transmit it to other birds, mainly in the summer. After being bitten by an infected mosquito, most people with West…
Our Proprietary Process For Shipping Oocytes At The World Egg Bank, we strive to make our shipping and receiving procedures as straight forward as possible. For this reason, our shipping procedure starts days to weeks ahead of the planned shipping date. As soon as a patient has finalized the details of obtaining their eggs, an…
What Donors Can Expect From Our Staff At The World Egg Bank (TWEB) we are fortunate enough to work every day with some of the most thoughtful and generous young women; our Egg Donors. We strive to provide the donors with a warm, relaxing, and welcoming environment. Our lobby is reminiscent of a spa, rather…
Donating At The World Egg Bank You will arrive at The World Egg Bank (TWEB) at your specified time, dressed in a comfortable outfit of your choosing. Our donor coordinator, Andrea, will be there to greet you and have your final paperwork ready for you to complete. Once paperwork is completed, you will be brought…
It has been nearly three decades since the first live birth was achieved using frozen eggs. Since that time, many advances have been made in the field of reproductive medicine, most notably the introduction of modern vitrification (fast freezing) techniques. Numerous studies have been published confirming the outcome of cycles using frozen eggs to be…
Assisted reproductive technology (ART) has allowed millions of couples to bear children over the last 40 years, but it remains less than 100% successful. Attention has focused on improving ovarian stimulation, insemination methods, culture techniques, and screening for genetic status of resulting embryos. These measures have increased pregnancy outcomes year by year, allowing for single…
The World Egg Bank offers two different types of disclosure to our donors: anonymous or full disclosure. What is anonymous? Anonymous egg donations apply to United States recipients and in other regions where by law egg donation remain anonymous. In these cases the only information about the egg donor shared with the recipient is; age,…
Many egg donors describe their experience during their donation cycle and post-retrieval as being similar to PMS symptoms, such as cramping, bloating, fatigue, soreness, etc. There is a way to help conquer these common side effects and that is through the magic of food! We’ve compiled a list for donors to help fuel their body of key nutrients before, during and after their cycle: Quinoa: This…
1) An egg is the largest cell in the female body. It’s about the size of a needle point and could even be seen with the human eye. Even more fascinating, it’d take about 15,000 sperm to make the size of one egg! 2) I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase “You’re born with all the…
The World Egg Bank’s main focus, as you might assume by our name, is operating as an egg bank. In addition to our day-to-day business we also believe that we have the unique ability to be an educational tool on a communal level, especially in regards to women’s reproductive health. Every month we screen prospective egg donors to ensure they’re healthy…
