Double donation treatment

Double donation is a good option for couples struggling with male and female infertility and single women or lesbian couples who cannot produce eggs suitable for fertilisation. No matter your situation, we are ready to help you on your journey towards parenthood. Once you have requested a consultation, our experienced healthcare professionals will evaluate your medical background and create a personalised treatment plan, that suits your needs.

Before you proceed, please be aware that according to Danish law, Cryos Clinic can only treat women up to their 46th birthday.

Double donation refers to a type of fertility treatment where both donor sperm and eggs are needed to achieve pregnancy. The egg donor is stimulated to produce mature eggs, that are retrieved and then fertilised with sperm from a donor. The process can be done using either IVF or ICSI methods.
After fertilisation, the eggs will continue to develop until they reach the blastocyst stage. The blastocysts are then frozen and stored until the patient, who is going to carry the pregnancy, is stimulated and ready to receive the blastocyst. Finally, the blastocyst is transferred to her uterus, hopefully leading to a successful pregnancy. Only one blastocyst will be transferred at a time. If fertilisation results in more than one blastocyst, the remaining blastocysts can be stored for future use.

How much does double donation treatment cost?

One cycle of double donation treatment starts at EUR 8,275.
This price includes:

• An initial consultation (follow-up consultations are included if needed).
• The egg donation process (screening, testing, medicine, and egg retrieval).
• One sperm straw (price will vary depending on your choice of donor).
• Fertilisation (with IVF or ICSI), freezing of blastocysts, and one blastocyst transfer.
• An early pregnancy scan.

As a patient, you only need to cover the costs of the medicine needed, donor sperm, and any future embryo transfers if more than one blastocyst is frozen.
You can see our list of prices here.

A guide to double donation treatment at Cryos Clinic

Here is an introduction to what you can expect when having treatment with a double donation at Cryos Clinic.

Planning and preparing for your double donation treatment

The first step in your double donation treatment is to request a free, initial consultation. After your request, you will be asked to fill out a medical history form and attend the initial consultation with one of our experienced healthcare professionals. During the consultation, we will review your medical history and based on the information, recommend a treatment. We speak English and Danish.

The steps in the procedure are:
1. Choosing an egg and a sperm donor
2. Ordering of double donation treatment
3. Egg donation process (only necessary with eggs from “Upon Request” donors)
4. Fertilisation of donor eggs (using either IVF or ICSI technique)
5. Development of blastocyst in laboratory
6. Freezing and storage of blastocysts
7. Sign up for your treatment according to your treatment plan
8. Planning of embryo transfer incl. ultrasound 
9. Embryo transfer

All appointments take place at Cryos Clinic – Aarhus, and you are welcome to bring your partner or other relative. Our experienced staff will be there along the way to guide you through the procedure.

If you prefer to have the embryo transfer performed at a clinic closer to your home, please contact us for more information about this option.

After the treatment, you can return to your everyday life. Two weeks later you must have a blood sample taken at our clinic or your general practitioner to see if you are pregnant.
If you are pregnant, we offer a free, early pregnancy scan at Cryos Clinic - Aarhus about three weeks later (in pregnancy week 7-9). Hopefully, we will be able to see a heartbeat, and your treatment at Cryos Clinic will be considered complete.

If your treatment does not succeed, it can be repeated in your next cycle. If you have received treatment in multiple cycles, our healthcare professionals will be able to guide you on other treatment options if the treatment is unsuccessful.

Blastocyst guarantee

At Cryos Clinic, we always strive to provide top-quality eggs and treatments. However, embryo development is a complex biological process influenced by both egg and sperm quality, and there is a risk that treatment may not result in viable embryos.

If you order treatment with IVF/ICSI (embryos) using both donor eggs and donor sperm from Cryos, we guarantee fertilisation and the development of at least one viable blastocyst (day 5 embryo) of grading BB+ or better before freezing. The development of the embryos is documented with time-lapse footage. In the rare event (<5%) that the guarantee is activated, we offer a new treatment free of charge. Please note that the same donor may not necessarily be available for the second treatment.

The guarantee applies only to treatments using both donor eggs and donor sperm from Cryos, where we control the full process and are able to guarantee high-quality sperm. We cannot extend the guarantee to treatments using partner sperm or donor sperm from other clinics or sperm banks, as we cannot ensure the quality of the sperm.

Which donors are available?

Both our egg and sperm donors have gone through an extensive screening process before they can help you fulfil your dream of parenthood. Before being accepted, our donors undergo thorough physical examinations, genetic screening, and psychological evaluation, ensuring you the best possible starting point for your treatment.

In general, there is no waiting time for treatment with donor eggs. Our egg donors are, however, marked as 'Upon Request', which indicates that the egg donation process will only commence when you have chosen the donor and ordered a double donation treatment.

Learn more about our different types of donors here.