title: The sharing of eggs by infertile women who are trying to conceive themselves with an egg recipient for financial advantages does not jeopardize the donor's chance of conceiving.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine if the sharing of oocytes by an infertile woman with an egg recipient for financial advantages has any negative impact on the success rate for the donor.
  
  
  METHODS
  A matched controlled study was performed comparing pregnancy outcome of women undergoing in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET) but sharing half of their eggs with a recipient vs women undergoing IVF-ET but not sharing oocytes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Even though more women sharing oocytes deferred fresh transfer and cryopreserved the embryos because of a greater likelihood of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, there was no difference in pregnancy rates between the two groups after their first embryo transfer whether it was with fresh or frozen-thawed embryos.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Sharing of oocytes by a woman undergoing IVF-ET does not jeopardize her chance of a successful outcome following embryo transfer.
authors: The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility, Camden, NJ, USA. laurie@ccivf.com
authors: J H
authors: JH
authors: Check
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Wilson
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authors: T
authors: Jamison
authors: J K
authors: JK
authors: Choe
authors: R
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authors: Cohen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D033001:Directed Tissue Donation / Q000191:economics*; D004624:Embryo Transfer; D005260:Female; D005306:Fertilization; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000191:economics* / Q000628:therapy; D054315:Oocyte Retrieval / Q000191:economics; D011247:Pregnancy