Is egg sharing right for you?
What is egg sharing?
Egg sharing is a unique model of egg donation that supports the needs of both donors and intended parents. Instead of cash compensation, the eggs retrieved are divided: half are donated to intended parents who need them, while the other half are frozen for the donor’s future use.
Cofertility’s egg-sharing programs are a mutually beneficial, value-aligned alternative to traditional egg donation. For intended parents, it’s a way to grow your family through a model rooted in respect and shared purpose. For donors, it makes egg freezing more accessible while helping another family grow.
Benefits of egg sharing
For donors:
More options
Reproductive freedom is about having choices. Egg sharing is one way to provide women with more autonomy and control over their family planning timeline.
Increases accessibility
The best time to freeze your eggs is often when you can least afford it. The process is costly, with medical treatment, medication, and storage expenses adding up. Egg sharing makes it entirely free.
Higher donor satisfaction
Egg sharing provides an ethically-responsible alternative to traditional egg donation. Donors invest in their own reproductive futures while helping another family grow, get insights into their reproductive health, and research shows they consistently report high satisfaction, with over 83% saying they would donate through egg sharing again.
For Intended Parents:
Ethical and human-centered
A recent Harvard study found that 62% of donor-conceived adults viewed the exchange of money for donor gametes as ethically problematic, with 41% expressing discomfort about the monetary aspect of their conception. If cash compensation doesn’t align with your values, egg sharing offers an ethical alternative that avoids treating eggs as commodities.
Greater donor diversity
The shortage of qualified egg donors, particularly among women of color, poses a significant challenge for diverse intended parents seeking a genetic match. Egg sharing can help address this disparity, as ethical and cultural hesitations may be more prevalent with traditional cash-compensation models.
Shared outcomes, shared benefits
Egg sharing creates a true win-win: intended parents grow their families while donors gain greater reproductive choice and access to free egg freezing. Motivated by more than financial gain, donors have a personal stake in the outcome, making them more committed to following protocols and less likely to conceal relevant medical information.
Will I get enough eggs?
One of the most common questions about egg sharing is whether there will be enough eggs to go around. At Cofertility, every participant goes through rigorous testing and medical screening protocol to ensure there’s a strong likelihood of success with a shared cycle. The number of eggs retrieved varies by patient and cycle, but can be predicted by factors like age, AMH, and antral follicle count, which are tested during the initial screening.
Each participant also consults with a board-certified fertility doctor to determine the optimal number of eggs needed for their future family-building goals. In some cases, a second cycle may be recommended to further maximize future possibilities. Intended parents are protected by our Embryo Guarantee.
With these safeguards, we ensure that everyone involved feels confident they’ll have enough eggs to pursue their family-building goals, now or in the future. To learn more, download our guide.
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Egg sharing with Cofertility
Grow your family with Cofertility’s unique egg-sharing model. Instead of cash compensation, our donors keep half of the eggs retrieved and donate the other half to families like yours.
Freeze your eggs for free while helping another family grow. Through our Split program, you can keep half of the eggs retrieved and store them for 10 years at no cost when you donate the other half to a family who can’t otherwise conceive.
