Cofertility’s Egg Donation Baby Guarantee

When you decide to build your family with donor eggs, you’re forced to contend with a lot of unknowns. You may be asking yourself questions like, “what if she doesn’t pass her screening,” or “what if the cycle doesn’t yield any healthy embryos?”

These concerns are compounded by the fact that any fertility treatment comes with a hefty price tag. We know that IVF and egg donation are huge expenses for families because we’ve been there. While we can’t promise perfection, we have devised the most parent-friendly guarantee on the market. We hope this brings you peace of mind and shows you how committed we are to helping you build your family. 

Cofertility’s baby guarantee

While some agencies require you to pay extra to receive any form of a guarantee, Cofertility’s baby guarantee is built into our pricing. We want to help you bring your baby home, and we’ll re-match you for free until that happens.

What does this mean? If the donor doesn’t clear her screening… we’ll rematch you. If the cycle doesn’t lead to any blastocysts… we’ll rematch you. If none of the blastocysts turn into a pregnancy… we’ll rematch you.

In short, if at any point along your egg donation journey, something out of your control prevents you from bringing your baby home, we’ll re-match you for free or we’ll offer you a full or partial refund if you do not move forward with another donor. 

How our guarantee applies to fresh egg donation

When you match with a donor in our fresh egg donation program, you’ll put down a $500 deposit that places a five day hold on the match. After your kickoff call, you’ll sign a formal agreement with Cofertility and pay the Cofertility Coordination Fee. Both the deposit and the Coordination Fee come with our Baby Guarantee. 

The guarantee is detailed in your contract, but covers the following scenarios:

• The donor does not pass her initial screening, which may include her AMH being too low, failing a genetic screen or psychological evaluation, or just generally not passing your clinic’s donor criteria 
• The egg retrieval fails or is canceled, which includes your doctor canceling the round or no mature eggs being retrieved
• No pregnancy is achieved, which extends from the eggs failing to fertilize through to no embryos transferring or no pregnancies making it to a live birth

If the Baby Guarantee comes into effect with a fresh donor cycle, you’ll be required to pay the clinic expenses associated with your new donor’s screening and retrieval.

If you’re using a gestational carrier, this guarantee will also extend to her as applicable (e.g., the embryo transfer).

Why we don’t guarantee a number of eggs in our fresh donation program

Cofertility’s egg sharing model allows women to freeze their eggs for free when they donate half of the eggs retrieved in the cycle to your family. With Cofertility’s model, you’ll never pay the donor any cash compensation and you’ll benefit from a more collaborative, empathy-driven experience.

On top of this, very few organizations offer guarantee programs for fresh egg donation. And when there is a guarantee, it is typically a premium package that’s based on a specific number of eggs retrieved or embryos created.

At Cofertility, we understand that the number of eggs that you’ll need depends on you and your family-planning goals. For some, one cycle may yield enough eggs to grow the family of your dreams. Others may be interested in completing a second cycle, either with the same or a different donor.

Because of this, we wanted to rightsize our guarantee to fit all family-building plans. Our commitment to you is the same regardless of how you envision your family.

How our guarantee applies to frozen egg donation

When you match with a donor in our frozen egg donation program, the entire cost of your match comes with our Baby Guarantee. This goes above and beyond what you’ll find with any other frozen donation offering, which is nearly always limited to guaranteeing a single blastocyst or a single euploid embryo.

With Cofertility’s frozen program you are always guaranteed a minimum of 6 frozen eggs, though the number could be higher depending on the donor’s retrieval outcomes.

What’s more, if for any reason outside your control the frozen eggs that you receive do not lead to a live birth, we’ll rematch you with a new donor with an equivalent number of eggs for $0.

In this case, the only costs you’d need to pay are the additional shipping and fertilization expenses at the clinic. Put another way, if you received 8 frozen eggs that did not lead to a live birth, we’ll match you with a donor with at least 8 frozen eggs until you achieve the desired outcome.

If you rematch with a donor who has more frozen eggs available, you will be responsible for covering the difference in cost.

If you prefer to match with a donor in the fresh program, your Coordination Fee will be waived but you'll be responsible for the administrative and medical costs associated with her fresh donation cycle. Importantly, any administrative, medical or cycle-related fees paid to third parties or scheduled for payment (e.g., the donor’s genetic screening, donor’s travel to clinic) are not refundable once incurred.

Summing up our commitment to you

Building your family through donor eggs should be a beautiful experience, but that doesn’t mean that it will come without stressors. While we can’t control every outcome, we’ve worked hard to ensure that our guarantee protects you through every twist and turn. If you have any questions about our pricing or guarantee, please don’t hesitate to reach out.