IVF with Donor Eggs & Sperm
Double donation (IVF with sperm and egg donation) involves treatment with both a donated egg and donated sperm. Livio has extensive experience in donation treatments, and we offer high-quality double donation treatments with short waiting times after evaluation. We have good access to thoroughly screened egg and sperm donors from our own egg and sperm bank, Livio Egg and Sperm Bank
What is IVF (In vitro fertilization) with Sperm and Egg Donation?
Double donation involves treatment with both a donated egg and donated sperm. In this case, the child has no genetic connection to either parent. Double donation can be offered to couples who, for medical reasons, cannot use their own eggs or sperm, or to single women or same-sex female couples who need donated eggs. Double donation can also be an alternative when repeated IVF treatments have not resulted in pregnancy.
Who is it for?
Double donation can be successful when other methods have failed.
- The method can be used for various types of infertility, including ovulation problems where the woman lacks or does not produce her own eggs due to early menopause or when diseases, previous surgeries, or chemotherapy treatments have damaged ovarian function, reduced sperm quality, and unexplained infertility.
- The woman lacks or does not produce her own eggs.
- The couple or woman is assessed to have a low chance of becoming pregnant with their own eggs and sperm.
What are the benefits of IVF with IVF with Sperm and Egg Donation?
Double donation offers several advantages for couples and women struggling with infertility and can generally be a very effective path to having children.
- Double donation can be successful when other methods have failed.
- The method can be used for various types of infertility, including ovulation problems, reduced sperm quality, and unexplained infertility.
- Double donation enables family formation for different types of couples and single individuals.
- Doctors can carefully monitor and optimize the fertilization process and embryo development.
Your IVF with Sperm and Egg Donation Journey: step-by-step
Evaluation
If you are a couple, both must attend a consultation with one of our clinic doctors. We will review previous treatments and clarify that medical, psychological, and social conditions for treatment with egg and sperm donation are met. The person carrying the pregnancy must be of fertile age and not over 46 years old. Necessary blood tests are taken.
Psychosocial Assessment
Treatment may proceed if the future child is deemed likely to grow up under good conditions. According to Swedish law, the assessment includes a conversation with a behavioral scientist, where an in-depth psychosocial evaluation is made and there's an opportunity to discuss the emotional aspect of undergoing egg donation where the child does not have a genetic connection to both parents.
Matching with Donors
According to Swedish law, patients are not allowed to choose donor characteristics themselves; the doctor does this. The donors' eye color, hair color, skin color, and body type are matched with the couple or woman to give the child the potential to resemble both parents.
Fertilisation
In double donation, the retrieved eggs are fertilised with donor sperm. Fertilisation occurs using standard IVF or ICSI technique. The embryos are cultured to blastocysts and then frozen.
Embryo Transfer
Embryo transfer with a frozen and thawed embryo to the recipient woman occurs when her uterine lining is prepared. In many cases, more than one embryo can be frozen, and the others can be used later if needed. The recipient woman's treatment begins about three weeks before the embryo transfer with hormone tablets, and a few days before the transfer, hormone vaginal suppositories are added. This combination treatment continues for several weeks afterward.
A breakdown of our IVF with Donor Sperm and Eggs Prices
*Please note that below section on Missed appointments/Uteblivna besök applies to all treatments sections.
*Missed appointments
Please note that missed appointments or appointments cancelled less than 24 hours before the scheduled time will be charged SEK 400 (applies to both region-funded and private appointments).
Please note that any blood tests taken in preparation for your visit will be charged in the event of a missed/cancelled appointment without a new doctor’s appointment being booked.
Payment must be made no later than 10 days after the invoice date.
For IVF treatment, payment must be received before egg aspiration. The invoice will be sent at the start of treatment. We reserve the right to adjust prices due to cost increases, new medical recommendations, and/or the introduction of new laws and regulations.
Special Assessment
Consultation with behavioral scientist/psychologist
Special assessment is mandatory before all donation treatments, usually consisting of two sessions.
Double Donation
Treatment with both donated egg and sperm (double donation)
*Please note that below section on Missed appointments/Uteblivna besök applies to all treatments sections.
*Missed appointments
Please note that missed appointments or appointments cancelled less than 24 hours before the scheduled time will be charged SEK 400 (applies to both region-funded and private appointments).
Please note that any blood tests taken in preparation for your visit will be charged in the event of a missed/cancelled appointment without a new doctor’s appointment being booked.
Payment must be made no later than 10 days after the invoice date.
For IVF treatment, payment must be received before egg aspiration. The invoice will be sent at the start of treatment. We reserve the right to adjust prices due to cost increases, new medical recommendations, and/or the introduction of new laws and regulations.
Investigation
Prices apply from April 2025.
Consultation with behavioral scientist/psychologist
Consultation with behavioral scientist/psychologist
Investigation
Investigation with doctor’s visit, blood tests including infection screening, ultrasound, and HSS
Meeting with psychotherapist (mandatory)
Doctor’s visit (if investigation has already been done)
Egg donation investigation: doctor’s visit, blood tests including infection screening, and if needed, uterine cavity check
Double Donation
IVF with both donated sperm and donated eggs (double donation)
*Please note that below section on Missed appointments/Uteblivna besök applies to all treatments sections.
*Missed appointments
Please note that missed appointments or appointments cancelled less than 24 hours before the scheduled time will be charged SEK 400 (applies to both region-funded and private appointments).
Please note that any blood tests taken in preparation for your visit will be charged in the event of a missed/cancelled appointment without a new doctor’s appointment being booked.
Payment must be made no later than 10 days after the invoice date.
For IVF treatment, payment must be received before egg aspiration. The invoice will be sent at the start of treatment. We reserve the right to adjust prices due to cost increases, new medical recommendations, and/or the introduction of new laws and regulations.
Donation – Investigation
The following prices apply for treatments from March 1, 2025. Please contact us if more information is desired. We reserve the right to change prices due to cost increases, new medical recommendations, and/or the introduction of new laws and regulations.
First Visit Investigation
Doctor’s consultation, tests: AMH, semen analysis, standard tests (excluding infection screening for recipient and partner)
First Visit Consultation
Without new tests
Psychosocial Assessment
Psychosocial Assessment including Statement from Scandinavian Healthcare Competence (Note: mandatory)
(Scandinavian Healthcare Competence invoices the customer directly. If cancellation occurs less than 48 hours before the appointment, half the cost will be charged.)
Double donation (treatment with both donated egg and donated sperm)
*Please note that below section on Missed appointments/Uteblivna besök applies to all treatments sections.
*Missed appointments
Please note that missed appointments or appointments cancelled less than 24 hours before the scheduled time will be charged SEK 400 (applies to both region-funded and private appointments).
Please note that any blood tests taken in preparation for your visit will be charged in the event of a missed/cancelled appointment without a new doctor’s appointment being booked.
Payment must be made no later than 10 days after the invoice date.
For IVF treatment, payment must be received before egg aspiration. The invoice will be sent at the start of treatment. We reserve the right to adjust prices due to cost increases, new medical recommendations, and/or the introduction of new laws and regulations.
Investigation/Consultation Before Treatment with Donated Gametes
Doctor’s consultation (couple)
Doctor’s consultation (single)
Blood analysis AMH (egg reserve)
Blood analysis hormones
Psychologist
Semen analysis
Screening (Bloodborne Infections)
Mandatory test before treatment, valid for 2 years
Double Donation
Double donation, IVF treatment with donated sperm and eggs
*Please note that below section on Missed appointments/Uteblivna besök applies to all treatments sections.
*Missed appointments
Please note that missed appointments or appointments cancelled less than 24 hours before the scheduled time will be charged SEK 400 (applies to both region-funded and private appointments).
Please note that any blood tests taken in preparation for your visit will be charged in the event of a missed/cancelled appointment without a new doctor’s appointment being booked.
Payment must be made no later than 10 days after the invoice date.
For IVF treatment, payment must be received before egg aspiration. The invoice will be sent at the start of treatment. We reserve the right to adjust prices due to cost increases, new medical recommendations, and/or the introduction of new laws and regulations.
Double Donation
Consultation with behavioral scientist – Mandatory to undergo donation treatment in Sweden.
Family rights cost is added at first treatment – 7,500 SEK, one-time cost. The family rights process ensures the same donor does not give rise to children in more than six families in Sweden.
Double Donation Treatment
Treatment with donated eggs and sperm, excl. family rights
Queue fee
Freezing of embryo
Cryo storage of embryo, years 2–10
Our prices
An IVF treatment is an individual process. Therefore, it is also difficult to estimate the total cost of treatment leading to a pregnancy. Within the Livio group, we strive to maintain as consistent pricing as possible, but the varying conditions at different clinics may sometimes result in slight price differences from clinic to clinic. Please feel free to consult us, and we will guide you!
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Your funding options
In collaboration with Human Finans, Livio offers the possibility of advantageous loans and financing for your fertility treatment. For example, it is possible to take an interest-free loan for an IVF treatment and split the payment over 6 or 12 months.
You can contact Human Finans by phone at 08-560 201 15 or visit their website for more information and free advice.
Possible Side Effects of IVF with Sperm and Egg Donation
It is important to remember that if the recipient is somewhat older (e.g., over 40), pregnancy always carries a higher risk than at younger ages. In pregnancies with donated eggs, there is also a slightly higher risk for the pregnant woman to develop high blood pressure and preeclampsia. These risks are carefully discussed during the medical consultation before treatment begins.
It should also be noted that the risk of numerical chromosomal abnormalities, which correlates with the age of the eggs used, can be significantly reduced through egg donation. A 40-year-old woman has a risk of about 1:100 for trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) with her own eggs, while the risk of trisomy 21 with donor eggs from 30-year-olds is reduced to the same level as for a 30-year-old (1:1000).
IVF with Sperm and Egg Donation Treatment Frequently Asked Questions
According to law, patients are not allowed to choose donor characteristics themselves; the doctor does this. The donor's eye color, hair color, skin color, and body type are matched with the woman who will carry the pregnancy. If it's a couple undergoing treatment together, the donor is matched with the future parent who will not be carrying the child during pregnancy. This way, the child is given the potential to resemble both parents.
All our donors are evaluated at Livio clinics through Livio Egg and Sperm Bank. All donors are healthy, have no hereditary diseases in their family/relatives, have a good egg reserve, and are between 23 and 35 years old. Prospective donors are tested for several infectious diseases (including HIV 1 and 2, hepatitis B and C, HTLV I/II, and syphilis), and genetic screening is done to ensure the donor is not a carrier of any rare hereditary diseases.
A donor can give rise to children in a maximum of six families in Sweden, plus potential siblings.
The donors are anonymous to the couple, and the couple is anonymous to the donors. However, children born through donation have the right, when sufficiently mature, to find out their donor or donors' identity. Donors have neither obligations nor rights towards the child. Information about donors is kept for at least 70 years.
The evaluation before donation treatment always includes a conversation with a behavioral scientist, where an in-depth psychosocial assessment is made and there's an opportunity to discuss the emotional aspect of undergoing egg donation where the child does not have a genetic connection to one or both parents. For most people, this is a good opportunity to raise questions, thoughts, and possible concerns about the treatment.
The Livio clinics - your Nordic partner
Livio is the largest provider of fertility treatments in the Nordic countries with clinics in Sweden, Norway and Iceland. Our aim is to provide the highest quality fertility treatments and best results in the area of reproductive medicine.
