One of the many questions answered on its robust website is "How do I choose the donated embryos?"

Answer: You may choose your donated embryos using a number of parameters. Recipient couples commonly try to match such characteristics as race and the educational background of those donating the embryos.

Highly Desired Donor Parent Characteristics

• History of conception from the same batch of embryos (i.e., the fresh embryo transfer resulted in a pregnancy of the donor and the excess cryopreserved embryos are from that same cycle were donated)
• Donated maternal age less than 34 at the time of ART
• No family history of genetic diseases
• No history of sexually transmitted diseases

Moderately Desired Donor Parent Characteristics

• Maternal age 35-40 at the time of ART
• Family history of genetic diseases
• Past history of treated sexually transmitted disease (a donated embryo recipient who already has hepatitis may receive donated embryos from embryo donors with hepatitis)

Donated embryos will frequently differ in quality based on the following:

• If the original fresh transfer resulted in a conception, the entire batch of embryos will tend to be excellent.
• The larger the number of cryopreserved donated embryos, the greater the likelihood for success and the more chances the recipient will have to conceive.
• The more advanced the embryo is in development at the time of cryopreservation (i.e., morula or blastocyst stage cryopreserved donor embryos), the healthier the embryos and the greater the likelihood of implantation.
• The younger the female donor parent, the better the implantation rates.
• The younger the female donor parent, the less likely that a genetic amniocentesis will need to be performed during a successful Frozen Donor Embryo Transfer (FDET) pregnancy.

For more Q&A about Embryo Donation International, visit their website here.
See below a PDF explaining the costs associated with their services.

-- Mikki