LifeQuest Centre for Reproductive Medicine

LifeQuest Centre for Reproductive Medicine is pleased to offer our patients an altruistic Egg Donor Program. This program operates in conjunction with an IVF cycle enabling patients to fulfill their dreams of having a child. A Third Party Services/ Donor Coordinator is readily available to all patients to explain procedures, coordinate appointments and assist patients in finding suitable egg donors. The coordinator is instrumental in assisting patients and their donors in navigating through the program. All donors are screened by our medical team: they are seen by a physician and a social worker who specializes in reproductive issues. In addition, donors undergo extensive lab testing as well as ultrasounds.  Finally our patients as well as their donors are advised of their legal rights and obligations through meetings with lawyers versed in the legalities associated with reproduction technology.  

In addition, LifeQuest offers an altruistic gestational carrier program, where the patient’s embryos are transferred to a gestational carrier (surrogate) of the patient’s choice to enable the embryos to develop to term. This program also operates in conjunction with IVF. The Third Party Services Coordinator is also available to facilitate the process. Gestational carriers must also be screened by the physician and the social worker. In addition, the gestational carrier (and her partner, if applicable) must undergo several specific laboratory investigations. She is also required to undergo a sonohysterogram where the uterus is examined and its suitability for a pregnancy is evaluated. Finally, the gestational carrier and the intended parent are also offered independent legal advice. A legal contract must be drawn up prior to commencing the IVF cycle.

For legal advice or information about drawing up a legal contract, please visit this website:

www.fertilitylaw.ca <http://www.fertilitylaw.ca>