Jun 15, 2026

For most people, donor eggs is at the bottom of the list. It is not where you wanted to land. And if your clinic is recommending it, something in you is saying there has to be more to look at first.

Here is what we see every week. The donor egg recommendation rarely arrives after a complete workup. It arrives after...

Jun 8, 2026

You have done IVF more than once. Maybe twice. Maybe three times. Maybe more.

Each cycle they tweaked the protocol. Higher dose. Lower dose. Different stimulation drug. Different trigger. Added growth hormone. Added DHEA. Mini IVF. Dual stim.

Each cycle the protocol changed.

And now they are telling you donor eggs.

Here...

Jun 1, 2026

Your clinic told you donor eggs. You walked out wondering how much time you actually have left. Whether waiting six months means missing your window. Whether trying with your own eggs one more time is brave or stupid.

The honest answer is longer than your clinic implied. And the window is not your AMH number.

In this...

May 25, 2026

Told donor eggs after failed IVF? There is a category of testing that your fertility clinic does not run. We rarely run a stool test and find nothing.

The IVF cycle did not work. Maybe it was poor response. Maybe it was canceled before retrieval. Maybe you got embryos and they arrested. Maybe the transfer failed. Your...

May 18, 2026

The donor egg recommendation rarely comes after a complete workup. It comes after AMH, FSH, and an antral follicle count. That is usually where the investigation stops.

In this episode, Sarah Clark walks through what is missing from the workup before women are told donor eggs are their only path: the full thyroid...