Good Morning, My Child — The Future Begins with AI and Hope.

When considering egg donation, aside from the health of the child, what do intended parents care about most? What is often overlooked but even more crucial? Where can they find accurate and trustworthy information?
2025-05-15
Author: Dr. Hsing-Hua Lai, MD
Translator: Jacinda

When youth has passed and the opportunity to freeze eggs is missed,what can be done?One might search far and wide for an egg, unless the dream of parenthood is given up.But after the darkest night, there is always a morning.Who will come to my home?In the end, it doesn't matter who arrives— as long as someone is there to say "Good Morning."

"One simple "Good Morning" is enough to bring a world of happiness."

The cover story of iVie Issue 55 features Zizi, a 34-year-old woman from Kaohsiung who faced premature ovarian failure. 

Through the support of our egg bank, she joyfully welcomed her little one, lovingly nicknamed "Good Morning" — a name that reflects just how much this couple cherishes their precious journey to parenthood.

What is the greatest fear among families pursuing egg donation?

It’s the worry of "friends and family finding out." In fact, among 100 couples, fewer than one openly share their story. 

Yet Zizi and her husband have chosen to speak openly and courageously. Why? 

Clearly, they have a vision that goes beyond themselves — perhaps to "change the world," or simply to "make the world a better place." Either way, their spirit deserves more than a few rounds of applause.

High-Standard Egg Bank Management  AI Precision Matching, Zero Waiting Time! 

Stork Fertility has provided egg donation services for over 20 years, helping nearly 3,000 families welcome over 3,600 babies. Since 2022, our egg bank has been open to fertility centers across Taiwan. The story of "Good Morning" is one such case—a mother who benefited from remote embryo transfer, avoiding the need for long-distance travel. 

So far, 379 families have become mothers through this program. Today, approximately one-third of fertility centers in Taiwan (over 30 clinics) are clients of iVie.

For couples considering egg donation, beyond the child’s health, the most common concern is: "Will the baby look like us?"

Visit our website and click “Apply for Egg Donation”—you'll see that only 7.6% of donor applicants are accepted. That’s 8 out of every 100, selected through rigorous screening. We strictly limit donor age to under 30 and require an AMH level above 3. 

Thanks to this meticulous selection process, our vitrification and blastocyst formation rates are outstanding. We maintain a steady donor inventory of 150 profiles, allowing instant matching based on your top 3 criteria. 

With AI-powered matching, resemblance scores regularly exceed 80%. Still unsure?

 Watch the story of a 57-year-old mother in Taoyuan—her fraternal twins bear a striking resemblance to their parents!

Establishing an egg bank involves high costs and considerable risks. 

Beyond the substantial investment required for infrastructure, there are ongoing maintenance and management expenses, as well as the financial burden of unclaimed or unused eggs. 

In the early stages of operation, the bad debt rate reached as high as 20%, a level that most fertility clinics cannot afford. Following the Covid-19 pandemic and inspired by the principle of resource sharing, iVie Biotech Co., Ltd. expanded its services regionally and internationally. 

The company has since established seven business offices: Five in Taiwan, and one each in Hong Kong and Tokyo, offering referral services to physicians across the Asia-Pacific region.

Looking back on 2019, nearly 170 Japanese couples, 300 couples from Hong Kong and Macau, and over 300 couples from Mainland China traveled to Taiwan to access the Stork Fertility Egg Bank.

As of now, our Japanese-language website proudly highlights that we have helped 440 Japanese families experience the joy of having a child— the highest number in Taiwan to date.

At Stork Fertility, we believe in transparency — because IVF outcomes matter more than cost. 

Whether it's egg donation, egg freezing, or IVF, the ultimate goal is the same: bringing home a healthy baby with the least financial burden possible.

To date, no government authority has published the individual success rates of fertility clinics. 

With no credible performance data to rely on, patients are left to compare only prices, making the lowest quote the main deciding factor. 

But at Stork Fertility, we believe the results should always come first.

If you take a closer look at the “I Want to Use Egg Donation” page, you’ll notice the impressive figure: 92% live birth rate after the first match.

This means that among every 100 couples matched with a donor, 92 couples successfully bring home a healthy baby— with 20 of them welcoming twins.

Conversely, 8 couples may require a second or even third match. In most of these cases, the challenge lies in the maternal body—such as immune rejection or elevated thrombosis markers—which can lead to repeated implantation failures or miscarriages.

To learn more about such special cases, consider subscribing to our daily newsletter, “Graduation Daily”. Every morning at 6 a.m., you'll receive the latest updates, including

“Today’s Graduates” and “Stork’s View of the World”—a daily snapshot of success and insight.

Since March 2024, Stork Fertility has led the industry in openly sharing real-time IVF outcomes.

Curiously, more than a year later, no other fertility centers worldwide have followed suit.

Three Key Benefits of Egg Donation with Stork Fertility 

Everything in life has its own form of bonus. A lower price quote is a visible cash discount, but what about the hidden costs?

It’s worth taking the time to explore what might not be immediately apparent— like quality, commitment, care, and unexpected fees.

At Stork Fertility, our egg donation service comes with three major dividends:

1. Biopsy Dividend

All egg donors are carefully selected young women under the age of 30, meaning a lower rate of chromosomal abnormalities. In many cases, PGT-A (formerly PGS) may not be necessary.

For example, for this particular client, sending each blastocyst for PGT-A testing would cost over NTD 20,000 per embryo. With nine blastocysts, that’s a saving of over NTD 200,000.

And if testing is required, we never biopsy BC-grade embryos (too fragile), or CA/CB/CC grades (which would be discarded regardless).

This represents an integrity dividend—our commitment to ethical practice.

2. Blastocyst Dividend

You get more embryos worth transferring.

In this case, the client had 9 high-quality blastocysts, meaning that fewer than 2.5 eggs were needed to create each viable embryo.

This efficiency is one of the reasons why 92% of our clients succeed after just one donor match, and 20% welcome twins.

3. Physician Dividend

Our physicians are all trained in reproductive immunology.

If the first embryo transfer (often a journey to find the culprit) fails, they can usually identify the cause and provide targeted treatment in the second attempt—leading to graduation for most patients.

Only when medications are ineffective will a third transfer—often involving adjusted protocols—be needed.

*This article only reflects the treatment status at the time of writing, and the actual situation should be discussed with the doctor.

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Dr. Hsing-Hua Lai, MD
Dr. Hsing-Hua Lai, MD

1.Egg Donation Summary for "Good Morning"’s Mother:

Process

Quantity

Thawed Eggs

20

Survived

20

Fertilized

20

Blastocysts Formed

9

 

2. Embryo Transfer History for "Good Morning":

 

First Transfer

Second Transfer

Unbiopsied Blastocysts

1

2

ERA Test

None

None

Result

Not Implanted

Baby Boy