Fears over 'intensive farming' of egg donors

Official figures show that one woman had 85 eggs harvested in a single session, while another produced 80.

Experts say the drugs needed to increase ovulation to such high levels can lead to side-effects such as mood swings, headaches and fatigue, and in rare cases can cause a potentially fatal condition.

One woman who suffered Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome after producing 50 eggs as part of NHS fertility treatment, told a Sunday newspaper: ?I felt like the doctor treated me as if I was a machine. He was looking at me as if I was an animal on that operating table, just producing eggs.?

Dr Richard Kennedy, the chairman of the practice committee of the International Federation of Fertility Societies, warned egg donors are at particular risk of developing OHSS because they are younger and more fertile.

?There could reasonably be a temptation to try to be more aggressive in stimulation regimes in these women to make sure you get a lot of eggs.

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