Terms and Conditions of baby2mom Egg Donation Agency
A mandate is hereby given by the client to baby2mom Egg Donation Agency (baby2mom) for services inter alia relating to the reservation of an egg donor and/or a sperm donor subject to terms and conditions as stated herein.
The mandate will commence upon acceptance of the terms and conditions as stated herein and upon payment of the fee invoiced. The mandate will cease once the obligations of baby2mom have been completed namely the procurement of egg donation and/or sperm donor. baby2mom does not guarantee that the third party's availability for fertility treatment will result in a pregnancy.
baby2mom is entitled to charge a reasonable fee for such service and which fee will be invoiced and payable in advance. Such fee once payable will be accepted as a reasonable fee and is non-refundable. The client shall further on demand be obliged to provide baby2mom with the required FICA documentation in order to complete the mandate and instruction.
baby2mom Egg Donation Program/Egg Donation Programme and Payment To Reserve an Egg Donor If a client elects to go on to a waiting list for donor eggs, an admin fee is payable to manage the waiting list. This is a non-refundable amount.
Selection of an egg donor from the egg donor profiles - payment of non-refundable reserving amount as indicated. This payment is made to reserve the selected egg donor and facilitate her appropriate medical and/ or psychological screening as determined by the fertility clinic.
All associated screening costs are for the account of the egg donation recipient. The final payment is due within three working days.
Should the initial requested egg donor not be medically confirmed, the payment made to reserve her will go towards reserving another egg donor. No refunds will be made.
If an egg donation recipient elects an egg donor out of town from the preferred fertility clinic, all associated travel costs for the egg donor to avail herself at the ferility clinic for screening and/ or participation on the egg donor program will be for the account of the egg donation recipient.
Should the client request the assistance of another egg donor or the same egg donor again, a fee is payable again for reserving the initial egg donor and withholding her donor eggs to another egg donation client.
If payment is not received within requested time, the egg donor will be made available to other clients.
Should the reserved egg donor no longer be available after payment has been made for her to avail herself on the egg donor program/egg donor programme, baby2mom will provide another suitable egg donor to proceed with the egg donation program/egg donation programme.
Should the intended client decide not to proceed for personal reasons, any payment made will not be refunded.
Should the egg donation client elect to change reserved egg donor, half the full fee is payable in addition to the fee already paid to accommodate changes.
The payment made to reserve an egg donor is for the egg donor to avail herself for the egg donation process for one egg donation program/egg donation programme/egg donation cycle.
Although extensive psychological and medical screening is undertaken on all egg donors prior to proceeding with any egg donation programme/egg donation program, all fees are payable again to proceed for another egg donation cycle in the unfortunate event of no conception or failed cycle, including but not limited to any of the following:
No eggs being retrieved because the egg donor has not responded to the stimulation
Inferior eggs retrieved
Eggs do not fertilise
Fertilised eggs do not grow further or fail to implant
Miscarriage
Pregnancy problems.
All egg donors are to be screened through the baby2mom egg donor screening process and egg donation IVF treatment through reputable fertility clinics.
Fertility treatments are to take place within a maximum of three months of the egg donor having been reserved.
Egg donation in South Africa is anonymous and confidential.
Whilst baby2mom has attempted to provide accurate information about associated fertility clinics in terms of prices and procedures, egg donation recipients are encouraged to confirm accurate information with third parties.
baby2mom Sperm Donation Program/Sperm Donation Programme and Payment To Reserve a Sperm Donor If a client elects to go on to a waiting list for donor sperm, an admin fee is payable to manage the waiting list. This is a non-refundable amount.
Selection of a confirmed medically and psychologically assessed sperm donor from the sperm donor profiles payment of reserving amount as indicated.
All payments are required within three working days of a sperm donor having been reserved.
Should the client request the assistance of another sperm donor or the same sperm donor again, a fee is payable again for reserving the initial sperm donor and withholding his sperm straws to another sperm donation client.
If payment is not received within requested time, the donor sperm straws will be made available to other clients.
Should the reserved sperm donor straws no longer be available after payment has been made for reserving such donor sperm straws, baby2mom will provide another suitable sperm donor to proceed.
Should the intended client decide not to proceed for personal reasons, any payment made will not be refunded.
The payment made to reserve a donor sperm straws for one sperm donation program/sperm donation cycle/fertility treatment/ IUI. Although extensive psychological and medical screening is undertaken on all sperm donors prior to proceeding with any egg donation programme, all fees are payable again to proceed for another sperm donation cycle in the unfortunate event of no conception or failed cycle, including but not limited to any of the following:
Sperm does not fertilise eggs
Fertilised eggs do not grow further or fail to implant
Miscarriage
Pregnancy problems.
All sperm donors are thoroughly screened through a reputable sperm donor bank.
Sperm donor IVF/IUI treatment will be through reputable fertility clinics.
Limitation of liability and no guarantee baby2mom makes no guarantee that via its agency and/or otherwise that any programme/program, procedure, egg donation ivf treatment, ivf fertility treatment and/or service as stipulated herein will be successful or achieve the desired result as to what baby2mom was mandated in the first instance.
baby2mom will not be liable in delict, contract, warranty or otherwise for any consequential or direct damage suffered in the event that any programme/program, procedure, egg donation ivf treatment, surrogacy ivf fertility treatment, sperm donor treatment and/or service as stipulated herein was unsuccessful or failed to achieve the desired result.
Obligations of baby2mom baby2mom's obligations entail the sourcing of egg donors and sperm donors. Once procured, no further obligations except as stated herein will be applicable.
This Agreement constitutes the whole agreement between the Parties and supersedes all prior verbal or written agreements or understandings or representations by or between the Parties regarding the subject matter of this Agreement, and the Parties will not be entitled to rely, in any dispute regarding this Agreement, on any terms, conditions or representations not expressly contained in this Agreement. No variation of or addition to this Agreement will be of any force or effect unless reduced to writing and signed by or on behalf of the Parties. Neither party to this Agreement has given any warranty or made any representation to the other party, other than any warranty or representation which may be expressly set out in this Agreement.