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Considering Egg Donation
Feb 2, 2009
Considering Egg Donation
If you’re exploring the donor egg route to parenthood, you’ve probably struggled through various fertility treatments. Your doctor has likely informed you that the problem lies with your egg quality and recommended donor egg as the next step. While coping with your anger, anxiety, and grief, you must now consider plunging deeper into assisted reproduction, a difficult task.
Exploring these questions with your partner may help:
- How important is having a baby with a genetic connection to one of you?
- Is adopting a baby an option? Why? Why not?
- Can we afford additional infertility treatment?
- Do we want to take another chance, face possible disappointment?
- How many IVF-egg donor treatments are we willing to undergo?
- If we choose this route, do we want a known or anonymous egg donor?
- If we’re successful, will we tell our child, when older, of his/her donor egg conception? Why? Why not?
- How will I feel carrying and nurturing a child who is genetically my husband’s and not mine?
Conflicting feelings should be welcomed. Sorting them out is part of decision-making.
Women who choose egg donation believe their connection to their babies will come from pregnancy, birth, and nurturing their child. Many women focus on what they treasure about their husbands (e.g., their sharp intelligence, beautiful eyes) that they hope their baby will inherit.
Part of getting to ‘yes’ also requires mourning the loss of your dream — a baby created from both of you. It’s helpful to explore your feelings with a therapist trained in third-party reproduction or with an infertility support group.
Egg donor conception is becoming more common each year. An estimated 100,000 children have been born of donor eggs in the U.S. since 1984, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Are there any clinics in the NJ/PA/NY area that accept egg donors over the age of 35? I would like to help someone out by donating an egg if eligible. But many clinics have a cut off of 34. Thanks.
would you please send me more information on egg donation. how to get screened and how much it pays.
thanks
melissa thompson
I'm 23 and considering donating eggs. Do I have to take hormone injections in order to donate? Thanks!!
hello i was wondering what the process is to donate eggs i know ther are a lot of women out there that want children and i would like to help by giving some of my eggs away please contact me with more information thank you
i would like to find out more about donating eggs to women. could you please send me more information on this?
Im 24 n im considering to donate.. is it a problem that i have been fixed?? n please can u send me more info and the place in illinois that i can look into.. thank u
You can donate if you've had a tubal ligation. As long as you meet the other criteria listed at the agencies.
I founded the Center for Egg Options Illinois and there are a few more you can contact through a search.
Hope that helps!
What is the cut-off age for egg donation. I have been considering donating one of mine. Unfortunately I think I may have waited too long. If the rules can be bent a little I am 35. Please send me a list of qualifications you must have and what you are actually looking for in a donor. This isn't surrogacy is it? Thank you.
hello . i am 20 years old and i was considering egg donation . i just had my first child and i would love to be able to give the joy of parenthood to someone else .i just had a few questions about it . first , if i were to become a donor how many times would i have to donate? second , i was wondering at what age can you become a donor . and third what type of procedure would i have to undergo as far as surgery and hormone injections and what are the dangers if any . so if u could send me a list of qualifications i would greatly appreciate it . thank you so much .
are there any clinics located in the indianapolis area
hello, i am 20 years old and considering egg donation. i would like more information about it. i have had a child three years ago and put her up for adoption. i would love to be able to continue to help couples be able to have children. thank you.
hello i am a 20 year old women with a husband in the military i have always wanted to help people unable to have the joy of having a baby and i am look to help anyone and everyone please contact
I am 31 and I have had a tubal ligation and am considering donating some of my eggs to help couples that haven't been given the joys of having kids. I live in Minnesota and would like to learn how to go about donating.
Hello! I am 39 and had considered donating my eggs but I fear I may be too old. Is there still a chance for me to donate?
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