More questions about egg donation

[suckyfish1]

I have been thinking about donating my eggs for a few years now. I hear good and bad things about it. I have researched it and read every article I could on it. Im not sure if it is worth the pain, time, money....ect
I want so badly to be able to help someone who cant have children on their own but then apart of me wonders what kind of people my eggs go to.Is there a way to donate your eggs to someone not through a company or hospitol but meet them first and just have them pay for the treatments? Plus I have no idea what goes on after they retrieve the eggs from me. I would really like all of the info I could get on this before I really make my decision. Any info would be great.
I am lucky in that I have never had a problem concieving and barely even tried. I wish everyone who wanted children had my luck.

[EFmom]

My nephew was conceived via donor egg. He's 11 now, so I don't know how things have changed. In his case, the donor is anonymous, and I would guess that's pretty much the norm. My SIL and brother did infertility treatments for 8 years before she got pg with my nephew. He is definitely the light of their lives!

I think it's a great thing if you want to do it.

[Tinkerbell1177]

Hi Egg donoring is a great Idea.

It is something to do if you are ok with the fatcs. Not all people can donor. They do extensive health evalution, psychological evalution and take other factors into consideration. Then they enter you in a donor book and a family has to choose you. It can be months, weeks or even a year.

I did IVF and the whole process is the same, just you dont transfer eggs. In NYC the compensation is $6000-$8500 for donoring eggs.

[blueridgewoman]

I've done it (and was paid about $3K since I don't live in a large city). It's not worth the money, and you definitely shouldn't do it if that's your motivation. But it was a worthwhile experience, emotionally. While I wouldn't do it again, I don't think, it was fulfilling.

[mfp02]

Some clinics allow you to pick the couple. They don't provide much identifying info, but they could tell you about their occupations, religion, what they've been through to get a baby so far, etc.

And then some clinics allow known donations, where the couple and yourself agree to meet before or after donation.

You don't have to go through a clinic to be matched. You can find a couple online via ED classifieds. Get to know them first and then donate if you like them.