Flyers advertising egg donation litter community boards at college campuses.Make up to $8,000 while helping othersis atypicalpromise.
Technically, you cant sell your eggs.
The money and good karma can be game-changing, but the egg donation experience is not right for everyone.
Do you want to help other people to become parents?
Do you think that you will want to know them?
What if they want to know you?
Once youve decided that egg donation is right for you, heres how you proceed.
Have a Basic Understanding of Human Reproduction
People with ovarieshave around 300,000-400,000 eggs at puberty.
You dont have to worry about running out of eggs because of an egg donation.
Normally, only one of your eggs fully develops each month.
That egg can join with sperm to form a new blastocystwhich sometimes becomes the ever sought-after human baby.
Consider How You Feel About Unknown Risks
The long-term health of egg donors is poorly studied.
Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndromeis also a concern for egg donors.
You generally have to be in good health and be in a normal BMI range.
When you apply, you will fill out a long form about your and your familys health history.
Oddly, agencies dont always bother toactually check your medical records.
Choose an Agency
Applying to egg donation agencies is like applying to universities.
you might find agencies on Google and Craigslist, on flyers and in ads in your campus newspaper.
You do not have to choose an agency in your state or country.
Clinics in some areas pay better than others, for example.
If you feel uncomfortable with parts of it, re-negotiate.
You waive all rights and responsibilities.
You cannot say how the child is raised, and the IPs cannot demand care from you.
Is it ethical to help make a child, but then refuse to let them know your name?
(Dont worry, if the child can contact you, they arent likely to ask for money.
And besides, you dont owe them anything, except maybe the truth.)
Or you’re free to readhorror stories of pain and drama following donation.
Then you get a hormone trigger, so they are ready to be harvested.
The tool punctures and sucks the eggs from each ovary.
The genes were yours, but the baby is theirs.
Agencies in the U.S. often offer around $8,000 for first donations, give or take a few thousand.
Donor compensation isconsidered taxable income in the U.S.However,several people have appealed and won.
