Egg donation.

[Peregrinator]

Human eggs, that is. I just picked up a copy of my local weekly alternative-freaky rag and it has an ad that reads:

Originally Posted by Portland Mercury

BE AN ANGEL & DONATE EGGS

21 up to 29, responsible, healthy, bright
GENEROUS COMPENSATION! $6,000-8,000
All races & nationalities needed
800-939-OVUM familyfertilitycenter.com

Anyone know anything about egg donation? Seems to me a young woman could make a decent living donating three or four times a year. I hear it's a pretty humiliating process, though. I'm curious about people's experiences with it. Anybody?

[Kybele]

we do it for free here.

[Peregrinator]

Originally Posted by Kybele

we do it for free here.

Expand, please?

[Kybele]

Originally Posted by Peregrinator

Expand, please?

you aren't allowed to charge or pay, so women donate for free.

When it first became widely available I did actually consider it for a bit.

[Recidiva]

Egg donation is kinda invasive and involves a lot of drug therapy and monitoring.

Not something I'd like to do if I could hold a job.

[bronzeage]

Originally Posted by Recidiva

Egg donation is kinda invasive and involves a lot of drug therapy and monitoring.

Not something I'd like to do if I could hold a job.

I would not want the job of collecting eggs.

[Peregrinator]

Originally Posted by Kybele

you aren't allowed to charge or pay, so women donate for free.

When it first became widely available I did actually consider it for a bit.

It would be a supreme act of generosity.

Originally Posted by Recidiva

Egg donation is kinda invasive and involves a lot of drug therapy and monitoring.

Not something I'd like to do if I could hold a job.

I suppose it's similar to the drug regime Lady P has to go through right now (IVF in process). Still, for four or five weeks a year, you could pull down 32K. Might work well for a college student or something.

[MMWarr]

I've looked into it, because my sister can't have kids and I was looking to donate for her. It is pretty invasive and I believe you can only donate a few times. There are a lot of medications you need to take hormones for quite a while.
I will still do it for my sister if it all works out but I don't think I'd do it for the money.

[Peregrinator]

Originally Posted by MMWarr

I've looked into it, because my sister can't have kids and I was looking to donate for her. It is pretty invasive and I believe you can only donate a few times. There are a lot of medications you need to take hormones for quite a while.
I will still do it for my sister if it all works out but I don't think I'd do it for the money.

That's generous of you. I have a friend who donated a kidney to her twin sis. Heroic.

[berry juice]

Originally Posted by Peregrinator

Human eggs, that is. I just picked up a copy of my local weekly alternative-freaky rag and it has an ad that reads:

Anyone know anything about egg donation? Seems to me a young woman could make a decent living donating three or four times a year. I hear it's a pretty humiliating process, though. I'm curious about people's experiences with it. Anybody?

It's not humiliating at all. In fact, couples going thru IVF's look at their egg donor as if she was a goddess of some sort, especially if she does it for free.
Usually the donor has to go thru difficult 2 weeks intense ovary stimulation by injections, after which she ends up carrying 15 or more eggs in her ovaries, each 20 mm in size. It hurts. Then, at the time of the egg harvesting, she is under full sedation and 20 min later, all her eggs are collected in a dish.
I haven't done it, thou. Just know it from friends.

[Kybele]

Originally Posted by Peregrinator

It would be a supreme act of generosity.


I suppose it's similar to the drug regime Lady P has to go through right now (IVF in process). Still, for four or five weeks a year, you could pull down 32K. Might work well for a college student or something.

I could really only do it for someone I was close to. back then it was even more invasive which is why I didn't go ahead and do it, but even nowadays... I wouldn't think you could study effectively with all the hormones and shit.

I also think it's somehow immoral to sell them.

[Recidiva]

Originally Posted by Peregrinator

I suppose it's similar to the drug regime Lady P has to go through right now (IVF in process). Still, for four or five weeks a year, you could pull down 32K. Might work well for a college student or something.

Yeah, it's pretty much the IVF thing.

I just transcribed a series of interviews with women who underwent IVF and PGD. Really interesting. I didn't know much about it, but the PGD (Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis) takes a cell from the embryo and tests for any genetic disorder, such as cystic fibrosis. I guess some people also use it to test for eye color or gender or whatever, but this is absolutely necessary for people with high chances at genetic disorder if they want a healthy baby.

Listening to the women who went through it because they had to was revealing. There's daily shots and lots of monitoring, and I don't know if they pay you according to what's usable in harvest or just for the procedure no matter what the yield.

Doesn't sound fun. I'm sure it's not as stressful for the donors as it is for the women who are doing it because of infertility. But that's a big hormonal stress to put on yourself. There's also the "so...other people are having my babies?" thing. That's a strain, for a lot of people. Many people don't want to donate eggs and then wonder if their kids are out there.

[berry juice]

Originally Posted by MMWarr

I've looked into it, because my sister can't have kids and I was looking to donate for her. It is pretty invasive and I believe you can only donate a few times. There are a lot of medications you need to take hormones for quite a while.
I will still do it for my sister if it all works out but I don't think I'd do it for the money.

my friend's sister actually offered herself to have their embryo implanted in her and deliver the baby for them because my friend couldn't concieve after several IVF's. She was a surrogate mother for them. For free, of course. Sisters love.

[Peregrinator]

Originally Posted by berry juice

It's not humiliating at all. In fact, couples going thru IVF's look at their egg donor as if she was a goddess of some sort, especially if she does it for free.
Usually the donor has to go thru difficult 2 weeks intense ovary stimulation by injections, after which she ends up carrying 15 or more eggs in her ovaries, each 2" in size. It hurts. Then, at the time of the egg harvesting, she is under full sedation and 20 min later, all her eggs are collected in a dish.
I haven't done it, thou. Just know it from friends.

The eggs are nowhere near 2" in size. Not even the follicles get that big.

Originally Posted by Kybele

I could really only do it for someone I was close to. back then it was even more invasive which is why I didn't go ahead and do it, but even nowadays... I wouldn't think you could study effectively with all the hormones and shit.

I also think it's somehow immoral to sell them.

Immoral? That's interesting...I had never considered it. I think of it more like she's getting paid for her trouble; the egg is free.

Originally Posted by Recidiva

Yeah, it's pretty much the IVF thing.

I just transcribed a series of interviews with women who underwent IVF and PGD. Really interesting. I didn't know much about it, but the PGD (Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis) takes a cell from the embryo and tests for any genetic disorder, such as cystic fibrosis. I guess some people also use it to test for eye color or gender or whatever, but this is absolutely necessary for people with high chances at genetic disorder if they want a healthy baby.

Listening to the women who went through it because they had to was revealing. There's daily shots and lots of monitoring, and I don't know if they pay you according to what's usable in harvest or just for the procedure no matter what the yield.

Doesn't sound fun. I'm sure it's not as stressful for the donors as it is for the women who are doing it because of infertility. But that's a big hormonal stress to put on yourself. There's also the "so...other people are having my babies?" thing. That's a strain, for a lot of people. Many people don't want to donate eggs and then wonder if their kids are out there.

We just had our class on all those injections I get to give her. *snicker*

I can see it being pretty stressful, yeah.

[Recidiva]

Originally Posted by berry juice

my friend's sister actually offered herself to have their embryo implanted in her and deliver the baby for them because my friend couldn't concieve after several IVF's. She was a surrogate mother for them. For free, of course. Sisters love.

Yeah, that's different, I think. I'd probably donate or surrogate for someone I loved and who I knew just had no other way to have a family.

But I couldn't do it for money. I've given birth twice and there's no way to predict what hormonal hell is gonna be wreaked or whether or not you just can't give up the baby awash in that hormonal hell.

[Peregrinator]

Originally Posted by berry juice

my friend's sister actually offered herself to have their embryo implanted in her and deliver the baby for them because my friend couldn't concieve after several IVF's. She was a surrogate mother for them. For free, of course. Sisters love.

When Lady P and I reunited, she was considering surrogate motherhood for a couple of gay (male) friends. I told her to go for it, but I guess she decided not to.

[berry juice]

Originally Posted by Peregrinator

The eggs are nowhere near 2" in size. Not even the follicles get that big.

oh wait. I meant to say 20 mm in size. Sorry for the confusion.

[Recidiva]

Originally Posted by Peregrinator

We just had our class on all those injections I get to give her. *snicker*

I can see it being pretty stressful, yeah.

I got to listen to the interviews of the husbands, too. One guy said that was one of the things he could do to help how rough it was on his wife. Give her the injections instead of her having to give them to herself.

Good luck

[Kybele]

Originally Posted by Peregrinator

The eggs are nowhere near 2" in size. Not even the follicles get that big.

Immoral? That's interesting...I had never considered it. I think of it more like she's getting paid for her trouble; the egg is free.


We just had our class on all those injections I get to give her. *snicker*

I can see it being pretty stressful, yeah.

I think Berry meant the ovaries?

I'm not comfortable with people doing stuff like this for money. leads to exploitation and abuse. better to be altruistic. if you don't get a donor, then it's bad luck, but parenthood isn't a right.

[Peregrinator]

Originally Posted by berry juice

oh wait. I meant to say 20 mm in size. Sorry for the confusion.

Ah. That makes sense. Have I told you today that you are gorgeous?

Originally Posted by Recidiva

I got to listen to the interviews of the husbands, too. One guy said that was one of the things he could do to help how rough it was on his wife. Give her the injections instead of her having to give them to herself.

Good luck

She's on the fence...she's a tough broad, but she also trusts my medical background. We'll see who winds up doing the actual pushing. During the class I had her do all the experiential stuff. I've drawn up and given hundreds of shots, so it was no big deal for me.

[Peregrinator]

Originally Posted by Kybele

I think Berry meant the ovaries?

I'm not comfortable with people doing stuff like this for money. leads to exploitation and abuse. better to be altruistic. if you don't get a donor, then it's bad luck, but parenthood isn't a right.

She clarified.

Maybe, yeah. I know it's heavily regulated and lawyer-paperworkified.

[berry juice]

Originally Posted by Peregrinator

I suppose it's similar to the drug regime Lady P has to go through right now (IVF in process)

a couple of little peregrinators in the making? awww

and thank you for the compliment, such a generous man :-)

-

[Kybele]

Originally Posted by Peregrinator

She clarified.

Maybe, yeah. I know it's heavily regulated and lawyer-paperworkified.

heh... unless you are in italy or india

In the UK there are very strict guidelines even if you go privately. They are even more stringent for donation as well.

I hope it works for you both

[Angeline]

Originally Posted by Peregrinator

Human eggs, that is. I just picked up a copy of my local weekly alternative-freaky rag and it has an ad that reads:




Anyone know anything about egg donation? Seems to me a young woman could make a decent living donating three or four times a year. I hear it's a pretty humiliating process, though. I'm curious about people's experiences with it. Anybody?

I've seen ads and I've heard of it happening in a family, where a brother or sister may donate for a sibling who can't otherwise biologically parent. O brave new world.

I'm too old for it but I can't imagine doing it without a lot of anguish. Certainly donating multiple times as a way of earning money (good money, I know) really turns me off, the same way that people who use abortion as a birth control method make me sick. Yeah it's just an egg, but it's also a potential child of mine.

I like what Kybele said. I might donate for free for someone who really wanted a child and couldn't do it without help from someone like me. Selling it feels sleazy and wrong to me but maybe I'm just old-fashioned.

[sunandshadow]

I'd like to do it (for pay, because it's to much pain and time to do without compensation) but I think I'd fail the 'healthy' part. Although personally I'd rather 'donate' the egg by being pregnant with a child that a couple wanted to adopt when it was born.